Foundation Center
September 27, 2011
Recent tweets from folks you should be following.
September 20, 2011
Foundation Directory Online, a highly sought-after development tool, is made available to all nonprofit organizations for free thanks to a collaborative effort among the Louisiana Association for Nonprofit Organizations, the Organizational Effectiveness initiative at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Arts Council of New Orleans.
Foundation Directory Online provides the most current, accurate, and comprehensive information available on U.S. grantmakers and their grants, drawn from reliable sources, including IRS Form 990s, grantmaker web sites and annual reports, and the grantmakers themselves.
September 15, 2011
Nearly 90 percent of America's largest foundations report that at least some of the nonprofit organizations they support have been severely affected by state budget cuts. One-quarter report having grantees that have been forced to suspend operations. According to the Foundation Center's new report, Foundation Leaders Address the State Budget Crises, about half of the funders surveyed have provided assistance to affected nonprofits, while two-thirds expect to increase funding for organizations serving vulnerable populations in general.
September 8, 2011
Recent tweets from folks you should be following.
September 2, 2011
Recent tweets from folks you should be following.
August 9, 2011
Recent tweets from folks you should be following.
July 14, 2011
Four fundraising experts discussed donor giving trends and what they mean for fundraisers at the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater New York Chapter's Fund Raising Day in New York. Consultant Kathryn Slocum discussed institutional giving.
May 5, 2011
Over the past decade, U.S. foundation support explicitly benefiting Native Americans declined from 0.5 percent to 0.3 percent of total foundation giving. According to Foundation Funding for Native American Issues and Peoples, released by Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) and the Foundation Center, total grant dollars targeting Native Americans dropped 30.8 percent in the latest year, compared to a 12.4 percent overall downturn in foundation giving.
April 15, 2011
The needs of underserved communities are the top priority of less than a third of 880 foundations and institutional grantmakers that give billions of dollars for health-related causes in the U.S., a new report says.
Only 28 percent of 363 foundations that that gave at least $1 million on average in domestic health grants from 2007 to 2008 dedicated at least half their grantmaking for the intended benefit of underserved communities, says the report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.
April 13, 2011
Grants by the biggest U.S. foundations to support social justice totaled $3.1 billion in 2009 and accounted for more than 14 percent of their grant dollars, virtually flat compared to 2008, and 11 percent of their grants, a new report says.
Forty-seven percent of social-justice grant dollars supported international activities, says Key Facts on Social Justice Grantmaking, a report by the Foundation Center.
