Foundation Trends

July 26, 2001 | Read Time: 3 minutes

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One-Year Changes

Effect of Inflation on Foundation Assets, 1984-99

Effect of Inflation on Foundation Grants, 1984-99

Number of Grant-Making Foundations, 1984-99

Growth in Foundation Assets, by Region

State and Regional Data, 1999

Foundations That Awarded the Most Money, 1999

One-Year Changes
	1998	1999
All foundations
Foundations	46,832	50,201
Total grants	$19,457,000,000	$23,321,000,000
Total assets	$385,052,000,000	$448,611,000,000
Gifts received	$22,574,000,000	$32,077,000,000
One-Year Changes
	1998	1999
Independent foundations
Foundations	41,751	44,824
Total grants	$14,934,000,000	$17,989,000,000
Total assets	$326,949,000,000	$381,400,000,000
Gifts received	$16,270,000,000	$24,097,000,000
One-Year Changes
	1998	1999
Corporate foundations
Foundations	2,022	2,019
Total grants	$2,446,000,000	$2,814,000,000
Total assets	$13,109,000,000	$15,258,000,000
Gifts received	$2,654,000,000	$3,313,000,000
One-Year Changes
	1998	1999
Community foundations
Foundations	437	519
Total grants	$1,458,000,000	$1,849,000,000
Total assets	$22,955,000,000	$27,649,000,000
Gifts received	$2,582,000,000	$3,295,000,000

Effect of Inflation on Foundation Assets, 1984-99

Effect of Inflation on Foundation Grants, 1984-99

Note: 1986 figures were not available.

Number of Grant-Making Foundations, 1984-99

Note: 1986 figures were not available.

Growth in Foundation Assets, by Region

State and Regional Data, 1999

	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
New England	4,686	9.3%	$20,826,446,000	4.6%	$1,087,590,000	3.4%	$1,198,504,000	4.7%	$1,111,785,000	4.8%
Connecticut	1,191	2.4%	$5,865,532,000	1.3%	$278,861,000	0.9%	$361,816,000	1.4%	$343,203,000	1.5%
Maine	287	0.6%	$828,419,000	0.2%	$61,799,000	0.2%	$40,087,000	0.2%	$36,180,000	0.2%
Massachusetts	2,406	4.8%	$11,065,287,000	2.5%	$630,297,000	2.0%	$619,826,000	2.4%	$585,221,000	2.5%
New Hampshire	248	0.5%	$915,700,000	0.2%	$33,089,000	0.1%	$61,875,000	0.2%	$41,933,000	0.2%
Rhode Island	377	0.8%	$1,806,228,000	0.4%	$75,243,000	0.2%	$93,676,000	0.4%	$89,993,000	0.4%
Vermont	177	0.4%	$345,281,000	0.1%	$8,301,000	0.0%	$21,224,000	0.1%	$15,255,000	0.1%
	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
Middle Atlantic	11,709	23.3%	$125,204,681,000	27.9%	$4,694,392,000	14.6%	$7,356,555,000	28.6%	$6,697,565,000	28.7%
New Jersey	1,618	3.2%	$15,837,524,000	3.5%	$788,563,000	2.5%	$1,002,929,000	3.9%	$912,734,000	3.9%
New York	7,086	14.1%	$81,723,438,000	18.2%	$3,230,933,000	10.1%	$4,988,581,000	19.4%	$4,500,047,000	19.3%
Pennsylvania	3,005	6.0%	$27,643,719,000	6.2%	$674,896,000	2.1%	$1,365,045,000	5.3%	$1,284,784,000	5.5%
	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
East North Central	9,498	18.9%	$76,618,291,000	17.1%	$3,892,801,000	12.1%	$4,597,447,000	17.9%	$4,323,234,000	18.5%
Illinois	3,041	6.1%	$23,221,227,000	5.2%	$1,058,469,000	3.3%	$1,362,925,000	5.3%	$1,239,597,000	5.3%
Indiana	992	2.0%	$14,359,982,000	3.2%	$291,629,000	0.9%	$799,757,000	3.1%	$781,056,000	3.3%
Michigan	1,619	3.2%	$21,237,320,000	4.7%	$1,176,741,000	3.7%	$1,204,986,000	4.7%	$1,131,809,000	4.9%
Ohio	2,604	5.2%	$12,947,025,000	2.9%	$706,285,000	2.2%	$877,760,000	3.4%	$837,974,000	3.6%
Wisconsin	1,242	2.5%	$4,852,738,000	1.1%	$659,677,000	2.1%	$352,019,000	1.4%	$332,799,000	1.4%
	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
West North Central	3,945	7.9%	$24,877,977,000	5.5%	$1,413,346,000	4.4%	$1,525,021,000	5.9%	$1,479,240,000	6.3%
Iowa	725	1.4%	$2,302,265,000	0.5%	$139,344,000	0.4%	$135,667,000	0.5%	$154,093,000	0.7%
Kansas	545	1.1%	$1,644,649,000	0.4%	$98,658,000	0.3%	$112,095,000	0.4%	$99,434,000	0.4%
Minnesota	1,002	2.0%	$9,514,710,000	2.1%	$348,672,000	1.1%	$565,258,000	2.2%	$535,907,000	2.3%
Missouri	1,144	2.3%	$8,804,276,000	2.0%	$395,971,000	1.2%	$528,271,000	2.1%	$511,913,000	2.2%
Nebraska	357	0.7%	$2,083,951,000	0.5%	$374,595,000	1.2%	$155,689,000	0.6%	$152,395,000	0.7%
North Dakota	81	0.2%	$112,503,000	0.0%	$14,578,000	0.0%	$5,876,000	0.0%	$4,964,000	0.0%
South Dakota	91	0.2%	$415,622,000	0.1%	$41,527,000	0.1%	$22,164,000	0.1%	$20,534,000	0.1%
	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
South Atlantic	7,195	14.3%	$55,497,602,000	12.4%	$2,732,596,000	8.5%	$3,463,127,000	13.5%	$3,108,629,000	13.3%
Delaware	238	0.5%	$2,693,675,000	0.6%	$147,147,000	0.5%	$143,851,000	0.6%	$141,947,000	0.6%
District of Columbia	325	0.6%	$4,287,617,000	1.0%	$324,675,000	1.0%	$346,708,000	1.3%	$243,042,000	1.0%
Florida	2,250	4.5%	$12,060,995,000	2.7%	$585,244,000	1.8%	$701,005,000	2.7%	$625,433,000	2.7%
Georgia	1,008	2.0%	$9,705,300,000	2.2%	$537,037,000	1.7%	$622,775,000	2.4%	$588,761,000	2.5%
Maryland	953	1.9%	$10,125,285,000	2.3%	$217,327,000	0.7%	$466,107,000	1.8%	$440,536,000	1.9%
North Carolina	970	1.9%	$9,105,351,000	2.0%	$479,804,000	1.5%	$576,641,000	2.2%	$550,660,000	2.4%
South Carolina	293	0.6%	$1,042,445,000	0.2%	$48,840,000	0.2%	$68,208,000	0.3%	$65,250,000	0.3%
Virginia	981	2.0%	$5,807,214,000	1.3%	$375,959,000	1.2%	$508,785,000	2.0%	$426,286,000	1.8%
West Virginia	177	0.4%	$669,719,000	0.1%	$16,562,000	0.1%	$29,048,000	0.1%	$26,714,000	0.1%
	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
East South Central	1,590	3.2%	$7,239,580,000	1.6%	$428,248,000	1.3%	$508,201,000	2.0%	$470,440,000	2.0%
Alabama	492	1.0%	$1,649,877,000	0.4%	$64,366,000	0.2%	$108,679,000	0.4%	$101,580,000	0.4%
Kentucky	387	0.8%	$1,422,228,000	0.3%	$57,430,000	0.2%	$99,520,000	0.4%	$96,058,000	0.4%
Mississippi	173	0.3%	$609,137,000	0.1%	$71,007,000	0.2%	$39,240,000	0.2%	$37,070,000	0.2%
Tennessee	538	1.1%	$3,558,339,000	0.8%	$235,445,000	0.7%	$260,762,000	1.0%	$235,732,000	1.0%
	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
West South Central	3,541	7.1%	$31,227,155,000	7.0%	$1,426,771,000	4.4%	$1,884,110,000	7.3%	$1,620,812,000	6.9%
Arkansas	198	0.4%	$1,602,382,000	0.4%	$159,172,000	0.5%	$190,005,000	0.7%	$180,337,000	0.8%
Louisiana	328	0.7%	$1,741,882,000	0.4%	$68,528,000	0.2%	$97,390,000	0.4%	$86,816,000	0.4%
Oklahoma	422	0.8%	$4,567,764,000	1.0%	$153,880,000	0.5%	$222,011,000	0.9%	$181,046,000	0.8%
Texas	2,593	5.2%	$23,315,128,000	5.2%	$1,045,191,000	3.3%	$1,374,704,000	5.3%	$1,172,613,000	5.0%
Mountain	2,204	4.4%	$14,366,839,000	3.2%	$801,249,000	2.5%	$770,743,000	3.0%	$724,998,000	3.1%
Arizona	397	0.8%	$1,756,452,000	0.4%	$147,330,000	0.5%	$100,297,000	0.4%	$86,600,000	0.4%
Colorado	710	1.4%	$4,379,835,000	1.0%	$316,309,000	1.0%	$236,712,000	0.9%	$217,493,000	0.9%
Idaho	138	0.3%	$1,125,077,000	0.3%	$73,401,000	0.2%	$72,799,000	0.3%	$70,677,000	0.3%
Montana	147	0.3%	$255,442,000	0.1%	$12,881,000	0.0%	$14,599,000	0.1%	$13,557,000	0.1%
Nevada	277	0.6%	$3,088,275,000	0.7%	$119,201,000	0.4%	$142,241,000	0.6%	$153,122,000	0.7%
New Mexico	137	0.3%	$991,329,000	0.2%	$16,780,000	0.1%	$68,317,000	0.3%	$54,678,000	0.2%
Utah	277	0.6%	$2,205,509,000	0.5%	$52,871,000	0.2%	$100,634,000	0.4%	$96,537,000	0.4%
Wyoming	121	0.2%	$564,918,000	0.1%	$62,476,000	0.2%	$35,144,000	0.1%	$32,333,000	0.1%
	Number of foundations		Assets		Gifts received		Expenditures		Total grants
	Total	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*	Amount	Percent^*
Pacific	5,825	11.6%	$92,705,033,000	20.7%	$15,591,520,000	48.6%	$4,405,148,000	17.1%	$3,782,286,000	16.2%
Alaska	50	0.1%	$59,907,000	0.0%	$9,047,000	0.0%	$6,873,000	0.0%	$5,930,000	0.0%
California	4,238	8.4%	$65,988,659,000	14.7%	$3,574,719,000	11.1%	$3,326,339,000	12.9%	$2,777,704,000	11.9%
Hawaii	209	0.4%	$1,682,090,000	0.4%	$9,043,000	0.0%	$74,837,000	0.3%	$53,425,000	0.2%
Oregon	504	1.0%	$3,015,382,000	0.7%	$239,442,000	0.7%	$155,987,000	0.6%	$142,021,000	0.6%
Washington	824	1.6%	$21,958,995,000	4.9%	$11,759,269,000	36.7%	$841,112,000	3.3%	$803,206,000	3.4%
*. Note: Percent of all U.S. foundations

Foundations That Awarded the Most Money, 1999

	Foundation	1998 grants	1999 grants	Percentage change
1.	Lilly Endowment (Ind.)	$425,189,000	$558,288,000	+31.3%
2.	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Wash.)	$113,409,000	$549,433,000	+384.5%
3.	Ford Foundation (N.Y.)	$440,400,000	$514,401,000	+16.8%
4.	David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Calif.)	$263,929,000	$391,568,000	+48.4%
5.	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (N.J.)	$289,144,000	$290,250,000	+0.4%
6.	Pew Charitable Trusts (Pa.)	$161,412,000	$211,053,000	+30.8%
7.	Robert W. Woodruff Foundation (Ga.)	$86,658,000	$191,355,000	+120.8%
8.	W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Mich.)	$202,920,000	$186,606,000	-8.0%
9.	California Endowment	$68,577,000	$178,411,000	+160.2%
10.	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (N.Y.)	$142,216,000	$161,501,000	+13.6%
11.	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Ill.)	$123,517,000	$158,582,000	+28.4%
12.	Open Society Institute (N.Y.)	$124,624,000	$152,974,000	+22.7%
13.	Rockefeller Foundation (N.Y.)	$113,751,000	$149,343,000	+31.3%
14.	Starr Foundation (N.Y.)	$102,786,000	$143,823,000	+39.9%
15.	Annenberg Foundation (Pa.)	$118,025,000	$133,488,000	+13.1%
16.	New York Community Trust	$144,912,000	$130,681,000	-9.8%
17.	Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Mich.)	$84,725,000	$116,137,000	+37.1%
18.	California Community Foundation	$59,442,000	$113,450,000	+90.9%
19.	Kresge Foundation (Mich.)	$82,318,000	$112,710,000	+36.9%
20.	Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation (Fla.)	$27,100,000	$104,283,000	+284.8