Foundation Giving Trends, 1998

February 10, 2000 | Read Time: 2 minutes

From the issue dated Thursday, February 10, 2000

SOURCE: FOUNDATION CENTER AND GIVING USA

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Subject	Dollar amount	Percent	Number of grants	Percent
Arts and culture	$1,439,157,000	14.8%	14,105	14.5%
Education	$2,366,631,000	24.4%	20,080	20.7%
Environment and animals	$539,774,000	5.6%	5,871	6.0%
Health	$1,602,137,000	16.5%	11,816	12.2%
Human services	$1,455,932,000	15.0%	22,923	23.6%
International affairs, development, and peace	$313,485,000	3.2%	2,918	3.0%
Public and society benefit*	$1,149,085,000	11.8%	12,076	12.4%
Science and technology	$369,337,000	3.8%	2,451	2.5%
Social science	$243,386,000	2.5%	1,688	1.7%
Religion	$220,536,000	2.3%	3,153	3.2%
Other	$11,933,000	0.1%	139	0.1%
Total	$9,711,395,000	100.0%	97,220	100.0%
* Includes civil rights and social action, community improvement, philanthropy and volunteerism, and public affairs.

Value of grants	Number of grants	Percent	Dollar amount	Percent
$10,000 to $24,999	40,023	41.2%	$555,545	5.7%
$25,000 to $49,999	23,014	23.7%	$704,655	7.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	15,226	15.7%	$931,850	9.6%
$100,000 to $499,999	15,719	16.2%	$2,952,964	30.4%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,852	1.9%	$1,165,193	12.0%
$1-million to $4,999,999	1,239	1.3%	$2,058,827	21.2%
$5-million and over	147	0.2%	$1,342,363	13.8%
Note: Dollar figures are in thousands.

	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Arts and culture
Policy, management, and information	$8,264,000	0.1%	$3,902,000	0.4%	$194,000	0.0%
Arts-Multipurpose	$99,159,000	1.2%	$12,685,000	1.3%	$10,424,000	2.1%
Media and communications	$89,498,000	1.1	$12,126,000	1.2%	$2,871,000	0.6%
Visual arts and architecture	$50,580,000	0.6%	$1,415,000	0.1%	$1,602,000	0.3%
Museums	$370,730,000	4.6%	$46,467,000	4.7%	$21,420,000	4.3%
Performing arts	$372,581,000	4.6%	$54,126,000	5.5%	$24,016,000	4.8%
Humanities	$99,920,000	1.2%	$1,837,000	0.2%	$1,216,000	0.2%
Historic preservation	$58,746,000	0.7	$12,054,000	1.2%	$7,128,000	1.4%
Other	$14,904,000	0.2%	$1,280,000	0.1%	$558,000	0.1%
Total arts and culture	$1,164,382,000	14.4%	$145,893,000	14.8%	$69,430,000	14.0%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Education
Policy, management, and information	$18,277,000	0.2%	$3,680,000	0.4%	$98,000	0.0%
Elementary and secondary	$508,184,000	6.3%	$58,706,000	5.9%	$48,662,000	9.8%
Vocational and technical	$12,417,000	0.2%	$2,279,000	0.2%	$275,000	0.1%
Higher education	$867,313,000	10.7	$156,916,000	15.9%	$40,262,000	8.1%
Graduate and professional	$345,336,000	4.3%	$29,159,000	3.0%	$7,186,000	1.4%
Adult and continuing	$19,412,000	0.2%	$1,744,000	0.2%	$673,000	0.1%
Library science and libraries	$129,009,000	1.6%	$6,395,000	0.6%	5,642,000	1.1%
Student services	$4,484,000	0.1%	$3,249,000	0.3%	$968,000	0.2%
Educational services	$62,567,000	0.8%	$14,188,000	1.4%	$7,909,000	1.6%
Total education	$1,967,001,000	24.3%	$276,315,000	28.0%	$111,675,000	22.5%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Environment and animals
Environment	$412,075,000	5.1%	$20,925,000	2.1%	$21,922,000	4.4%
Animals and wildlife	$69,553,000	0.9%	$10,055,000	1.0%	$5,102,000	1.0%
Total environment and animals	$481,628,000	6.0%	$30,980,000	3.1%	$27,024,000	5.5%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Health
General and rehabilitative	$876,372,000	10.8%	$34,150,000	3.5%	$38,637,000	7.8%
Policy, management, and information	$45,079,000	0.6%	$3,388,000	0.3%	$1,347,000	0.3%
Hospitals and medical care	$440,342,000	5.4%	$22,066,000	2.2%	$27,920,000	5.6%
Reproductive health care	$111,073,000	1.4%	$991,000	0.1%	$3,838,000	0.8%
Public health	$141,762,000	1.8%	$6,071,000	0.6%	$1,537,000	0.3%
Other	$138,116,000	1.7%	$1,633,000	0.2%	$3,995,000	0.8%
Specific diseases	$110,219,000	1.4%	$12,945,000	1.3%	$13,134,000	2.6%
Medical research	$307,145,000	3.8%	$10,547,000	1.1%	$30,642,000	6.2%
Mental health	$143,740,000	1.8%	6,058,000	0.6%	7,233,000	1.5%
Total health	$1,437,475,000	17.8%	$63,700,000	6.5%	$89,646,000	18.1%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Human services
Crime, justice, and legal services	$87,560,000	1.1%	$7,463,000	0.8%	$6,896,000	1.4%
Employment	$84,824,000	1.0%	9,281,000	0.9%	4,801,000	1.0%
Food, nutrition, and agriculture	$59,826,000	0.7%	$6,337,000	0.6%	$2,631,000	0.5%
Housing and shelter	$72,478,000	0.9%	$24,969,000	2.5%	$14,555,000	2.9%
Safety and disaster relief	$21,223,000	0.3%	$4,048,000	0.4%	$1,726,000	0.3%
Recreation and sports	$106,693,000	1.3%	$11,958,000	1.2%	$9,946,000	2.0%
Youth development	$167,514,000	2.1%	$24,346,000	2.5%	$10,330,000	2.1%
Human services- Multipurpose	$573,078,000	7.1%	$66,634,000	6.8%	$61,595,000	12.4%
Total human services	$1,173,195,000	14.5%	$155,035,000	15.7%	$112,481,000	22.7%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
International affairs, development, and peace	$287,758,000	3.6%	$14,836,000	1.5%	$1,421,000	0.3%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Public and society benefit
Civil rights and social action	$112,586,000	1.4%	$8,434,000	0.9%	$3,714,000	0.7%
Community improvement and development	$300,188,000	3.7%	$56,846,000	5.8%	$30,975,000	6.2%
Philanthropy and volunteerism	$198,087,000	2.5%	$154,539,000	15.7%	$10,373,000	2.1%
Public affairs	$213,342,000	2.6%	$19,018,000	1.9%	$10,981,000	2.2%
Total public and society benefit	$824,203,000	10.2%	$238,837,000	24.2%	$56,043,000	11.3%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Science and technology
Policy, management, and information	$12,771,000	0.2%	$2,628,000	0.3%	$18,000	0.0%
General science	$152,483,000	1.9%	$22,418,000	2.3%	$1,532,000	0.3%
Physical science	$59,927,000	0.7%	$4,974,000	0.5%	$388,000	0.1%
Technology	$35,504,000	0.4%	$10,773,000	1.1%	$2,162,000	0.4%
Life science	$55,247,000	0.7%	$730,000	0.1%	$1,959,000	0.4%
Other	$35,000	0.0%	29,000	0.0%	n/a	n/a
Total science and technology	$315,967,000	3.9%	$41,551,000	4.2%	$6,059,000	1.2%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Social science
Social science and economics	$111,295,000	1.4%	$3,228,000	0.3%	$394,000	0.1%
Interdisciplinary and other	$121,129,000	1.5%	$4,824,000	0.5	$967,000	0.2%
Total social science	$232,424,000	2.9%	$8,052,000	0.8%	$1,360,000	0.3%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Religion	$188,820,000	2.3%	$10,789,000	1.1%	$20,330,000	4.1%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Other	$10,693,000	0.1%	$946,000	0.1%	$294,000	0.1%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Total grants	$8,083,547,000	100.0%	$986,934,000	100.0%	$495,763,000	100.0%