KEY FACTS - Foundation Center

1 KEY FACTS on foundations . 2014 EDITION. Foundation PRIVATE GIVING. FOCUS OUT OF $ BILLION OF PRIVATE GIVING IN THE 72% from individuals (living donors). IN 2012 . THE WAS HOME TO 5% from corporations (excludes corporate foundations ). 86,192 7% from individuals (bequests). foundations 1 WITH. $715 BILLION 16% came from foundations IN ASSETS AND Source: Figures for 2012 from Giving USA Foundation , Giving USA, 2013. $52 BILLION. IN GIVING. Foundation GIVING THROUGH THE YEARS. Growth. All signs point to continued Total Giving $ B. 55 $ B. ambiguity in the economy for at $ B. 50 Total Giving (constant 2003 dollars) $ B $ B $ B. least another few years.

2 Strong stock $ B. market performance has boosted 45. $ B. the assets of many foundations and 40 $ B. will undoubtedly encourage more 35 $ B. $ B. individuals to create foundations . But 30. some endowments are still recovering from the Great Recession, and not 25. all foundations have achieved the 20. rates of return suggested by market 15. averages. Nonetheless, overall giving 10. by the nation's private and community 5. foundations reached $ billion 0. in 2013, surpassing previous 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013. record levels even after adjusting (estimate). DID YOU KNOW? for inflation.. Outlook. According to Foundation Center 's annual Foundation Giving The nation's More than New York State Forecast Survey, overall Foundation largest one-quarter of ranks first in the giving will continue to grow a few community founda- nation based on points ahead of inflation in 2014.

3 Foundation by tions (23,155) no. of foundations Independent and family foundations assets ($ B) are located in (9,880) and is the Tulsa the South. overall giving will likely show an even higher rate Community ($ B). of growth. Foundation More than half of independent Operating and corporate foundations have measurable foundations established by donor or donor-family pharmaceuticals now annually involvement in their governance, Rx give close to $6 billion with 1. Figures include all independent and family, corporate, >50% and the actual share for family foundations 2 is likely far higher. nearly all of this support in the form of donated medicines.

4 Community, and operating foundations that reported giving. Excluded from these figures are approximately 17,000. 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. 2 Need more data? Visit TYPES OF foundations TOP foundations . INDEPENDENT Includes most of the nation's largest foundations . Generally established BY TOTAL ASSETS. by individual donors or donor families. OPERATING Primarily run their own programs, but some also make grants. Generally established by individual donors or donor families. Ford Foundation $ B.

5 CORPORATE Established by businesses ranging from major corporations to family-owned shops, although legally separate entities. Bill & Melinda COMMUNITY Raise funds from the public. Engage in grantmaking primarily within a Gates Foundation $ B. defined geographic area. J. Paul Getty Trust $ B. TOTAL NO. OF foundations : 86,192 Robert Wood . Johnson . 91% (78,582) Foundation $ B. 5% (4,218). Kellogg Foundation 3% $ B. (2,629). William and David and Flora Hewlett Lucile Packard 1% (763) Foundation Foundation John D. and $ B Lilly $ B. Endowment Catherine T.. MacArthur $ B Foundation $ B. TOTAL ASSETS: $715 BILLION. Gordon and 82% ($ B) Betty Moore Foundation $ B.

6 6% ($ B). 3% ($ B). BY TOTAL GIVING 4. 9% ($ B). Ford Foundation TOTAL GIVING: $52 BILLION Walton Family $ M. Foundation 68% ($ B) $ M. 12% ($ B) William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Bill & Melinda 11% ($ B) $ M Gates Foundation $ B. Susan 10% ($ B) Thompson Buffet Foundation $ M. 2013 GIVING ESTIMATE: $ BILLION 3 Silicon Valley Community Foundation Robert Wood . +11% $ M Johnson . Foundation ($ B) $ M. +7%. +5% ($ B) +5%. ($ B) ($ B) Kellogg Andrew W. Foundation Mellon Foundation $ M Foundation to Promote Open Society $ M. $ M. INDEPENDENT OPERATING CORPORATE COMMUNITY. 4. Excludes foundations created by pharmaceutical corporations 3.

7 Based on projections prepared by Foundation Center . primarily to distribute medicine to individuals. Source: Key FACTS on foundations , Foundation Center , 2014. 3. GRANT BY ISSUE FOCUS. FOCUS 22% ($5 B). 22% ($5 B) EDUCATION. HEALTH. Highest number of grants: 42,037. IN 2012 16% ($ B) HUMAN SERVICES. A SUBSET OF THE NATION'S. LARGEST foundations 12% ($ B) PUBLIC AFFAIRS / SOCIETY BENEFIT. 5. AWARDED NEARLY. 154,000 GRANTS 10% ($ B) ARTS AND CULTURE. TOTALING. $ BILLION 7% ($ B) ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS. Priorities. foundations have the flexibility to determine the what, 5% ($ B) INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 6. where, who, and how of their grantmaking activities.

8 They are actively funding in nearly every 3% ($606 M) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. issue area across the globe, from reforming public education in the United States to securing access 2% ($468 M) RELIGION. to safe drinking water in the developing world. Some foundations see making a small number of very 1% ($243 M) SOCIAL SCIENCES. large, targeted grants as being most effective in achieving their goals. Includes civil rights, economic and community development, philanthropy, and public affairs. 5. Includes international affairs, peace and security, and human rights. Does not include all international giving by foundations . 6. Others emphasize providing many smaller, unrestricted grants to a variety of organizations.

9 Similarly, some grantmakers focus their giving on specific populations, such as the economically disadvantaged, LGBT. DID YOU KNOW? populations, or Black men and boys, while others believe impact will be The Bill & Melinda Gates The median grant amount achieved by targeting populations Foundation made the single was $30,000. largest grant: $ million generally. This range of priorities to the Aeras Global TB. and approaches illustrates the role Vaccine Foundation . of foundations as a critical source of support for new strategies and opportunities throughout the social sector. } The top 1 percent of recipients captured close Nearly 58,000 unique organizations worldwide to half of grant dollars.

10 Received grants from these large foundations . 4 Need more data? Visit BY TYPE OF SUPPORT 7. WHAT'S INCLUDED. Foundation Center reports on how foundations give by collecting and coding grants awarded by a set of the largest foundations . Following are details on what the 2012 set included: PROGRAM SUPPORT. $12 B 52% 23% GENERAL SUPPORT. $ B 1,000 of the top foundations by giving RESEARCH All of their grants of $10,000 or more 10%. UNSPECIFIED CAPITAL SUPPORT. $ B 17% 16% $ B Domestic and international grants $4 B Full authorized 2012 grant amounts (if available). 4% 2% Grants from unrestricted and donor- STUDENT AID FUNDS OTHER. advised funds 9 at community $948 M $469 M foundations 9.