Foundation Giving Trends, 2002

April 15, 2004 | Read Time: 2 minutes

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN GIVING
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CAUSES SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATIONS
Subject	Dollar amount	Percent	Number of grants	Percent
Arts and culture	$1,945,785,000	12.2%	18,674	14.6%
Education	4,209,352,000	26.4	26,490	20.7
Environment and animals	943,136,000	5.9	7,830	6.1
Health	2,920,053,000	18.3	15,188	11.9
Human services	2,349,813,000	14.8	33,250	26.0
International affairs, development, and peace	413,422,000	2.6	3,025	2.4
Public and society benefit*	1,821,082,000	11.4	15,480	12.1
Religion	429,336,000	2.7	3,912	3.1
Science and technology	567,827,000	3.6	2,200	1.7
Social science	310,077,000	1.9	1,567	1.2
Other	15,012,000	0.1	112	0.1
Total	$15,924,895,000	100.0%	127,278	100.0%
* Includes civil rights and social action, community improvement, philanthropy and volunteerism, and public affairs.
Note: Totals may not add up due to rounding.

CHANGES IN TYPES OF PROJECTS SUPPORTED
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GRANT AWARDS, BY SIZE
Value of grants	Number of grants	Percentage of total	Dollar amount in thousands	Percentage of total
$10,000 to $24,999	50,956	39.9%	$706,461	4.4%
$25,000 to $49,999	29,565	23.1	908,985	5.7
$50,000 to $99,999	19,874	15.6	1,217,174	7.6
$100,000 to $499,999	21,959	17.2	4,112,908	25.8
$500,000 to $999,999	2,986	2.3	1,865,121	11.7
$1-million to $4,999,999	2,129	1.7	3,681,968	23.1
$5-million to $9,999,999	156	0.1	970,966	6.1
$10-million and over	103	0.1	2,461,312	15.5

FOUNDATION GRANTS, BY REGION
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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	$14,012,000	0.1%	$3,431,000	0.2%	$919,000	0.1%
Artsmultipurpose	116,707,000	0.9	20,808,000	1.1	15,279,000	1.5
Media and communications	118,149,000	0.9	17,376,000	1.0	9,477,000	0.9
Visual arts and architecture	55,475,000	0.4	2,915,000	0.2	5,997,000	0.6
Museums	449,038,000	3.5	59,222,000	3.2	50,546,000	5.0
Performing arts	478,604,000	3.7	97,294,000	5.3	58,082,000	5.7
Humanities	171,077,000	1.3	2,700,000	0.1	2,329,000	0.2
Historic preservation	72,559,000	0.6	18,991,000	1.0	7,993,000	0.8
Other	17,504,000	0.1	833,000	0.0	1,197,000	0.1
Total arts and culture	$1,493,125,000	11.6%	$223,569,000	12.3%	$151,818,000	14.9%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Education
Policy, management, and information	$29,408,000	0.2%	$5,402,000	0.3%	$1,122,000	0.1%
Elementary and secondary	973,350,000	7.6	101,427,000	5.6	96,805,000	9.5
Vocational and technical	10,565,000	0.1	5,884,000	0.3	664,000	0.1
Higher education	1,161,652,000	9.0	210,080,000	11.5	72,831,000	7.1
Graduate and professional	770,167,000	6.0	44,445,000	2.4	19,961,000	2.0
Adult and continuing	16,302,000	0.1	4,611,000	0.3	2,069,000	0.2
Library science and libraries	193,534,000	1.5	9,940,000	0.5	8,704,000	0.9
Student services	189,005,000	1.5	41,238,000	2.3	12,310,000	1.2
Educational services	131,199,000	1.0	38,089,000	2.1	22,621,000	2.2
Total education	$3,475,181,000	27.0%	$461,115,000	25.3%	$237,087,000	23.3%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Environment and animals
Environment	$688,373,000	5.3%	$38,026,000	2.1%	$46,358,000	4.5%
Animals and wildlife	134,470,000	1.0	22,450,000	1.2	13,375,000	1.3
Total environment and animals	$822,843,000	6.4%	$60,476,000	3.3%	$59,733,000	5.9%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Health
General and rehabilitative	$1,503,508,000	11.7%	$66,144,000	3.6%	$71,479,000	7.0%
Policy, management, and information	81,595,000	0.6	7,363,000	0.4	1,863,000	0.2
Hospitals and medical care	624,844,000	4.9	43,750,000	2.4	54,372,000	5.3
Reproductive health care	176,981,000	1.4	703,000	0.0	5,215,000	0.5
Public health	442,840,000	3.4	10,053,000	0.6	5,394,000	0.5
Other	177,248,000	1.4	4,277,000	0.2	4,635,000	0.5
Specific diseases	370,899,000	2.9	89,568,000	4.9	14,902,000	1.5
Medical research	475,032,000	3.7	32,830,000	1.8	11,690,000	1.1
Mental health	240,175,000	1.9	9,638,000	0.5	20,370,000	2.0
Total health	$2,589,614,000	20.1%	$198,181,000	10.9%	$118,441,000	11.6%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Human services
Crime, justice, and legal services	$110,615,000	0.9%	$8,614,000	0.5%	$18,067,000	1.8%
Employment	87,424,000	0.7	19,483,000	1.1	11,468,000	1.1
Food, nutrition, and agriculture	104,592,000	0.8	11,408,000	0.6	10,572,000	1.0
Housing and shelter	162,055,000	1.3	51,771,000	2.8	28,259,000	2.8
Safety and disaster relief	58,945,000	0.5	94,783,000	5.2	8,166,000	0.8
Recreation and sports	154,473,000	1.2	21,794,000	1.2	18,440,000	1.8
Youth development	262,395,000	2.0	58,513,000	3.2	25,849,000	2.5
Human servicesmultipurpose	741,351,000	5.8	121,185,000	6.6	127,857,000	12.5
Total human services	$1,681,849,000	13.1%	$387,551,000	21.3%	$248,679,000	24.4%
International affairs, development, and peace	$371,329,000	2.9%	$25,272,000	1.4%	$8,560,000	0.8%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Public and society benefit
Civil rights and social action	$147,205,000	1.1%	$22,821,000	1.3%	$7,593,000	0.7%
Community improvement and development	503,676,000	3.9	96,752,000	5.3	64,100,000	6.3
Philanthropy and volunteerism	271,156,000	2.1	241,882,000	13.3	39,096,000	3.8
Public affairs	344,390,000	2.7	34,805,000	1.9	19,765,000	1.9
Total public and society benefit	$1,266,427,000	9.8%	$396,261,000	21.7%	$130,554,000	12.8%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Science and technology
Policy, management, and information	$9,424,000	0.1%	$2,473,000	0.1%	$200,000	0.0%
General science	203,900,000	1.6	16,728,000	0.9	1,885,000	0.2
Physical science	67,750,000	0.5	6,516,000	0.4	2,092,000	0.2
Technology	40,539,000	0.3	23,022,000	1.3	5,661,000	0.6
Life science	165,214,000	1.3	8,818,000	0.5	8,370,000	0.8
Other	112,000	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Total science and technology	$486,939,000	3.8%	$57,557,000	3.2%	$18,207,000	1.8%
	Independent foundations		Corporate foundations		Community foundations
	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Social science
Social science and economics	$94,335,000	0.7%	$4,893,000	0.3%	$706,000	0.1%
Interdisciplinary and other	$205,059,000	1.6%	$2,632,000	0.1%	$1,808,000	0.2%
Total social science	$299,395,000	2.3%	$7,525,000	0.4%	$2,514,000	0.2%
Religion	$368,445,000	2.9%	$4,534,000	0.2%	$42,241,000	4.1%
Other	$12,947,000	0.1%	$965,000	0.1%	$1,049,000	0.1%
Total grants	$12,868,095,000	100.0%	$1,823,007,000	100.0%	$1,018,885,000	100.0%
Note: Percentages may not add up due to rounding.