Foundations-- Grants Reported by Subject Field and Recipient Organization statistics

[Covers grants of $10,000 or more in size (4,475 represents $4,475,000,000). For 1998 based on reports of 1,009 foundations. Grant sample dollar value represented half of all grant dollars dollars awarded by private, corporate, and community foundations. Covers nongovernmental nonprofit organizations with funds and programs managed by their own trustees or directors, whose goals were to maintain or aid social, educational, religious, or other activities deemed to serve the common good. Excludes organizations that make general appeals to the public for funds, act as trade associations for industrial or other special groups, or do not currently award grants]


	NUMBER OF GRANTS					NUMBER OF GRANTS			Number of grants		DOLLAR VALUE					DOLLAR VALUE						NUMBER OF GRANTS					NUMBER OF GRANTS			Number of grants		DOLLAR VALUE					DOLLAR VALUE			Dollar value
											(mil.dol.)					(mil.dol.)																(mil.dol.)					(mil.dol.)

Subject field									1998										1998											1998										1998
											1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997														1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997		Percent									Amount	Percent	Recipient organization ¹	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997		Percent									Amount	Percent
									Number	distri-									(mil.	distri-										Number	distri-									(mil.	distri-
										bution									dol.)	bution											bution									dol.)	bution

Total	57,443	58,218	65,049	68,495	72,773	73,763	78,296	86,203	97,220	100.0	4,475	4,849	5,312	5,621	6,169	6,318	7,279	7,945	9,711	100.0	Arts/humanities organizations	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2,618	2,813	3,093	3,575	3.7	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	192	227	240	346	3.6
Arts and culture	9,053	8,945	9,537	10,041	10,652	10,730	11,137	12,424	14,105	14.5	639	683	675	835	789	759	900	1,013	1,439	14.8	Community improvement
Education	13,319	13,350	15,003	15,036	15,883	15,340	16,358	18,285	20,080	20.7	1,150	1,210	1,347	1,337	1,804	1,584	1,852	1,902	2,367	24.4	organizations	2,630	2,588	2,961	3,044	3,297	3,536	3,735	4,218	4,984	5.1	151	151	181	210	225	253	301	360	440	4.5
Environment & animals	2,583	3,091	3,527	3,768	3,949	4,068	4,404	4,992	5,871	6.0	208	236	255	290	317	314	394	414	540	5.6	Educational institutions	17,766	17,658	19,454	19,805	20,865	20,499	21,712	24,258	26,360	27.1	1,733	1,880	1,975	2,036	2,453	2,359	2,723	2,968	3,580	36.9
Health	7,275	7,473	8,631	9,326	9,424	9,393	10,420	11,366	11,816	12.2	752	817	944	1,025	937	1,096	1,180	1,324	1,602	16.5	Colleges & universities	10,953	10,686	11,356	11,518	10,956	10,599	11,013	12,079	12,674	13.0	1,255	1,340	1,290	1,356	1,551	1,431	1,559	1,672	2,137	22.0
Human services	12,360	12,339	13,836	15,205	16,569	17,146	18,036	19,630	22,923	23.6	645	688	847	822	951	1,040	1,262	1,227	1,456	15.0	Educational support
International affairs,																					agencies	2,538	2,485	2,786	2,940	4,314	4,341	4,588	5,271	5,968	6.1	177	211	257	267	350	407	641	610	650	6.7
development & peace	1,622	1,952	2,073	2,167	2,128	2,197	2,468	2,720	2,918	3.0	140	196	179	205	211	220	235	300	313	3.2	Schools	2,623	2,861	3,451	3,481	3,718	3,765	4,208	4,725	5,389	5.5	143	165	220	231	360	308	294	340	435	4.5
Public/societal benefit	6,649	6,582	7,755	7,913	8,479	8,984	9,509	10,176	12,076	12.4	491	506	590	632	649	732	847	970	1,149	11.8	Environmental agencies	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2,609	2,888	3,209	3,898	4.0	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	191	218	254	340	3.5
																					Federated funds	1,961	1,786	2,375	2,310	2,400	2,374	2,388	2,444	2,615	2.7	195	185	227	228	218	218	214	260	306	3.1
Science and technology	2,074	1,826	1,968	2,029	2,497	2,214	2,259	2,352	2,451	2.5	223	278	215	222	250	301	251	428	369	3.8	Hospitals/medical care
Social sciences	1,049	1,157	1,051	1,255	1,401	1,336	1,296	1,691	1,688	1.7	133	133	143	153	151	138	189	199	243	2.5	facilities	3,050	3,169	3,522	3,818	3,431	3,343	3,605	3,743	3,856	4.0	300	345	401	372	330	369	394	391	455	4.7
Religion	1,238	1,382	1,588	1,668	1,705	2,228	2,317	2,454	3,153	3.2	85	98	115	95	104	126	160	158	221	2.3	Human service agencies	9,689	10,018	11,229	12,287	13,233	13,598	14,435	15,665	18,053	18.6	472	485	578	626	704	738	781	861	1,060	10.9
Other	221	121	80	87	86	127	92	113	139	0.1	7	4	3	7	6	10	8	9	12	0.1	Museums/historical societies	2,832	2,672	3,048	2,943	2,904	3,008	3,291	3,525	4,007	4.1	277	319	302	352	267	267	327	364	511	5.3
																					Performing arts groups	3,443	3,484	3,688	3,631	3,547	3,518	3,606	4,099	4,425	4.6	188	188	206	231	231	184	201	241	319	3.3
																					Professional societies &
																					associations	3,028	3,052	3,539	2,053	2,067	(NA)	2,282	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	193	224	243	182	158	(NA)	208	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
																					Public administration
																					agencies	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2,161	2,365	2,145	2,316	2,667	2,889	3.0	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	222	208	218	225	307	327	3.4
																					Public/general health
																					organizations	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	1,707	1,854	2,013	2,170	2.2	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	172	208	224	271	2.8
																					Recreation organizations	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	791	856	967	1,195	1.2	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	72	265	81	83	0.9

1 Grants may be awarded to multiple types of recipient organizations and would thereby be double-counted.

Source: The Foundation Center, New York, NY, The Foundation Grants Index, annual.

http://www.fdncenter.org/

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/642_foundations_grants_reported_by_subject_field.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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