Ken Griffin Gives $25 Million to New York’s Success Academy Schools

Billionaire Ken Griffin is giving $25 million to Success Academy, New York City’s largest charter-school operator.

Success is looking to add 10,000 slots for students in the next five years — a 50% increase over current enrollment — and the gift will assist those expansion goals, founder and Chief Executive Officer Eva Moskowitz said Monday night during a benefit honoring Griffin. The organization has the charters to do so, and doesn’t depend on the ban on new licenses in New York City being lifted, she added.