Penn law school gets $2.2 million from Koch family foundation
The Charles Koch Foundation has donated $2.2 million to the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The money reportedly will help fund a center focused on fairness in criminal justice.
The foundation, founded by and named for conservative billionaire Charles G. Koch, also gave $3.25 million in October to the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
In March 2016, the foundation gave $10 million to the George Mason University School of Law. That, plus a $20 million donation from an anonymous donor, reportedly was tied to the school changing its name to the Antonin Scalia Law School.
The Penn offering, known as the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, initially was funded in 2013 with $15 million from the Frank and Denise Quattrone Foundation. The couple are Penn graduates.
Charles Koch and his brother, David, lead Koch Industries, an energy company their father started, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported. Both brothers are billionaires and have spent some of their money supporting the Republican Party. They’ve also given more than $1 billion to causes including public television, medical research and environmental stewardship, US News reported in 2015.
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