The Foundation Center has published a variety of recent special research reports on specific areas of foundation funding. These include:
Perpetuity or Limited Lifespan: How Do Family Foundations Decide? (2009) is the first large-scale examination of foundation lifespan planning.
Key Facts on Georgia Community Foundations (2009) provides a
snapshot of growth and giving trends of Georgia's community foundations.
Giving by Foundation in the National Capital Region: How Much Stays Local? (2009) examines locally-focused giving within the Washington metropolitan area.
Key Facts on Family Foundations (2009) documents the dimensions and giving interests of the family foundation community.
Embracing Diversity: Foundation Giving Benefiting California's Communities of Color (2008) presents findings from the analysis of grantmaking by California Foundations regarding the extent to which it serves populations of color.
International Grantmaking IV (2008) presents an update of key trends through 20065 and discusses the current outlook for giving.
Summaries of key findings for these
and other trends reports can be found in the
Gain Knowledge section of our web site.
Order any of these reports through
our on-line catalog, which is located in the Marketplace
section of our Web site.
