The Grants Classification System tracks 24 major beneficiary groups. If the intended beneficiary includes more than one population group, the grant is added to the total amount reported for each applicable category. Because grants may be counted more than once, each category is analyzed as a percentage of the total grant dollars and number of grants reported in the sample.
- Fewer than half (41 percent) of foundation grants in the sample were targeted to specified beneficiary groups in 2007, while the majority of grants were unspecified or intended to benefit the general public.
- The economically disadvantaged accounted for the largest share of giving in 2007—24.3 percent of grant dollars and 20.9 percent of grants.
- Children and youth benefited from the largest share of grants in 2007.
- Military and veterans showed the largest percentage gain, followed by substance abusers and crime or abuse victims.
- Single parents, people with terminal illness, and immigrants and refugees experienced the largest percentage declines in funding.
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