Milstein foundation to sponsor K-12 transparency panel at SPN annual meeting
The foundation says the session will examine foreign-funded curriculum initiatives, external influence and what parents and policymakers can see in public schools.
The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation says it will sponsor a panel at the 2026 State Policy Network Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on K-12 transparency, parental power and foreign influence in public schools.
According to a PR Newswire release published Aug. 13, 2026, the panel is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. ET at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes. The release says the session will examine transparency and accountability in public schools, including foreign-funded curriculum initiatives and outside influence.
The panel is titled “Transparency, Parental Power, and Exposing Foreign Influences in K-12,” the release says. It says the discussion will draw on parental organizing, curriculum research, foreign funding investigations and the academic study of antisemitism.
The release describes Adam Milstein as an Israeli-American strategic venture philanthropist, community leader and co-founder of the foundation. It says he will take part in the broader message around oversight in education.
“Educational institutions that accept foreign funds must face scrutiny and accountability,” Milstein said in a quote included in the release.
The foundation said it supports more than 200 nonprofit organizations and has facilitated more than 1,000 collaborations between them. It also said it sponsored a panel at the 2025 SPN Annual Meeting in New Orleans on fostering American values and countering radical ideology in education.
SPN is described in the release as a nationwide organization supporting 63 state-based affiliates and more than 130 national nonprofit partners. The release does not provide independent verification for those claims.
Background in the release says Adam Milstein was born in Haifa, Israel, served in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1973 Yom Kippur War and moved to the United States in 1981. It says he is a managing partner at Hager Pacific Properties and a co-founder of the Israeli-American Council, where he served as chair from 2015 to 2019 and remains on the board.
The release also says Gila Milstein was born in Morocco and raised in Israel. It says she serves as president of Stand By Me and the MERONA Leadership Foundation and sits on the boards of the American-Israel Education Foundation and StandWithUs. The couple lives in Encino, California, and has three daughters and three grandchildren, according to the release.
The meeting is set for Aug. 24-27 in Orlando, and the panel is scheduled for the middle day of the event. No additional speakers or agenda details were included in the source text.
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