Foundation Boards: Composition and Compensation

August 8, 2002 | Read Time: 1 minute

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MAKE-UP OF BOARDS, 2000

PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES ON BOARDS

TRUSTEE DIVERSITY AND PAY POLICIES AT FOUNDATIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND SIZES
	Gender			Race							Compensation of trustees
	Men	Women	Median number on board	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	Native American	Other	Total number	Compensate all	Compensate some	Do not compensate
Community foundations
Under $5,000,000 in assets	69.9%	30.1%	15.0%	799	30	11	3	2	1	846	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$5,000,000-$9,999,999	68.3%	31.7%	16.5%	413	11	3	2	0	3	432	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$10,000,000-$24,999,999	67.4%	32.6%	19.0%	1,116	67	14	3	6	1	1,207	3.2%	0.0%	96.8%
$25,000,000-$49,999,999	65.1%	34.9%	19.0%	432	49	13	2	3	0	499	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$50,000,000-$99,999,999	65.5%	34.5%	17.0%	360	55	14	6	0	0	435	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$100,000,000-$249,999,999	64.2%	35.8%	18.0%	172	25	8	13	0	0	218	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$250,000,000-$499,999,999	62.5%	37.5%	13.5%	164	34	10	3	3	2	216	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$500,000,000 or more	58.8%	41.2%	12.0%	123	24	9	8	1	0	165	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
All	66.7%	33.3%	17.0%	3,579	295	82	40	15	7	4,018	0.9%	0.0%	99.1%
Family foundations
Under $5,000,000 in assets	55.1%	44.9%	5.0%	211	1	1	1	0	0	214	7.0%	9.3%	83.7%
$5,000,000-$9,999,999	53.5%	46.5%	6.0%	209	2	2	0	1	1	215	6.3%	9.4%	84.4%
$10,000,000-$24,999,999	52.0%	48.0%	6.0%	374	1	6	0	0	0	381	16.9%	11.9%	71.2%
$25,000,000-$49,999,999	54.9%	45.1%	6.5%	204	0	0	2	0	0	206	13.3%	10.0%	76.7%
$50,000,000-$99,999,999	56.4%	43.6%	6.0%	145	3	0	0	1	0	149	17.6%	11.8%	70.6%
$100,000,000-$249,999,999	60.3%	39.7%	7.0%	183	14	0	2	0	0	199	24.1%	17.2%	58.6%
$250,000,000-$499,999,999	68.2%	31.8%	7.0%	83	4	0	1	0	0	88	33.3%	8.3%	58.3%
$500,000,000 or more	66.9%	33.1%	11.0%	146	8	2	1	0	0	157	18.8%	31.3%	50.0%
All	56.7%	43.3%	6.0%	1,555	33	11	7	2	1	1,609	15.1%	12.6%	72.3%
Independent foundations
Under $5,000,000 in assets	73.3%	26.7%	5.5%	67	3	0	4	1	0	75	14.3%	28.6%	57.1%
$5,000,000-$9,999,999	68.6%	31.4%	5.0%	63	1	0	6	0	0	70	33.3%	25.0%	41.7%
$10,000,000-$24,999,999	74.4%	25.6%	6.0%	141	15	5	2	1	0	164	13.6%	18.2%	68.2%
$25,000,000-$49,999,999	77.9%	22.1%	8.0%	135	6	11	2	0	0	154	42.9%	9.5%	47.6%
$50,000,000-$99,999,999	80.5%	19.5%	8.0%	183	9	6	2	0	0	200	46.2%	23.1%	30.8%
$100,000,000-$249,999,999	71.8%	28.2%	9.0%	316	23	11	8	0	0	358	33.3%	19.4%	47.2%
$250,000,000-$499,999,999	74.7%	25.3%	7.0%	94	3	1	0	1	0	99	53.3%	26.7%	20.0%
$500,000,000 or more	72.8%	27.2%	11.0%	207	26	13	6	2	0	254	70.8%	20.8%	8.3%
All	74.4%	25.6%	8.0%	1,206	86	47	30	5	0	1,374	39.4%	20.6%	40.0%
Public foundations
Under $5,000,000 in assets	52.8%	47.2%	15.0%	171	32	11	17	2	0	233	0.0%	6.7%	93.3%
$5,000,000-$9,999,999	57.6%	42.4%	11.0%	27	5	1	0	0	0	33	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$10,000,000-$24,999,999	62.0%	38.0%	17.0%	165	6	11	1	0	1	184	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
$25,000,000-$49,999,999	60.1%	39.9%	12.5%	119	16	6	1	0	1	143	0.0%	8.3%	91.7%
$50,000,000-$99,999,999	67.3%	32.7%	15.0%	90	11	3	2	1	0	107	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%
$100,000,000-$249,999,999	70.8%	29.2%	16.5%	235	19	24	2	1	0	281	6.3%	6.3%	87.5%
$250,000,000 or more	69.8%	30.2%	14.5%	43	4	5	0	1	0	53	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%
All	62.9%	37.1%	15.0%	850	93	61	23	5	2	1,034	4.6%	7.7%	87.7%
All foundations
Under $5,000,000 in assets	64.8%	35.2%	9.0%	1,248	66	23	25	5	1	1,368	4.0%	7.2%	88.8%
$5,000,000-$9,999,999	63.6%	36.4%	7.0%	712	19	6	8	1	4	750	8.1%	8.1%	83.8%
$10,000,000-$24,999,999	64.5%	35.5%	10.0%	1,796	89	36	6	7	2	1,936	9.9%	7.2%	82.9%
$25,000,000-$49,999,999	64.3%	35.7%	9.0%	890	71	30	7	3	1	1,002	14.9%	6.9%	78.2%
$50,000,000-$99,999,999	67.6%	32.4%	10.0%	778	78	23	10	2	0	891	19.5%	11.7%	68.8%
$100,000,000-$249,999,999	67.8%	32.2%	10.0%	906	81	43	25	1	0	1,056	21.3%	13.8%	64.9%
$250,000,000-$499,999,999	67.1%	32.9%	9.0%	384	45	16	4	5	2	456	31.8%	13.6%	54.5%
$500,000,000 or more	67.2%	32.8%	11.0%	476	58	24	15	3	0	576	38.5%	19.2%	42.3%
All	65.6%	34.4%	9.0%	7,190	507	201	100	27	10	8,035	15.3%	9.9%	74.8%
SOURCE: Council on Foundations