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EDUCATION
Education grantmaking includes contributions to educational institutions (schools, colleges and universities), libraries and other organizations that provide education-related services. Other Education recipients include alumni associations, English as a Second Language (ESL) programs and adult literacy services.
In 2005, the Giving in Minnesota sample awarded almost $149 million in grants to Education, accounting for the second-largest share of the state's total grant dollars (21 percent). This marked only the second time that Education was not Minnesota's top-ranked category since the Council began this research in 1984.
Elementary/Secondary Education and Higher Education & Professional Schools receiving the largest shares of Education grants (29 percent and 25 percent, respectively) (see Figure V).
Trends in Education Grantmaking
The share of Minnesota grant dollars going to Education declined by 4 percentage points between 2004 and 2005, from 25 percent to 21 percent (see Table 13 and Figure W), following a drop of 4 percentage points the previous year. The decrease from 2003 to 2004 was partly due to a one-time $20 million grant given by the Minneapolis Foundation to Northwestern University in 2003. The decrease from 2004 to 2005 occurred for all grantmaker types, but is primarily attributable to a decline in corporate grantmaking dollars, although this may, in part, be a result of changes in record-keeping. Specifically, in 2004, Best Buy gave $3.2 million to Education, whereas information on their giving was not available in time for the calculation of 2005 figures. In addition, a $3.5-million grant by WEM Foundation was coded to Education in 2004, then reclassified to International in 2005.
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Notably, Minnesota's share of grants for Education was lower than the national average (24 percent), marking the first time since 2001 that Education had a larger share nationally than in Minnesota (see Figure X).
Education Grantmaking by Grantmaker Type
Private foundations' share of grants to Education increased in 2005, as it had the previous year, starting at 33 percent in 2003 and increasing to 41 percent in 2004 and 45 percent in 2005 (see Figure Y and Table 18). This growth is likely due, in part, to the continued decrease of corporate grantmakers' funding for Education. In 2003 and 2004, corporate foundations and giving programs gave the largest share of grant dollars to Education of all grantmaker types, but in 2005 corporate grants to Education dropped by nearly 30 percent from the previous year.
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The decrease in corporate grantmakers' support for Education is due, in part, to a drop in grant dollars from General Mills' Box
Tops for Education program. In addition, grant dollars from Target's Take Charge of Education program were not included in the 2005 analysis due to lack of available information.
Largest Education Grantmakers
Minnesota's five largest Education grantmakers in 2005:
- General Mills Community Action
- Bush Foundation
- Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation
- The McKnight Foundation
- Target Foundation and Corporation
Education Grantmaking by Subcategory
In 2005, the ranking of Education subcategories by share of grant dollars remained the same as in 2004, with Elementary/Secondary Education receiving the largest share of Education grants (29 percent), followed by Higher Education & Professional Schools (25 percent) and Other Education (22 percent). Adult/Continuing Education and Vocational/Technical Schools once again received the smallest shares of grant dollars.
The share of Education grant dollars going to Higher Education & Professional Schools continued to drop in 2005, as it did between 2003 and 2004, while Student Services' share continued to increase (see Table 19 and Figure Z). Specifically, Higher Education & Professional Schools' share of Education grantmaking decreased from 33 percent in 2003 to 27 percent in 2004 and 25 percent in 2005. The decrease is due, in part, to the cessation of four one-time grants of over $1 million to this subcategory in 2004.
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Although Elementary/Secondary Education received the largest share of Education grant dollars in 2005, as it did in 2004, that share declined by 2 percentage points, from 31 percent in 2004 to 29 percent in 2005.
Top Education Grant Recipients
The top five recipients of Minnesota's Education grant dollars in 2005:
- University of Minnesota
- Yale University (Connecticut)
- St. Paul Public Schools
- Scholarship America (Minnesota)
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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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