Foundation Giving Trends, 2000

March 7, 2002 | Read Time: 2 minutes

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PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN GIVING

CAUSES SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATIONS
Subject	Dollar amount	Percent	Number of grants	Percent
Arts and culture	$1,798,615,000	12.0%	17,835	14.9%
Education	$3,779,009,000	25.2%	24,615	20.6%
Environment and animals	$987,425,000	6.6%	7,368	6.2%
Health	$3,089,922,000	20.6%	14,517	12.1%
Human services	$2,169,075,000	14.4%	29,140	24.3%
International affairs, development, and peace	$414,232,000	2.8%	3,264	2.7%
Public and society benefit *	$1,691,746,000	11.3%	14,859	12.4%
Religion	$329,937,000	2.2%	3,819	3.2%
Science and technology	$414,058,000	2.8%	2,400	2.0%
Social science	$324,188,000	2.2%	1,837	1.5%
Other	$17,260,000	0.1%	124	0.1%
Total	$15,015,467,000		119,778
* Includes civil rights and social action, community improvement, philanthropy and volunteerism, and public affairs.
Note: Totals may not add up due to rounding.

WHAT PROJECTS WON SUPPORT

DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS, BY FOUNDATION TYPE
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Arts and culture
Policy, management, and information	$10,091,000	0.1%	$2,836,000	0.2%	$1,206,000	0.1%
Arts–multipurpose	$124,158,000	1.0%	$18,080,000	1.3%	$12,457,000	1.5%
Media and communications	$141,300,000	1.1%	$15,304,000	1.1%	$7,390,000	0.9%
Visual arts and architecture	$89,561,000	0.7%	$2,500,000	0.2%	$2,748,000	0.3%
Museums	$394,933,000	3.1%	$73,178,000	5.1%	$37,230,000	4.6%
Performing arts	$447,317,000	3.6%	$91,330,000	6.3%	$39,568,000	4.9%
Humanities	$119,545,000	1.0%	$2,922,000	0.2%	$2,321,000	0.3%
Historic preservation	$75,810,000	0.6%	$13,696,000	1.0%	$7,725,000	1.0%
Other	$20,010,000	0.2%	$888,000	0.1%	$644,000	0.1%
Total arts and culture	$1,422,725,000	11.3%	$220,734,000	15.3%	$111,289,000	13.7%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Education
Policy, management, and information	$18,256,000	0.1%	$3,173,000	0.2%	$683,000	0.1%
Elementary and secondary	$1,048,415,000	8.4%	$81,236,000	5.6%	$72,643,000	9.0%
Vocational and technical	$15,612,000	0.1%	$3,990,000	0.3%	$695,000	0.1%
Higher education	$1,026,211,000	8.2%	$190,675,000	13.2%	$91,050,000	11.2%
Graduate and professional	$578,062,000	4.6%	$44,831,000	3.1%	$19,054,000	2.4%
Adult and continuing	$11,714,000	0.1%	$2,125,000	0.1%	$1,995,000	0.2%
Library science and libraries	$253,606,000	2.0%	$9,086,000	0.6%	$8,175,000	1.0%
Student services	$52,056,000	0.4%	$35,102,000	2.4%	$7,039,000	0.9%
Educational services	$130,899,000	1.0%	$25,168,000	1.7%	$13,431,000	1.7%
Total education	$3,134,830,000	25.0%	$395,386,000	27.4%	$214,765,000	26.5%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Environment and animals
Environment	$754,701,000	6.0%	$25,761,000	1.8%	$26,655,000	3.3%
Animals and wildlife	$153,691,000	1.2%	$16,495,000	1.1%	$8,950,000	1.1%
Total environment and animals	$908,391,000	7.2%	$42,257,000	2.9%	$35,606,000	4.4%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Health
General and rehabilitative	$1,480,603,000	11.8%	$45,533,000	3.2%	$49,338,000	6.1%
Policy, management, and information	$48,290,000	0.4%	$2,911,000	0.2%	$2,071,000	0.3%
Hospitals and medical care	$523,324,000	4.2%	$32,941,000	2.3%	$31,936,000	3.9%
Reproductive health care	$372,606,000	3.0%	$999,000	0.1%	$3,180,000	0.4%
Public health	$399,033,000	3.2%	$6,049,000	0.4%	$5,095,000	0.6%
Other	$137,350,000	1.1%	$2,634,000	0.2%	$7,056,000	0.9%
Specific diseases	$403,632,000	3.2%	$20,487,000	1.4%	$18,055,000	2.2%
Medical research	$793,593,000	6.3%	$12,051,000	0.8%	$20,825,000	2.6%
Mental health	$194,157,000	1.5%	$7,886,000	0.5%	$13,072,000	1.6%
Total health	$2,871,984,000	22.9%	$85,956,000	6.0%	$101,289,000	12.5%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Human services
Crime, justice, and legal services	$156,483,000	1.2%	$10,085,000	0.7%	$11,764,000	1.5%
Employment	$100,198,000	0.8%	$16,978,000	1.2%	$9,173,000	1.1%
Food, nutrition, and agriculture	$93,069,000	0.7%	$8,999,000	0.6%	$7,400,000	0.9%
Housing and shelter	$130,649,000	1.0%	$39,459,000	2.7%	$29,699,000	3.7%
Safety and disaster relief	$13,025,000	0.1%	$10,204,000	0.7%	$1,604,000	0.2%
Recreation and sports	$155,126,000	1.2%	$23,690,000	1.6%	$17,111,000	2.1%
Youth development	$217,531,000	1.7%	$42,071,000	2.9%	$18,787,000	2.3%
Human services–multipurpose	$814,767,000	6.5%	$104,013,000	7.2%	$102,463,000	12.6%
Total human services	$1,680,847,000	13.4%	$255,500,000	17.7%	$198,001,000	24.4%
International affairs, development, and peace	$375,694,000	3.0%	$23,406,000	1.6%	$4,877,000	0.6%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Public and society benefit
Civil rights and social action	$194,997,000	1.6%	$13,574,000	0.9%	$7,338,000	0.9%
Community improvement and development	$401,799,000	3.2%	$77,220,000	5.4%	$44,166,000	5.5%
Philanthropy and volunteerism	$286,331,000	2.3%	$223,376,000	15.5%	$26,904,000	3.3%
Public affairs	$341,268,000	2.7%	$27,969,000	1.9%	$12,893,000	1.6%
Total public and society benefit	$1,224,396,000	9.8%	$342,139,000	23.7%	$91,301,000	11.3%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Science and technology
Policy, management, and information	$8,013,000	0.1%	$1,613,000	0.1%	$110,000	0.0%
General science	$141,977,000	1.1%	$18,722,000	1.3%	$4,430,000	0.5%
Physical science	$85,470,000	0.7%	$4,829,000	0.3%	$5,303,000	0.7%
Technology	$38,859,000	0.3%	$15,010,000	1.0%	$778,000	0.1%
Life science	$61,795,000	0.5%	$14,990,000	1.0%	$2,188,000	0.3%
Total science and technology	$336,114,000	2.7%	$55,195,000	3.8%	$12,809,000	1.6%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Social science
Social science and economics	$149,083,000	1.2%	$5,130,000	0.4%	$1,540,000	0.2%
Interdisciplinary and other	$161,108,000	1.3%	$3,552,000	0.2%	$978,000	0.1%
Total social science	$310,191,000	2.5%	$8,681,000	0.6%	$2,518,000	0.3%
Religion	$272,533,000	2.2%	$11,335,000	0.8%	$37,050,000	4.6%
Other	$15,549,000	0.1%	$856,000	0.1%	$819,000	0.1%
Total grants	$12,553,254,000	100.0%	$1,441,446,000	100.0%	$810,323,000	100.0%
Note: Totals may not add up due to rounding.

GRANT AWARDS, BY SIZE
Value of grants	Number of grants	Percent	Dollar amount in thousands	Percent
$10,000 to $24,999	46,481	38.8%	$649,178	4.3%
$25,000 to $49,999	28,143	23.5%	$866,851	5.8%
$50,000 to $99,999	18,833	15.7%	$1,151,662	7.7%
$100,000 to $499,999	21,339	17.8%	$4,071,337	27.1%
$500,000 to $999,999	2,699	2.3%	$1,694,018	11.3%
$1-million to $4,999,999	2,024	1.7%	$3,362,352	22.4%
$5-million to $9,999,999	173	0.1%	$1,092,876	7.3%
$10-million and over	86	0.1%	$2,127,193	14.2%