Grant Makers: Benefits Provided to Staff Members

January 27, 2000 | Read Time: 1 minute

From the issue dated January 27, 2000

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		Grant makers that provide health-insurance benefits		Grant makers that do not		Grant makers that offer a retirement plan		Grant makers that do not		Grant makers that offer benefits to employees’ domestic partners		Grant makers that do not
	Benefits costs as a percentage of total compensation	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number
Community foundations	15.0%	77.2%	142	22.8%	42	75.8%	141	24.2%	45	6.7%	12	93.3%	167
Family foundations	20.4%	82.2%	83	17.8%	18	67.6%	69	32.4%	33	8.2%	8	91.8%	89
Independent foundations	24.9%	90.9%	140	9.1%	14	87.8%	137	12.2%	19	13.5%	20	86.5%	128
Public foundations	20.0%	95.3%	41	4.7%	2	86.4%	38	13.6%	6	17.1%	7	82.9%	34
All foundations	20.0%	84.2%	406	15.8%	76	78.9%	385	21.1%	103	10.1%	47	89.9%	418
Less than $5-million in assets	9.0%	49.0%	25	51.0%	26	49.1%	26	50.9%	27	11.8%	6	88.2%	45
$5- to $9.9-million in assets	13.0%	61.5%	32	38.5%	20	52.9%	27	47.1%	24	6.1%	3	93.9%	46
$10- to $24.9-million in assets	14.6%	79.6%	82	20.4%	21	70.9%	73	29.1%	30	5.1%	5	94.9%	93
$25- to $49.9-million in assets	17.0%	90.8%	59	9.2%	6	77.9%	53	22.1%	15	9.7%	6	90.3%	56
$50- to $99.9-million in assets	22.8%	96.8%	60	3.2%	2	90.5%	57	9.5%	6	8.5%	5	91.5%	54
$100- to $249.9-million in assets	22.1%	98.6%	69	1.4%	1	98.6%	70	1.4%	1	13.0%	9	87.0%	60
$250-million or more in assets	26.4%	100.0%	79	0.0%	0	100.0%	79	0.0%	0	16.9%	13	83.1%	64
SOURCE: COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS