While the median community foundation saw a 1.3% decrease in gifts received from FY 2015-FY 2016, the median in 2017 was a 7.1% increase. Changes in gift totals tend to vary greatly from year to year and among community foundations; nearly 40% of all respondents saw gift totals change by more than half in either direction. Grant totals tend to stay steadier than gift totals, with close to half of all respondents seeing grantmaking totals change less than 20%.

Degree of change: Dramatic decrease = -50% or greater; Moderate decrease = -49 - -11%; Neutral = -10% - +10%; Moderate increase = +11% - +49%; Dramatic increase = +50% or greater. (n=268)

Median change in gifts: 7%