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Recent Reports
Key Facts on Georgia Foundations
February 2013
In 2010, Georgia saw a decline in both the number of active foundations and the dollar value of grants awarded, while assets overall rose 8.1 percent. Key Facts on Georgia Foundations provides the latest statistical data and snapshot views of Georgia foundations' total giving and assets, as well as their giving patterns outlined by major subject. Surveys conducted in partnership with the Georgia Grantmakers Alliance and Georgia Center for Nonprofits provide additional insight into the grantmaking practices and giving priorities of the state's foundations.
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Giving in Illinois
June 2012
Illinois is home to more than 4,000 grantmaking foundations and their giving totaled a record $2.4 billion in 2010. Giving in Illinois provides a detailed examination of the size and scope of the Illinois foundation community and documents the giving priorities of Illinois and non-Illinois foundations giving in the state. The report was produced by the Foundation Center in cooperation with Donors Forum.
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Key Facts on Bay Area Foundations
June 2011
Since 2000, foundations in the Bay Area reported faster growth in total giving and assets compared to California and U.S. foundations overall. These grantmakers awarded $3.1 billion in 2009, a 77% increase over 2000, and their assets rose 34% during the same ten years, despite a steep decline in 2008. Key Facts on Bay Area Foundations examines the assets and giving of 2,498 private and community foundations in the Bay Area and provides lists of top foundations and snapshot views of their giving patterns by major subject and support type.
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Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio
March 2011
There is a growing interest among large foundations in Ohio in supporting economic development activities in the state. According to Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio, grant dollars in this category increased from $24.5 million in 2005 to $62 million in 2008, a 152% upswing. As a share of total giving in Ohio, economic development grants doubled, from 7 to 14 percent. In 2008, nearly half of these grant dollars supported employment training and services, and a quarter went for urban development projects.
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Grantmaking to Communities of Color in Oregon
December 2010
This groundbreaking report uses the most comprehensive database ever assembled on Oregon foundation giving. It examines the extent to which grantmaking by Oregon's 779 foundations reached the state's communities of color in 2008, providing important baseline data about foundation giving in the context of the state's changing demographics. Grantmaking to Communities of Color in Oregon was prepared by the Foundation Center for GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington, a regional association group.
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Key Facts on Foundation Giving for Oakland
August 2010
Key Facts on Foundation Giving for Oakland examines funding for Oakland-based recipients intended to benefit East Bay-focused nonprofits. It includes lists of top recipients and funders and breaks down giving by the geographic focus of funders and recipients, as well as by subject, population group, and type of support. Produced in cooperation with The San Francisco Foundation and the Fund for the Oakland Mayor’s Office of Public, Private Partnerships at the East Bay Community Foundation.
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Spotlight on Arts Grantmaking in California
October 2009
Spotlight on Arts Grantmaking in California sheds light on grant priorities and the effect of the economic crisis on California arts funders and recipient organizations surveyed earlier in 2009. Findings show the contrast between types of support that grantmakers award compared to what arts groups say they need most. The report includes an analysis of arts grantmaking in 2007, including a list of the 10 largest California arts funders by total giving.
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Giving by Foundations in the National Capital Region: How Much Stays Local?
February 2009
Foundations in the Washington metropolitan area granted nearly $186 million in 2006 to locally-focused organizations in Greater Washington, according to this new report. This study — the first ever to examine locally-focused giving within a specific metropolitan area anywhere in the United States — analyzes the giving of 1,191 foundations based in the District of Columbia, suburban Maryland, and northern Virginia to determine how much of their grantmaking was targeted to Greater Washington organizations with a predominantly local focus. The report also examines giving by the 26 largest foundations in the sample to identify the subject areas in which these grants were given.
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Spotlight on Funding for the Environment
and Animals in California
June 2008
In 2006, 85 California foundations gave $279.2 million for the environment and animals according to Spotlight on Funding for the Environment and Animals in California. This report includes statistical charts and data tables and lists of top grantmakers and recipients drawn from the Foundation Center's annual grants sample.
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Key Facts on Florida Foundations
June 2008
Grantmaking by Florida foundations equaled nearly $1.2 billion in 2006, according to Key Facts on Florida Foundations, a new Foundation Center report. The top 10 givers, all independent foundations, gave a total of $322 million or 27 percent of all Florida foundation giving.
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Key Facts on Alabama Foundations
June 2008
Grantmaking by Alabama foundations exceeded $145 million in 2006, according to Key Facts on Alabama Foundations, a new Foundation Center report. The top 10 givers, which include community, corporate, and independent foundations, gave a total of $53.7 million or just over a third of all Alabama foundation giving.
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Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio
February 2008
In 2005, 64 foundations gave $24.6 million in economic development grants to Ohio recipients, according to Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio. This report includes statistical charts and data tables drawn from the Foundation Center’s annual grants sample, lists of top grantmakers and recipients, and profiles of two unique Ohio grantmakers, the Fund for Our Economic Future and the Generation Foundation.
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Ohio: The State of Philanthropy
October 2007
Published by the Ohio Grantmakers Forum in collaboration with the Foundation Center, this report provides the most current data available on giving in Ohio. The report takes a look at the first six years of the new century, discerning giving trends and patterns.
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Spotlight on Arts Grantmaking in the San Francisco Bay Area
October 2007
In 2005, the San Francisco Bay Area benefited from 1,498 arts and culture grants totaling $145 million, according to Spotlight on Arts Grantmaking in the San Francisco Bay Area. The report provides a mini-directory of selected Bay Area funders with a focus on the arts, and is supplemented by a listing of the top non-Bay Area foundations that provide significant arts funding in the region.
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Key Facts on Washington, DC, Area Foundations
June 2007
Washington, DC, area foundations had close to $12 billion in assets and were responsible for almost $779 million in grants in 2005, according to Key Facts on Washington, DC, Area Foundations, a new report from the Foundation Center-Washington, DC. The report is the first ever to exclusively highlight the Center's most current data on the size and giving activities of this segment of the nation's grantmaking foundations.
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Spotlight on Human Services Grantmaking
in the San Francisco Bay Area
May 2007
Spotlight on Human Services Grantmaking in the San Francisco Bay Area provides a brief look at key Bay Area funders for human services with selected grants and statistical charts from the Center’s database.
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Spotlight on Human Services Grantmaking in Ohio
May 2007
Spotlight on Human Services Grantmaking in Ohio provides a brief look at key Ohio funders for human services with selected grants and statistical charts from the Center's database.
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