Donor Giving Trends for Today and Tomorrow, Part 3

Institutional giving
Historically, there have been organizations that heavily lean on grants from charitable grant-making foundations. In good economic times, these organizations could thrive on such a model. But institutional giving was one of the areas most profoundly affected by the recession over the past few years, meaning competition for foundation dollars increased greatly. Nonprofits that didn’t diversify their funding streams enough have struggled to stay afloat.