Profile of the Funding Community
Each year the Foundation
Center analyzes and interprets the entire body of data collected on active
grantmaking foundations. Specifically, the Center measures the dimensions
of U.S. grantmaking foundations by overall growth, state and region,
foundation type, and period of establishment. This information is published
in Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates and Foundation
Yearbook. Summary
statistics for the latest year include the following:
- In 2007, 75,187 foundations
awarded grants totaling $44.4 billion and held assets of $682.2
billion.
- Between 2006 and 2007, total giving increased 13.8 percent to a record high (from $39 billion), while assets rose 11 percent (from $614.7 billion).
- Gifts to foundations from
their donors were up nearly 30 percent, from $36.6 billion to $46.8
billion.
 
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