CF Insights Survey Results

Shared knowledge for community foundations

Respondents

These findings are based on fiscal year 2021 (FY 2021) data collected from nearly 200 community foundations, sourced from a combination of CF Insights annual survey responses and publicly available data. We appreciate all who have shared their data and informed these survey results.

Distribution by region

Northeast
  • 9%
  • 17 foundations
  • 12% of all assets
Midwest
  • 50%
  • 97 foundations
  • 30% of all assets
South
  • 24%
  • 46 foundations
  • 27% of all assets
West
  • 17%
  • 33 foundations
  • 31% of all assets
Region Proportion of Respondents Number of Foundations % of All Assets
Midwest 50% 97 30%
South 24% 46 27%
West 17% 33 31%
Northeast 9% 17 12%

Population of area served

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Service density distribution

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Service Density Proportion of respondents
Both 42%
Rural 35%
Urban 23%

Asset range distribution

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What's the idea behind the survey?

CF Insights responds to a hunger for shared knowledge among community foundations. Learn more about how this survey helps us do that.

About the survey

Questions?

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David Rosado

Senior Advisor, Community Philanthropy