CF Insights Survey Results

Shared knowledge for community foundations

Data lists

Respondents by number of transactions

Total transactions represent the number of gifts and grants processed annually (including supporting organizations). The average transaction size represents the total dollar value of gifts plus the total dollar value of grants divided by the total number of transactions.

Rank Foundation Total transactions Average transaction size
1 Hawaii Community Foundation 252,698 $1,383
2 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation 72,055 $33,238
3 Greater Houston Community Foundation 56,253 $8,967
4 Community Foundation of the Ozarks 32,344 $5,246
5 The Columbus Foundation 28,078 $20,163
6 The Dayton Foundation 27,956 $7,685
7 Omaha Community Foundation 19,966 $40,493
8 The Chicago Community Trust 19,612 $156,429
9 Whitefish Community Foundation 19,013 $1,641
10 Silicon Valley Community Foundation 17,298 $353,270
11 Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation 16,507 $11,013
12 Centre Foundation 15,980 $565
13 The Pittsburgh Foundation 15,875 $8,075
14 Community Foundation for the Alleghenies 15,432 $1,938
15 The Minneapolis Foundation 15,116 $12,760
16 Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines 15,070 $9,384
17 The Maine Community Foundation, Inc. 14,623 $8,703
18 The Oregon Community Foundation 14,523 $26,446
19 San Angelo Area Foundation 14,380 $2,157
20 California Community Foundation 13,651 $43,152
21 The San Diego Foundation 13,231 $26,432
22 The New York Community Trust 13,128 $24,908
23 Greater Washington Community Foundation 12,332 $14,935
24 The Rhode Island Foundation 12,160 $12,430
25 The Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc. 11,865 $6,211
26 Adams County Community Foundation 11,680 $609
27 Community Foundation for Monterey County 10,886 $8,889
28 Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, Inc. 10,453 $6,161
29 St. Louis Community Foundation 10,313 $16,148
30 Rochester Area Community Foundation 9,924 $7,231
31 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation 9,597 $13,940
32 The Denver Foundation 9,113 $22,086
33 Blue Grass Community Foundation 8,995 $7,484
34 North Carolina Community Foundation 8,893 $5,978
35 The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven 8,557 $13,052
36 The Cleveland Foundation 8,015 $38,172
37 The Philadelphia Foundation 7,863 $14,565
38 Central Indiana Community Foundation, Inc. 7,545 $28,374
39 Akron Community Foundation 7,494 $3,095
40 Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque 7,400 $2,514
41 San Antonio Area Foundation 7,230 $15,669
42 Greater Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. 6,939 $5,321
43 Marin Community Foundation 6,892 $87,041
44 San Francisco Foundation 6,760 $46,267
45 Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc. 6,538 $2,808
46 The Spartanburg County Foundation 6,248 $13,564
47 Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan 6,090 $38,861
48 Central New York Community Foundation, Inc. 5,727 $8,624
49 The Community Foundation of Frederick County 5,687 $4,458
50 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation 5,661 $10,022
51 Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo 5,571 $13,276
52 Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, Inc. 5,428 $6,973
53 Oshkosh Area Community Foundation 5,394 $3,270
54 Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne 5,309 $4,634
55 East Tennessee Foundation 5,219 $10,019
56 Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Inc. 4,764 $20,637
57 Humboldt Area Foundation 4,699 $4,363
58 Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties 4,645 $5,380
59 Triangle Community Foundation 4,598 $10,702
60 Park County Community Foundation 4,585 $1,624
61 Madison Community Foundation 4,544 $5,047
62 Santa Barbara Foundation 4,518 $35,068
63 Idaho Community Foundation 4,450 $5,146
64 The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida 4,449 $36,701
65 Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Inc. 4,375 $1,687
66 Orcas Island Community Foundation 4,339 $3,776
67 North Valley Community Foundation 4,175 $4,395
68 Quad Cities Community Foundation 4,172 $4,130
69 Orange County Community Foundation (CA) 4,149 $52,164
70 Stark Community Foundation 4,139 $12,314
71 Community Foundation Santa Cruz County 4,054 $17,320
72 Community Foundation of Tampa Bay 3,992 $42,236
73 The Community Foundation - Boulder County 3,768 $8,614
74 Sacramento Region Community Foundation 3,735 $15,341
75 Washington County Community Foundation, Inc. (PA) 3,653 $1,982
76 Community Foundation Alliance, Inc. 3,625 $2,103
77 Berks County Community Foundation 3,613 $3,051
78 Community Foundation of Elkhart County 3,512 $22,494
79 Community Foundation of Northern Nevada 3,512 $13,497
80 Scranton Area Foundation Inc 3,220 $6,090
81 Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, Inc. 3,218 $7,294
82 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation 3,179 $2,531
83 Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation 3,170 $7,066
84 Springfield Foundation 3,163 $8,529
85 Greater Tacoma Community Foundation 3,105 $7,187
86 Bay Area Community Foundation 3,064 $1,425
87 St. Croix Valley Foundation 3,062 $3,979
88 Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts 2,858 $10,541
89 Northern Indiana Community Foundation 2,840 $1,276
90 Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation 2,820 $4,639
91 Community Foundation for Mississippi 2,782 $5,804
92 Community Foundation of Whitley County 2,739 $3,127
93 Hampton Roads Community Foundation 2,647 $17,987
94 Henry County Community Foundation 2,601 $1,066
95 Porter County Community Foundation, Inc. 2,572 $3,447
96 Muskingum County Community Foundation 2,548 $1,607
97 Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation 2,545 $1,167
98 Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation 2,545 $5,413
99 Aspen Community Foundation 2,535 $12,722
100 Community Foundation of Johnson County 2,512 $2,410
101 Central Valley Community Foundation 2,492 $39,808
102 Miami Foundation 2,478 $77,453
103 Community Foundation of St. Clair County 2,435 $4,291
104 Barberton Community Foundation 2,431 $3,089
105 The GiveWell Community Foundation, Inc. 2,424 $49,838
106 Ripley County Community Foundation 2,424 $901
107 One Valley Community Foundation 2,397 $2,465
108 Community Foundation for San Benito County 2,376 $10,009
109 Community Foundation Sonoma County 2,372 $8,239
110 Fremont Area Community Foundation 2,370 $5,185
111 Rancho Santa Fe Foundation 2,367 $11,831
112 Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation 2,268 $4,059
113 York County Community Foundation 2,245 $8,704
114 Pasadena Community Foundation 2,176 $10,970
115 The Putnam County Community Foundation 2,103 $2,904
116 The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation 2,075 $14,990
117 Heritage Fund - The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County 2,065 $6,952
118 Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation 2,062 $6,721
119 Bainbridge Community Foundation 2,046 $3,110
120 Parkersburg Area Community Foundation 1,940 $3,564
121 Community Foundation of Howard County, Inc. 1,911 $3,768
122 Dubois County Community Foundation 1,886 $6,828
123 Montgomery County Community Foundation (IN) 1,886 $2,497
124 Western Indiana Community Foundation 1,870 $2,125
125 Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 1,831 $5,312
126 Johnson County Community Foundation 1,828 $3,231
127 Whatcom Community Foundation 1,827 $9,457
128 Community Foundation of Wabash County, Inc. 1,811 $6,113
129 Indian River Community Foundation 1,752 $15,649
130 Community Foundation for Nantucket 1,712 $5,570
131 Hancock County Community Foundation, Inc. 1,704 $3,799
132 Community Foundation of Broward, Inc. 1,698 $22,402
133 Community Foundation of Chippewa County 1,692 $4,457
134 The Foundation for Delaware County 1,680 $2,980
135 Unity Foundation of LaPorte County, Inc. 1,642 $2,255
136 Manatee Community Foundation 1,596 $6,486
137 Central Kentucky Community Foundation 1,594 $3,262
138 Brookline Community Foundation 1,558 $2,085
139 Owen County Community Foundation 1,524 $1,359
140 The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, Inc. 1518 $3,892
141 Wichita Foundation 1493 $10,732
142 Crown Point Community Foundation 1492 $1,450
143 Wayne County, Indiana Foundation, Inc. 1476 $6,165
144 Ventura County Community Foundation 1447 $22,546
145 Coastal Bend Community Foundation 1422 $15,504
146 Legacy Foundation, Inc. 1405 $4,857
147 Community Foundation of Bloomington & Monroe County 1362 $22,616
148 Outer Banks Community Foundation Inc 1351 $3,267
149 The Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc. 1351 $4,693
150 Community Foundation of the Verdugos 1350 $644
151 Community Foundation of the North State 1345 $8,315
152 Community Foundation of Switzerland County, Inc. 1293 $331
153 Hutchinson Community Foundation 1279 $11,436
154 Community Foundation of San Joaquin 1270 $9,344
155 The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette 1266 $14,652
156 Community Foundation of Southern Indiana 1227 $6,940
157 Community Foundation of Jackson County 1217 $1,710
158 Missoula Community Foundation 1191 $1,766
159 Williamsburg Community Foundation 1188 $1,928
160 Washington County Community Foundation Inc. (IN) 1176 $3,447
161 Decatur County Community Foundation 1155 $3,566
162 The Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Inc. 1151 $5,298
163 Stanislaus Community Foundation 1133 $12,675
164 Community Foundation of Madison & Jefferson County, Inc. 1114 $2,499
165 Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley 1088 $1,760
166 The Blue River Community Foundation, Inc. 1066 $5,757
167 Armstrong County Community Foundation 1035 $7,784
168 Jasper Foundation, Inc. & Newton County Community Foundation 1021 $3,552
169 Community Foundation of Napa Valley 1005 $23,158
170 Clinton County Foundation 986 $3,378
171 Hendricks County Community Foundation 985 $4,213
172 Community Foundation of Boone County 985 $1,774
173 Community Foundation of DeKalb County 971 $2,178
174 Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation 952 $9,946
175 Madison County Community Foundation, Inc. 936 $3,054
176 Racine Community Foundation 924 $5,397
177 Community Foundation Partnership, Inc. 917 $3,504
178 Cass County Community Foundation 909 $16,257
179 Steuben County Community Foundation, Inc. 902 $18,761
180 Huntington County Community Foundation, Inc. 894 $6,111
181 Harrison County Community Foundation, Inc. 888 $19,695
182 Community Foundation of Noble County 863 $4,874
183 Placer Community Foundation 848 $5,666
184 Central Florida Foundation 844 $34,057
185 The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation, Inc. 840 $32,095
186 Tipton County Foundation, Inc. 796 $1,995
187 Franklin County Community Foundation, Inc. 750 $817
188 Charlotte Community Foundation 661 $15,735
189 Dearborn Community Foundation, Inc. 647 $5,401
190 Warren County Community Foundation, Inc. 634 $2,126
191 Community Foundation of Randolph County, Inc. 626 $2,148
192 Community Foundation of South Puget Sound 622 $7,806
193 Community Foundation of North Florida 595 $11,446
194 Our Community Foundation 589 $5,676
195 Marshall County Community Foundation 579 $4,663
196 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County 569 $11,315
197 Fayette County Foundation Inc 545 $1,177
198 Blackford County Community Foundation 535 $2,081
199 Cherokee Strip Community Foundation 519 $3,980
200 Community Foundation of Pulaski County, Inc. 512 $1,641
201 White County Community Foundation 470 $4,493
202 Scott County Community Foundation, Inc. 448 $1,272
203 Ohio County Community Foundation, Inc. 442 $2,043
204 Portland Foundation 441 $8,180
205 Community Foundation for Brevard 429 $14,795
206 Greene County Foundation 420 $1,727
207 Yakima Valley Community Foundation 359 $20,013
208 LaGrange County Community Foundation, Inc. 312 $9,310
209 Solano Community Foundation 210 $10,652
210 Orange County Community Foundation Inc (IN) 59 $7,671

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David Rosado

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