The document provides key facts about U.S. foundations in 2011-2012, including that there were 81,777 foundations with $662 billion in assets and $49 billion in giving in 2011. It summarizes that the largest foundations awarded nearly 148,000 grants totaling $24.5 billion in 2011, with a focus on health (28%), education (20%), and arts and culture (14%). Internationally, the largest foundations awarded over 27% of grant dollars, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa (20%) and Asia/Pacific (17%).
United Way\'s Center for Nonprofits created a presentation about upcoming trends in 2011 for which nonprofits need to be on the lookout. These trends can dramatically affect an organization\'s funding and business practices. All information contained in this report was based on research that includes sources such as the Pew Report, the Nonprofit Times, and the Journal for Nonprofits.
As who lives in our rural communities changes, so too are the way these communities support themselves. As tax dollars shrink, the philanthropy community is finding itself being asked to play a bigger role.
Development Cooperation Forum Philanthropy Issues note+421 Foundation
Private philanthropic organizations have become in a very short period of time a key source of development finance. They complement flows from other providers and play a vital role in meeting needs in critical sectors, such as health and education. There is need to better understand the role they can play in international development cooperation and their impact on development results. The MDG Summit in 2010 recognized that and called on foundations to enhance their role in supporting national development efforts and the achievement of the MDGs.
President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Ambassador Milos Koterec of Slovakia opened on Monday 27th February 2012 the first Dialogue of Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) with private philanthropic organizations. The Development Cooperation Forum, established by the 2005 World Summit in response to the changes in development cooperation as well as to the growing role taken by non-traditional actors, has an important role in spurring global discussions among foundations and United Nations Member States. The meeting focused on issues of comparative advantages and good practices of philantropic organizations and on promoting partnerships to achieve better development results. It enjoyed participation of important stakeholder like President of Ford Foundation Luis Ubinas, Executive Director of Trust Africa Akwasi Aidoo, Founder of Education for Employment network Ron Bruder, Vice President for Strategic Philantropy Foundation Center Lisa Philip, Bakery Kone of the African Capacity Building Foundation, Managing Director of Rockefeller Foundation Rob Garris and many others, as well as representatives of member states.
Dan Harris of Wells Fargo Charitable Services presents his ideas on simplifying planned giving in this Minnesota Community Foundation and Saint Paul Foundation webinar.
United Way\'s Center for Nonprofits created a presentation about upcoming trends in 2011 for which nonprofits need to be on the lookout. These trends can dramatically affect an organization\'s funding and business practices. All information contained in this report was based on research that includes sources such as the Pew Report, the Nonprofit Times, and the Journal for Nonprofits.
As who lives in our rural communities changes, so too are the way these communities support themselves. As tax dollars shrink, the philanthropy community is finding itself being asked to play a bigger role.
Development Cooperation Forum Philanthropy Issues note+421 Foundation
Private philanthropic organizations have become in a very short period of time a key source of development finance. They complement flows from other providers and play a vital role in meeting needs in critical sectors, such as health and education. There is need to better understand the role they can play in international development cooperation and their impact on development results. The MDG Summit in 2010 recognized that and called on foundations to enhance their role in supporting national development efforts and the achievement of the MDGs.
President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Ambassador Milos Koterec of Slovakia opened on Monday 27th February 2012 the first Dialogue of Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) with private philanthropic organizations. The Development Cooperation Forum, established by the 2005 World Summit in response to the changes in development cooperation as well as to the growing role taken by non-traditional actors, has an important role in spurring global discussions among foundations and United Nations Member States. The meeting focused on issues of comparative advantages and good practices of philantropic organizations and on promoting partnerships to achieve better development results. It enjoyed participation of important stakeholder like President of Ford Foundation Luis Ubinas, Executive Director of Trust Africa Akwasi Aidoo, Founder of Education for Employment network Ron Bruder, Vice President for Strategic Philantropy Foundation Center Lisa Philip, Bakery Kone of the African Capacity Building Foundation, Managing Director of Rockefeller Foundation Rob Garris and many others, as well as representatives of member states.
Dan Harris of Wells Fargo Charitable Services presents his ideas on simplifying planned giving in this Minnesota Community Foundation and Saint Paul Foundation webinar.
Addresses US, South Dakota, and Sioux Falls area statistics involving nonprofits and their role in employment and the economy. Regulatory influences and public perception of nonprofits is also addressed.
Presented to the "Leadership Sioux Falls" group of the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce in April, 2013. This presentation has been made to many audiences in the past ten years, regularly updated.
Designed to give nonprofit professionals, volunteer board members, and community leaders perspective on the importance and reach of the nonprofit sector. Preparation for leaders to consider nonprofit board service in the larger context of economic development, employment, and governance duty.
Ethnic groups have their own societal and philanthropic objectives and they are not always comparable to those of our traditional donors. Philanthropy means more than giving money. African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanic-Heritage-Americans are ready to take their place as major contributors in society, but many organizations do not yet know how to effectively engage their interest. By understanding giving traditions among these emergent charitable groups you will be able to promote the most appropriate giving vehicles, know how to assess and revise your engagement strategies to welcome non-traditional donors into your donor ranks and how to use the right recognition vehicles that will empower these up-and-coming philanthropists.
Industry articles and this presentation conceived, researched, written and delivered by Katherine Swank, J.D., 2010.
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, in partnership with Allegany Franciscan Ministries, conducted the 2nd Annual Nonprofit Survey to gather data regarding the needs in the community, the state of nonprofits and how best funders could be of assistance. Respondents were asked about their current challenges, the impact the economic downturn has had on the services they offer and their most pressing funding needs. Here are the overall results. A recording of a webinar that corresponds with this presentation is also available at www.yourcommunityfoundation.org/economy.
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, in partnership with Allegany Franciscan Ministries, conducted the 2nd Annual Nonprofit Survey to gather data regarding the needs in the community, the state of nonprofits and how best funders could be of assistance. Respondents were asked about their current challenges, the impact the economic downturn has had on the services they offer and their most pressing funding needs. Here are the overall results. A recording of a webinar that corresponds with this presentation is also available at www.yourcommunityfoundation.org/economy.
Here are some of the findings from the report by the Development Initiatives’ Global Humanitarian Assistance program titled “Humanitarian assistance from nonstate donors: What is it worth?”
For most nonprofits, planning for their future isn't the first thing on their minds. That's why the California Community Foundation in Los Angeles developed the Planned Giving Toolkit to assist nonprofits expand their fundraising horizons and better prepare for their future.
This is the presentation that accompanied a series of free workshops CCF held across the county to help nonprofits implement planned giving programs. This presentation can be used by any nonprofit to present to their boardmembers, donors, and others who would be interested in being leaving planned gifts.
According to research of giving patterns since 1966 compiled by the Giving USA Foundation, only bequests averaged an increase during recessionary periods. All
other types of giving either remained static or reported declines.
But is your planned giving program getting its fair share of the marketing budget?
We scoured the internet to find the following awesome information. And, although we can’t take credit for the research, we can take credit for the pretty charts!
So feel free to share this report with colleagues and friends (including your board). And when you’re ready to engage in serious marketing to find hidden gifts, generate
leads and cultivate relationships, we hope you’ll reach out to us: http://imarketsmart.com/contact-us
After all, our mission is to help further your mission.
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Beware Big Donors
Megafoundations used to be quiet giants. Now they're noisy activists, shaping policy and politics.
In a January speech at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, laying out his policy for higher education, President Obama opened by noting his agenda: "How can we make sure that everybody is getting the kind of education they need to personally succeed but also to build up this nation--because in this economy, there is no greater predictor of individual success than a good education." Although the United States still has "the best network of colleges and universities in the world," he said, "the challenge is it's getting tougher and tougher to afford it." Thus his primary policy concerns were high tuition and student debt.
At Ann Arbor, President Obama captured the spirit of the megafoundation program for higher education. Should we be worried about that confluence?
First, consider how the foundation world has changed. Also in January, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Bill Gates announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was contributing $750-million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. That's a big number. For purposes of comparison, on the same day Japan announced that it would contribute $340-million to the Global Fund, less than half the Gates gift. As of the end of 2010 (the last year for which figures are publicly available), the total assets of the Gates foundation were $37.4-billion, and that does not include the approximately $30-billion Warren Buffett pledged in 2006 to give the foundation. The next largest American philanthropic foundation in terms of net assets is the Ford Foundation (for decades our largest), which at the end of September 2011, had net assets of $10.3-billion.
While, at least for the moment, unique in size, Gates is also representative of an explosion in the net worth and annual-giving potential of the private-philanthropic sector in the United States. According to the Foundation Center, as of March 8, 2012, there were 65 private and community foundations in the United States with net assets of more than $1-billion, 11 private foundations with assets of more than $5-billion, and 30 with assets of more than $2-billion. Total foundation giving in the United States (circa 2010) was about $20.5-billion.
According to a recent Chronicle study, America's top 50 donors gave a total of $10.4-billion in 2011, rebounding from the $3.3-billion of the previous year, with its recession worries. Those numbers reflect the continued growth in the number of private philanthropic foundations in this country--10,093 were created in the 1990s, and more than 8,500 appeared between 2000 and 2009 (as opposed, for instance, to the 1,264 created in the 1970s). There are now more than 33,000 foundations in the United States.
But what grabs my attention is the number with megaresources, almost all of which have emerged over the past two decades. This is truly the er.
Addresses US, South Dakota, and Sioux Falls area statistics involving nonprofits and their role in employment and the economy. Regulatory influences and public perception of nonprofits is also addressed.
Presented to the "Leadership Sioux Falls" group of the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce in April, 2013. This presentation has been made to many audiences in the past ten years, regularly updated.
Designed to give nonprofit professionals, volunteer board members, and community leaders perspective on the importance and reach of the nonprofit sector. Preparation for leaders to consider nonprofit board service in the larger context of economic development, employment, and governance duty.
Ethnic groups have their own societal and philanthropic objectives and they are not always comparable to those of our traditional donors. Philanthropy means more than giving money. African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanic-Heritage-Americans are ready to take their place as major contributors in society, but many organizations do not yet know how to effectively engage their interest. By understanding giving traditions among these emergent charitable groups you will be able to promote the most appropriate giving vehicles, know how to assess and revise your engagement strategies to welcome non-traditional donors into your donor ranks and how to use the right recognition vehicles that will empower these up-and-coming philanthropists.
Industry articles and this presentation conceived, researched, written and delivered by Katherine Swank, J.D., 2010.
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, in partnership with Allegany Franciscan Ministries, conducted the 2nd Annual Nonprofit Survey to gather data regarding the needs in the community, the state of nonprofits and how best funders could be of assistance. Respondents were asked about their current challenges, the impact the economic downturn has had on the services they offer and their most pressing funding needs. Here are the overall results. A recording of a webinar that corresponds with this presentation is also available at www.yourcommunityfoundation.org/economy.
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, in partnership with Allegany Franciscan Ministries, conducted the 2nd Annual Nonprofit Survey to gather data regarding the needs in the community, the state of nonprofits and how best funders could be of assistance. Respondents were asked about their current challenges, the impact the economic downturn has had on the services they offer and their most pressing funding needs. Here are the overall results. A recording of a webinar that corresponds with this presentation is also available at www.yourcommunityfoundation.org/economy.
Here are some of the findings from the report by the Development Initiatives’ Global Humanitarian Assistance program titled “Humanitarian assistance from nonstate donors: What is it worth?”
For most nonprofits, planning for their future isn't the first thing on their minds. That's why the California Community Foundation in Los Angeles developed the Planned Giving Toolkit to assist nonprofits expand their fundraising horizons and better prepare for their future.
This is the presentation that accompanied a series of free workshops CCF held across the county to help nonprofits implement planned giving programs. This presentation can be used by any nonprofit to present to their boardmembers, donors, and others who would be interested in being leaving planned gifts.
According to research of giving patterns since 1966 compiled by the Giving USA Foundation, only bequests averaged an increase during recessionary periods. All
other types of giving either remained static or reported declines.
But is your planned giving program getting its fair share of the marketing budget?
We scoured the internet to find the following awesome information. And, although we can’t take credit for the research, we can take credit for the pretty charts!
So feel free to share this report with colleagues and friends (including your board). And when you’re ready to engage in serious marketing to find hidden gifts, generate
leads and cultivate relationships, we hope you’ll reach out to us: http://imarketsmart.com/contact-us
After all, our mission is to help further your mission.
ENJOY THE REPORT!
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Beware Big Donors
Megafoundations used to be quiet giants. Now they're noisy activists, shaping policy and politics.
In a January speech at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, laying out his policy for higher education, President Obama opened by noting his agenda: "How can we make sure that everybody is getting the kind of education they need to personally succeed but also to build up this nation--because in this economy, there is no greater predictor of individual success than a good education." Although the United States still has "the best network of colleges and universities in the world," he said, "the challenge is it's getting tougher and tougher to afford it." Thus his primary policy concerns were high tuition and student debt.
At Ann Arbor, President Obama captured the spirit of the megafoundation program for higher education. Should we be worried about that confluence?
First, consider how the foundation world has changed. Also in January, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Bill Gates announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was contributing $750-million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. That's a big number. For purposes of comparison, on the same day Japan announced that it would contribute $340-million to the Global Fund, less than half the Gates gift. As of the end of 2010 (the last year for which figures are publicly available), the total assets of the Gates foundation were $37.4-billion, and that does not include the approximately $30-billion Warren Buffett pledged in 2006 to give the foundation. The next largest American philanthropic foundation in terms of net assets is the Ford Foundation (for decades our largest), which at the end of September 2011, had net assets of $10.3-billion.
While, at least for the moment, unique in size, Gates is also representative of an explosion in the net worth and annual-giving potential of the private-philanthropic sector in the United States. According to the Foundation Center, as of March 8, 2012, there were 65 private and community foundations in the United States with net assets of more than $1-billion, 11 private foundations with assets of more than $5-billion, and 30 with assets of more than $2-billion. Total foundation giving in the United States (circa 2010) was about $20.5-billion.
According to a recent Chronicle study, America's top 50 donors gave a total of $10.4-billion in 2011, rebounding from the $3.3-billion of the previous year, with its recession worries. Those numbers reflect the continued growth in the number of private philanthropic foundations in this country--10,093 were created in the 1990s, and more than 8,500 appeared between 2000 and 2009 (as opposed, for instance, to the 1,264 created in the 1970s). There are now more than 33,000 foundations in the United States.
But what grabs my attention is the number with megaresources, almost all of which have emerged over the past two decades. This is truly the er.
Maximize your time and grant seeking effort with insider information about which funders will or won’t have grant money to give in 2011. Renee will share information with you that she has learned from her grant maker colleagues — information that is not on funder websites. Also, find out about funding trends for the next few years to help you position your organization and plan for the future.
My recent presentation to the Association of Fundraising Professionals Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter on the impact of the recession on nonprofit fundraising.
“Follow the money” in order to better understand the framework for global health governance: this presentation by Dr. Tim Mackey employs IHME-coordinated research while teaching the evolution of global health financing.
Global Philanthropists and European Development CooperationDr Lendy Spires
In the summer of 2010, the American billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates garnered media attention for their call for their most affluent compatriots to give a majority of their accumulated wealth to charitable causes.2 The same trio has also played an important role in drawing attention to philanthropic giving for global development in recent years due to the sizeable resources that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has committed to addressing development goals. While Gates Foundation giving has been an obvious focal point for interest in philanthropic engagement in development due to a scale putting it in financial terms in the league of smaller OECD donors such as Belgium or Switzerland and due to its upward trajectory, the philanthropic landscape encompasses a diversity of actors including family foundations with a long track record of engagement on development issues and philanthropies linked to private firms. Nor is global development-oriented philanthropy a purely American enterprise: the philan-thropic visibility of private actors from Europe and from developing countries is also increasing. Overview of Philanthropic Engagement in Global Development Giving from private foundations directed to developing countries represents a relatively small share of overall philanthropic activity, reflecting a strong preference for foundations to give locally in the regions where they are based. Recent estimates of European foundation giving for global development have suggested that European foundations direct about one sixth of their funding to development, while American foundations distribute about one fifth of their resources internationally, only a portion of which reaches developing countries. US-based foundations are estimated to be more gener-ous internationally than European foundations, having committed some US $3.3 billion to developing countries in 2007 compared to the US $607 million granted by European 1 This briefing paper summarises central elements of the analysis of the development engagement of private foundations and corporate philanthropies appearing in the paper
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2. 2 Need more data? Visit foundationcenter.org.
FOUNDATION
FOCUS
IN 2011
THE U.S.WAS HOMETO
81,777
FOUNDATIONS1
WITH
$662 BILLION
INASSETSAND
$49 BILLION
IN GIVING
Stability. Economic forecasts now
change by the day, if not the hour.
The U.S. stock market is reaching
record highs and home prices are up;
China’s economy is slowing and the
Eurozone is back in recession; U.S.
unemployment is declining but may
result in fewer Fed subsidies of the
bond market; investors are bullish
and then they’re bearish. Through
all of this, U.S. foundations are
predicting modest, but steady, overall
growth in their giving. Grantmaking by
this country’s private and community
foundations reached an estimated
$50.9 billion in 2012, growing just
ahead of inflation.
Outlook. According to the Foundation
Center’s annual “Foundation Giving
Forecast Survey,” the outlook for
2013 is for continued modest growth
overall. It may not be the boom years
of the late 1990s or mid-2000s, but
U.S. foundations continue to provide
a stable source of support for new
ideas and ongoing programs that
improve lives around the world.
1
Figures include all independent and family, corporate,
community, and operating foundations that reported giving.
Excluded from these figures are approximately 15,000
foundations that did not report giving in their latest fiscal years.
2
“Family foundations” are not legally defined entities, so there is no
way to determine a definitive total.
PRIVATEGIVING
FOUNDATIONGIVINGTHROUGHTHEYEARS
DIDYOUKNOW?
OUTOF$303.1BILLIONOFPRIVATEGIVINGINTHEU.S.
16% came from foundations
72% from individuals (living donors)
4% from corporations (excludes corporate foundations)
8% from individuals (bequests)
Source: Figures for 2011 from Giving USA Foundation, Giving USA, 2013.
Total Giving
Total Giving (constant 2001 dollars)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
(estimate)
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
$30.5 B $30.4 B $30.3 B
$31.8 B
$36.4 B
$39.0 B
$44.4 B
$46.8 B $45.8 B $45.9 B
$49.0 B $50.9 B
Over the past
two decades,
Callifornia has
added more
foundations
(5,234) than
any other state.
More than half of independent
foundations have measurable
donor or donor-family
involvement in their governance
and the actual share for family
foundations2
is likely far higher.
Operating and corporate
foundations established by
pharmaceuticals now annually
give over $5 billion with nearly
all of this support in the form
of donated medicines.
Community
foundations in
the Midwest
account for a
larger share of
giving than in
other regions.
New York State
ranks first in the
nation based on
no. of foundations
(9,632) and
overall giving
($8.2 billion).
50%
Rx
3. 3Source: Key Facts on U.S. Foundations, Foundation Center, 2013.
TYPESOFFOUNDATIONS TOPFOUNDATIONS
INDEPENDENT
OPERATING
CORPORATE
COMMUNITY
Includes most of the nation’s largest foundations. Generally established
by individual donors or donor families.
Primarily run their own programs, but some also make grants. Generally
established by individual donors or donor families.
Established by businesses ranging from major corporations to
family-owned shops, although legally separate entities.
Raise funds from the public. Engage in grantmaking primarily within a
defined geographic area.
TOTAL NO. OF FOUNDATIONS: 81,777
TOTAL ASSETS: $662 BILLION
TOTAL GIVING: $49 BILLION
2012 GIVING ESTIMATE: $50.9 BILLION3
90%
82%
69%
+4% +4%
-1%
+9%
6%
6%
11%
3%
3%
11%
1%
9%
9%
(73,764)
($540.2 B)
($33.9 B)
($35.2 B) ($5.8 B)
($5.1 B)
($4.7 B)
(4,574)
($42 B)
($5.6 B)
(2,689)
($22.2 B)
($5.2 B)
(750)
($57.9 B)
($4.3 B)
INDEPENDENT OPERATING CORPORATE COMMUNITY
3
Based on projections prepared by the Foundation Center.
4
Excludes foundations created by pharmaceutical corporations
primarily to distribute medicine to individuals.
BY TOTAL ASSETS
BY TOTAL GIVING4
Bill Melinda
Gates Foundation
$34.6 B
Bill Melinda
Gates Foundation
$3.2 B
Ford
Foundation
$11.0 B
Ford
Foundation
$487.3 M
J. Paul
Getty Trust
$10.5 B
Walton
Family
Foundation
$487.8 M
Robert Wood
Johnson
Foundation
$9.0 B
Robert Wood
Johnson
Foundation
$386.3 M
William and
Flora Hewlett
Foundation
$7.3 B
William and
Flora Hewlett
Foundation
$353.6 M
David and
Lucile Packard
Foundation
$5.8 B
Susan
Thompson
Buffet
Foundation
$347.2 M
John D. and
Catherine T.
MacArthur
Foundation
$5.7 B
Silicon Valley
Community
Foundation
$249.1 M
Gordon and
Betty Moore
Foundation
$5.4 B
Foundation to
Promote
Open Society
$247.9 M
W.K. Kellogg
Foundation
$7.3 B
W.K. Kellogg
Foundation
$296.9 M
Lilly
Endowment
$6.1 B
Andrew W.
Mellon
Foundation
$246.9 M
4. 4 Need more data? Visit foundationcenter.org.
GRANT
FOCUS
IN 2011
A SUBSET OFTHE NATION’S
LARGEST FOUNDATIONS
AWARDED NEARLY
148,000 GRANTS
TOTALING
$24.5 BILLION
Priorities. Foundations have the
flexibility to determine the what,
where, who, and how of their
grantmaking activities. They are
actively funding in nearly every
issue area across the globe, from
reforming public education in the
United States to securing access
to safe drinking water in the
developing world. Some foundations
see making a small number of very
large, targeted grants as being
most effective in achieving their
goals. Others emphasize providing
many smaller, unrestricted grants to
a variety of organizations. Similarly,
some grantmakers focus their giving
on specific populations, such as
the economically disadvantaged,
LGBT populations, or Black men
and boys, while others believe
impact will be achieved by targeting
populations generally. This range
of priorities and approaches
illustrates the role of foundations
as a critical source of support for
new strategies and opportunities
throughout the social sector.
BYISSUEFOCUS
DIDYOUKNOW?
28%
20%
14%
14%
9%
6%
3%
2%
2%
1%
($6.8 B)
($5 B)
($3.5 B)
($3.5 B)
($2.3 B)
($1.5 B)
($693 M)
($535 M)
($471 M)
($234 M)
HEALTH
EDUCATION
ARTSAND CULTURE
HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLICAFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT5
ENVIRONMENTANDANIMALS
INTERNATIONALAFFAIRS6
SCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY
RELIGION
SOCIAL SCIENCES
5
Includes civil rights, economic and community development, philanthropy, and public affairs.
6
Includes international affairs, peace and security, and human rights. Does not include all international giving by U.S. foundations.
Highest number of grants: 40,286
The Bill Melinda Gates
Foundation made the single
largest grant: $967 million
over 5 years to the Global
Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunization (GAVI) for
general operating support.
The median grant amount
was $28,462.
The top 1 percent of
recipients captured half
of grant dollars.
More than 56,000 unique
organizations worldwide
received grants from these
large foundations.
}
5. 5Source: Key Facts on U.S. Foundations, Foundation Center, 2013.
BY TYPEOFSUPPORT7
BYPOPULATIONFOCUS8
WHAT’SINCLUDED
7
Grants may occasionally be for multiple types of support and would therefore be counted more than once.As a result, percentages
tallied across categories total to more than 100 percent. Finally, close to one-fifth of grant dollars could not be coded for a specific
type of support because foundations did not provide this information.
8
Figures based on grants awarded to organizations that could be clearly identified as serving specific populations or grants
whose descriptions indicated a benefit for a particular population. Grants benefiting multiple population groups are counted
in each applicable category.The chart excludes groups that were the focus of less than 4 percent of grant dollars. Finally,
52 percent of grant dollars could not be coded for a specific population group.
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$13 B
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6.7 B
CAPITAL SUPPORT
$5 B
STUDENTAID FUNDS
$737 M
UNSPECIFIED
$3.9 B
RESEARCH
$4 B
OTHER
$469 M
55% 29%
21% 17%
3% 2%
17%
35%
($8.5 B)
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
5%
($1.2 B)
PEOPLEWITHAIDS
9%
($2.2 B)
ETHNIC OR RACIAL MINORITIES
22%
($5.3 B)
CHILDRENANDYOUTH
4%
($852 M)
PEOPLEWITH DISABILITIES
6%
($1.4 B)
WOMENAND GIRLS
The Foundation Center reports on how foundations
give by collecting and coding grants awarded by a
set of the largest U.S. foundations. Following are
details on what the 2011 set included:
1,122 of the top U.S. foundations
by giving
Top 15 funders by giving in most states
All of their grants of $10,000 or more
Domestic and international grants
Full authorized grant amounts in the
year the grant was made (if available)
Primarily 2011 data, although 2010 for
some foundations
Grants from unrestricted and
donor-advised funds9
at community
foundations
9
If provided by the foundation.
Grants to individuals
Grants from restricted funds at
community foundations
Grants from public charities, other
than community foundations
OVER HALF OF U.S. FOUNDATION
GIVING EACH YEAR
10
Excludes giving by operating and corporate
foundations created by pharmaceutical
corporations to distribute medications.
56%
Giving by foundations
in set
44%
Giving by all other
foundations10
6. 6 Need more data? Visit foundationcenter.org.
GRANT
FOCUS
IN 2011
A SUBSET OFTHE NATION’S
LARGEST FOUNDATIONS
AWARDED OVER
27%OFGRANTDOLLARS
IN SUPPORT OF
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Geography. The vast majority of
U.S. foundations focus their giving
on the communities in which they
are located. Some also focus their
grantmaking at the regional or
national level. At the same time,
a number of the nation’s largest
foundations—as well as a few
smaller foundations—engage
in international grantmaking,
whether directly to organizations
in other countries or through
support for international programs
conducted by organizations based
in the United States. As the many
thousands of newer foundations
established by younger, more
globally focused donors come of
age, the number of foundations that
incorporate an international focus in
their work will undoubtedly continue
to grow.
BYISSUEFOCUS
DIDYOUKNOW?
DOMESTIC
TOTAL: $17.8 B
INTERNATIONAL
TOTAL: $6.7 B$4.7 B
$277 M
EDUCATION ARTSAND
CULTURE
HEALTH HUMAN
SERVICES
PUBLIC
AFFAIRS,
SOCIETY
BENEFIT11 12
INT’L
DEVELOPMENT,
RELIEF
ENVIRONMENT
ANDANIMALS
SCIENCEAND
TECHNOLOGY
RELIGION INT’L
AFFAIRS
HUMAN
RIGHTS,
CIVIL
LIBERTIES
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
$134 M
$3.8 B
$225 M
$1.1 B
$533 M
$46 M
$141 M
$197 M $163 M
$97 M
$3.4 B
$3.0 B
$2.9 B
$1.9 B
$955 M
$489 M
$330 M
$137 M
11
Public Affairs/Society Benefit
(Domestic): Includes civil rights,
economic and community
development, philanthropy, and
public affairs.
12
Public Affairs/Society Benefit
(International): Includes grants
for public affairs, philanthropy,
and general grants to promote
civil society. Some civil society
grants are captured in other
categories, such as human rights
and international development.
Organizations located in
California received the most
domestic foundation grant
dollars ($2.7 billion).
The Bill Melinda Gates
Foundation has been the
top international funder
since 2004.
Los Angeles-based
University of Southern
California was the top
recipient of domestic
grant dollars.
Switzerland-based Global
Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunization (GAVI) was
the top recipient of
international grant dollars.
DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL
7. 7Source: Key Facts on U.S. Foundations, Foundation Center, 2013.
BYGEOGRAPHY TOPFUNDERS
DOMESTIC
RECIPIENT LOCATION13
South
Northeast
West
Midwest
33%
26%
24%
18%
$5.8 B
$4.6 B
$4.2 B
$3.2 B
13
Funding may support local, regional, or national projects.
INTERNATIONAL14
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and Mexico
Western Europe
North Africa and the Middle East
Canada
Caribbean
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Russia
20%
17%
6%
4%
4%
1%
1%
1%
$1.4 B
$1.1 B
$374 M
$271 M
$266 M
$84 M
$73 M
$70 M
14
International grants often benefit a specific
country or region. However, as grants with a
focus on multiple regions do not specify the
share of support that targets each region,
the full value of these grants is counted
in the totals for each specified region. In
addition, foundations made human rights
grants not reflected in this graphic focused
on “developing countries” and on providing a
global benefit (12% and 31% of the number
of international grants awarded, respectively).
15
Giving amount reflects 2010 grants data, the most current
available for this foundation when the analytic set was created.
DOMESTIC
Walton Family Foundation15
Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Ford Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation15
Lilly Endowment
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
W.M. Keck Foundation
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
Ford Foundation
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Bloomberg Family Foundation15
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation15
Wiliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
$1.4 B
$482 M
$323 M
$273 M
$226 M
$200 M
$200 M
$185 M
$184 M
$179 M
$3.9 B
$189 M
$167 M
$115 M
$104 M
$100 M
$98 M
$97 M
$89 M
$63 M
INTERNATIONAL