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The table below shows long-term trends in total assets, gifts, and grants among the largest 100 community foundations in the country who together manage nearly 85% of the total assets within the broader sample. Among this group, assets grew by 10% and gifts jumped over 20% (the first increase in…
DAFs hosted by community foundation broadly and consistently maintain high distribution rates compared to other fund types. Nearly half of all community foundations in this sample reported DAF distribution rates in double digits, while roughly 20% reported double-digit distribution rates across all…
Large community foundations tend to manage larger DAF portfolios than their smaller counterparts, as reflected in the proportion of assets held in DAF accounts across different asset size cohorts.
Averages were used to total 100%. (n=221)
80% of responding community foundations (n=165) grew their operating budgets over the previous year. Across nearly all asset size cohorts, close to two-thirds of the average community foundation’s operating budget go toward its staff (n=184).
The following is a list of Annual Survey participants sorted by asset size, supplemented by publicly available information where available.
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.
DAFs remain a major driver of activity, holding 41% of reported assets, receiving 60% of fundraising dollars, and distributing 67% of grant dollars (n=359). Grantmaking from DAFs continues to grow over time, despite a second consecutive year of declines in fundraising.
In FY24, the median…
Just under 90% of reporting community foundations said that they have a policy in place to ensure that donors recommend a grant from their DAFs within some agreed-upon number of years. Per such policies, the community foundation housing the DAF may take steps to activate the funds should the donor…
Administrative fees are a near universal driver of operating revenues among community foundations, though there are some variances among and within different asset size cohorts. Many community foundations engage in direct fundraising from individual donors to support operations, take distributions…