Foundations Relations Statistics

• Nearly 100,000 private foundations
• $750 billion in assets
• Awarded 3.5 million grants totaling $188 billion in the last six years
• Grants ranged from $4 thousand to $535 million
• Education garnered 24% of the total

Giving Trends in USA

• Family and private foundation giving has risen
• New surge of large gifts (over $100 million) by large foundations
• Rising number of collaborations between two or more large foundations
• In 2001, 9 out of 10 foundations awarded grants to higher and graduate educational institutions
• Foundation giving rose 11.7% to $40.7 billion in 2006 (See Figure A)

Figure A Source: The Foundation Center, Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates, 2006. All figures based on unadjusted dollars.

Campaign for Purdue Totals

The Campaign for Purdue exceeded its goal of $1.5 billion. Foundations contributed 19% of the funds raised (See Figure B). More information is available on the Campaign for Purdue Web site.

Figure B