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N um ber of Fou ndations, Gi v ing, Assets, and
Gifts R ecei v ed by Fou ndation Type, 2007
TOTAL
NUMBER
75,187
89.2% INDEPENDENT = 67,034
6.6% OPERATING = 4,938
3.5% CORPORATE = 2,498
1% COMMUNITY = 717
Giving and Growth of Independent, Corporate,
and Community Foundations in 2007
u Giving by independent foundations rose 17.3 percent
u Independent foundation assets increased 10.8 percent,
following an 11.7 percent rise in 2006
u Corporate foundation giving rose 7.3 percent
u Corporate foundation assets jumped 11.1 percent,
surpassing a 10.9 percent increase in 2006
u Giving by community foundations rose 20.9 percent
u Community foundation assets grew 13.5 percent in the
latest year, following a 12 percent gain in 2006
TOTAL
GIVING
$44.4
BILLION
TOTAL
ASSETS
$682.2
BILLION
72.6% INDEPENDENT = $32.2 BILLION
9.9% CORPORATE = $4.4 BILLION
9.8% COMMUNITY = $4.3 BILLION
7.7% OPERATING = $3.4 BILLION
82.7% INDEPENDENT = $564.2 BILLION
8.3% COMMUNITY = $56.7 BILLION
5.8% OPERATING = $39.4 BILLION
3.2% CORPORATE = $21.9 BILLION
2008 Giving
Giving by the nation’s more than 75,000 grantmaking foundations
rose by an estimated 2.8 percent in 2008 to a record
$45.6 billion—about $1.2 billion more than in 2007. A number
of factors helped to buoy foundation giving or reduce
the extent of cutbacks in this challenging economic environment.
Foundation assets posted double-digit year-end gains
in 2006 and 2007—the first consecutive years of doubledigit
asset growth since the end of the 1990s. This increase
reflected both positive market performance and, in the latter
year, a record $46.8 billion in new gifts and bequests coming
into foundations from donors.
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TOTAL
GIFTS RECEIVED
$46.8
BILLION
66.8% INDEPENDENT = $31.3 BILLION
13.3% COMMUNITY = $6.2 BILLION
10.5% OPERATING = $4.9 BILLION
9.4% CORPORATE = $4.4 BILLION
SOURCE: The Foundation Center, Foundation Yearbook, 2009.
Due to rounding, figures may not add up to 100 percent.
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