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GRANTMAKING BY
INTENDED BENEFICIARY
The following section is an analysis of trends in grantmaking by intended beneficiary for the 100 grantmakers in the Giving in Minnesota sample (see
Methodology). As in the case for geographic service area, the Council applies the Grants Classification System (GCS) to analyze grantmaking by intended beneficiary. In the coding process, grants for specific populations/groups are only coded when the intended beneficiary is clearly articulated in the grant description or is clear from the name and purpose of the recipient organization. Based on these criteria, less than half (45.6 percent) of the 2005 grants sample could be coded by beneficiary.
Note to the reader: It is important to note that among the grants not coded for specific populations/groups are (a) those that provide for the general support of institutions or programs that serve broad public interests (e.g. community centers), although multiple target groups may derive a benefit; and (b) grants for the general support of elementary and secondary schools, college scholarships and general recreational agencies (such as YMCAs), since these categories serve the broader community rather than only children and youth. In cases where more than one beneficiary group is indicated in the grant description (e.g. a program that is intended to benefit African American women), the grant is coded for more than one intended beneficiary. In the example cited above, the grant would be coded for both African Americans/Blacks and Women and Girls. The Council codes up to a maximum of three applicable beneficiaries listed in the grants. Since grants may be counted more than once, each category is analyzed as a percentage of the total grant dollars and by number of grants reported.
GRANTMAKING TRENDS BY
INTENDED BENEFICIARY
The 2005 grantmaking by the funders in the Giving in Minnesota sample included a number of notable shifts in the intended beneficiaries of their grant dollars (see Table 37), including the following trends:
General Public/Unspecified Beneficiary group received the most grants. In 2005, all grantmaker types allotted their highest shares of grant dollars to benefit the General Public/Unspecified Beneficiary group.
Fewer grants for Children and Youth. Minnesota grantmakers continued to devote their second-highest level of grant support to benefit Children and Youth, but their share of grant dollars to
this category declined by 3 percentage points, from 19 percent to 16 percent, between 2004 and 2005. Corporate grantmakers continued to give the largest share of their grant dollars (24 percent) to Children and Youth, compared to private foundations and community/public foundations at about 11 percent (see Table 38).
Increased support for racial/ethnic groups, particularly Native Americans. 2005 saw a notable increase in Minnesota grant dollars to benefit all major racial/ethnic populations. The share of grants to benefit Native Americans/American Indians increased from 2 percent to 3 percent between 2004 and 2005, with an increase in grant dollars of nearly 50 percent. This was due primarily to two large grants from Northwest Area Foundation and giving from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. The share of grants also increased for Hispanics/Latinos, Asians/Pacific Islanders and African Americans/Blacks, with grant dollars to Asians/Pacific Islanders increasing by about 75 percent, although these three groups still received less than 1 percent of all 2005 grant dollars.
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Drop in grantmaking for Poor/Economically Disadvantaged. Although the Poor/Economically Disadvantaged beneficiary group received the fifth-largest share of 2005 grant dollars, the share of the state's grant dollars intended for this population decreased from 4.5 percent in 2004 to 3.4 percent in 2005.
INTENDED BENEFICIARY TRENDS BY
GRANTMAKER TYPE
In 2005, all grantmaker types allotted their highest shares of grant dollars to benefit the General Public/Unspecified beneficiary group, with community/public foundations giving the highest share at 60 percent; private foundations, 56 percent; and corporate foundations and giving programs, 51 percent (see Table 38). But in many other ways, these three grantmaker types differed in terms of the intended beneficiaries for their grants.
Private Foundations
Private foundations gave the highest share of their 2005 grant dollars (56 percent) to the General Public/Unspecified beneficiary group, followed by Adults (12 percent) and Children and Youth (11 percent). From 2004 to 2005, private foundations nearly doubled their share of grant dollars going to Native Americans/American Indians (from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent) and Hispanics/Latinos (from 0.6 percent to 1.1 percent).
Conversely, their share of grants to benefit the Poor/Economically Disadvantaged group dropped by more than 2 percentage points (from 5.1 percent in 2004 to 2.9 percent in 2005).
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs
Of the three grantmaker types, corporate foundations and giving programs gave the highest share of their 2005 grant dollars (24 percent) to the Children and Youth beneficiary group, a continuing trend in their giving, compared to private foundations at 11.1 percent and community/public foundations at 10.5 percent. However, corporate grantmakers' share of grants for Children & Youth dropped 7 percentage points from 2004, when they devoted 31 percent of their grants to this population.
Between 2004 and 2005, corporate funders posted a notable increase in their share of grantmaking for Native Americans/American Indians (from 3.2 percent to 4.8 percent), and they were the only grantmaker type to increase their giving to the Poor/Economically Disadvantaged group.
Community/Public Foundations
Community/public foundations were the only one of the three grantmaker types to increase their share of grant dollars for the Adults beneficiary group between 2004 and 2005 (from 7.8 percent to 9 percent). Like private foundations, community/public foundations' share of grants to benefit the Poor/Economically Disadvantaged group posted a notable decline (from 4.4 percent in 2004 to 2.6 percent in 2005).
Community/public foundations' 2005 grantmaking also included significant increases in funding to benefit Asians/Pacific Islanders and Immigrants/Newcomers/Refugees, and they devoted a larger share of their 2005 grant dollars to these two groups than either private foundations or corporate grantmakers.
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About This Report
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The Minnesota Council on Foundations produces
Giving in Minnesota to provide a comprehensive analysis of the trends and patterns of giving by organized philanthropy in the state.
This report provides an overview of giving by Minnesota foundations and corporations domestically and internationally, as well as giving by individual Minnesotans. The report also provides an in-depth analysis of the Giving in Minnesota sample of the largest Minnesota foundations and corporations by subject area, geographic area, intended beneficiary and support type.
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