| From the issue dated Thursday, January 13, 2000 |
ALSO SEE:
A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back.
| CHRONICLE CHART BY WILLIAM FLOWERS |
| |
Private
foundations |
Corporate
foundations |
Community
foundations |
Operating
foundations |
All
foundations |
| Decade established |
Number |
Assets |
Number |
Assets |
Number |
Assets |
Number |
Assets |
Number |
Assets |
| Before 1900 |
80 |
$406,538,000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
$109,125,000 |
97 |
$515,664,000 |
| 1900-1909 |
21 |
$311,079,000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
$305,895,000 |
24 |
$616,974,000 |
| 1910-1919 |
58 |
$6,777,915,000 |
1 |
$31,864,000 |
17 |
$5,024,557,000 |
6 |
$207,065,000 |
82 |
$12,041,401,000 |
| 1920-1929 |
131 |
$9,919,515,000 |
4 |
$52,924,000 |
19 |
$3,314,392,000 |
8 |
$270,676,000 |
162 |
$13,557,507,000 |
| 1930-1939 |
189 |
$54,100,686,000 |
7 |
$51,195,000 |
3 |
$94,351,000 |
7 |
$168,916,000 |
206 |
$54,415,148,000 |
| 1940-1949 |
712 |
$40,142,960,000 |
62 |
$603,033,000 |
21 |
$2,451,648,000 |
19 |
$303,814,000 |
814 |
$43,501,455,000 |
| 1950-1959 |
1,674 |
$47,100,099,000 |
309 |
$3,433,258,000 |
30 |
$1,672,811,000 |
33 |
$8,000,189,000 |
2,046 |
$60,206,357,000 |
| 1960-1969 |
1,679 |
$34,468,684,000 |
162 |
$1,128,420,000 |
41 |
$1,867,323,000 |
41 |
$735,674,000 |
1,922 |
$38,200,100,000 |
| 1970-1979 |
966 |
$20,154,766,000 |
99 |
$1,444,470,000 |
61 |
$2,277,409,000 |
34 |
$153,957,000 |
1,160 |
$24,030,602,000 |
| 1980-1989 |
3,449 |
$30,688,201,000 |
308 |
$2,575,494,000 |
90 |
$2,284,875,000 |
110 |
$558,373,000 |
3,957 |
$36,106,943,000 |
| 1990-1997* |
3,105 |
$21,020,125,000 |
194 |
$1,239,962,000 |
50 |
$395,830,000 |
121 |
$2,162,707,000 |
3,470 |
$24,818,624,000 |
Note: Includes grant-making foundations with at least $1-million in assets or that made grants of $100,000 or more in 1996-97.
* Data incomplete for the period 1990-97. |
| SOURCE: THE FOUNDATION CENTER |
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