Generally, as community foundation size increases, fundraising and grantmaking per capita also increases. Although larger community foundations tend to be based in more densely populated urban centers, they also achieve an economy of scale. In 2020, every asset size cohort experienced increases in these metrics, as many in the field both experienced increases in fundraising and deployed more funding than the previous year. (n=209)
Median change in assets: 9.0%
The following is a list of Annual Survey participants sorted by asset size, supplemented by publicly available information where available.
Larger community foundations tend to manage more DAFs than their smaller counterparts, as they seek to grow their donor bases and provide services to those donors to facilitate their participation in locally-focused philanthropy.
Averages were used to total 100 percent. (n=187)
Median change in grants: 18%
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In 2020, the median community foundation saw gift and grant totals both increase by double digits, and nearly a third of survey respondents reported a fundraising total increase of more than 50 percent over 2019, reflecting a field that was particularly well-positioned to be among the most active philanthropic institutions as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged.