Grantmakers Try to Keep Donations Flowing

Many also said they would not make multiyear grants.

The survey was the first of a series of reports that will be frequently updated and designed to track changes in nonprofit funding as the recession grinds on, said Debra A. Kahn, executive director of the organization.

"It's a fluid situation," she said, adding that potential grantees should not be dismayed. She said funders had expressed a commitment to support nonprofit and charitable groups - organizations deemed at risk as the economy declines.