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PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT
Public Affairs/Society Benefit covers grants to nonprofits involved in general civic, community and societal improvement projects, and consists of six subcategories: Philanthropy & Voluntarism; Community Improvement/Capacity Building; Public/Society Benefit: Multipurpose; Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy; and Social Science Research Institutes.
In 2005, grantmakers in the Giving in Minnesota sample gave more than $127 million in grants for Public Affairs/Society Benefit, which accounted for 18 percent of all Minnesota grant dollars. The Philanthropy & Voluntarism subcategory received the most Public Affairs/Society Benefit grant dollars, followed by Community Improvement/Capacity Building (see Figure AU).
Trends in Public Affairs/Society Benefit Grantmaking
Following a series of significant increases during the 1990s and smaller declines in the early 2000s, the total grants paid to Public Affairs/Society Benefit leveled off in 2003 and has remained relatively constant since (see Table 13 and Figure AV). After dropping slightly for two years, the share of the state's grant dollars going to Public Affairs/Society Benefit increased slightly between 2004 and 2005, from 17 percent to 18 percent.
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Between 1999 and 2003, Minnesota grantmakers gave a larger share of their grant dollars to Public Affairs/Society Benefit than the national average (see Figure AW). This was the case again in 2005, with 18 percent of Minnesota grant dollars going to Public Affairs/Society Benefit compared to 16 percent nationwide.
Public Affairs/Society Benefit Funding by Grantmaker Type
Private foundations provided slightly more than half (52 percent) of the 2005 grant dollars for Public Affairs/Society Benefit, followed by corporate foundations and giving programs (38 percent) (see Table 28 and Figure AX).
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For the second year in a row, private foundations posted a notable increase in grantmaking for Public Affairs/Society Benefit, with their share increasing by 8 percentage points from 2004 to 2005. In contrast, corporate grantmakers' and community/public foundations' shares decreased by 5 percentage points each. In 2003, corporate grantmakers gave the largest share of Public Affairs/Society Benefit grant dollars, but just two years later their share was 14 percentage points lower than the share for private foundations.
Largest Public Affairs/Society Benefit Grantmakers
Minnesota's five largest Public Affairs/Society Benefit grantmakers in 2005:
- The McKnight Foundation
- Bush Foundation
- Northwest Area Foundation
- Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
- U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Public Affairs/Society Benefit Trends by Subcategory
As was the case in the previous two years, in 2005, Philanthropy & Voluntarism received the largest share (41 percent) of total grants paid to Public Affairs/Society Benefit, while Community Improvement/Capacity Building received the second-largest share (38 percent) (see Table 29). The share of Public Affairs/Society Benefit grant dollars going to Philanthropy & Voluntarism has been steadily decreasing, while the share to Community Improvement/Capacity Building has been steadily increasing (see Figure AY). Between 2003 and 2005, the share of grants to Philanthropy & Voluntarism has dropped by 12 percentage points.
The recent drop in grantmaking to Philanthropy & Voluntarism is due in large part to fewer large gifts from private foundations and community/ public foundations to establish new philanthropic organizations or to grow existing philanthropies. The decline between 2004 and 2005 was due to several factors, including a lower level of grantmaking from The McKnight Foundation to the Minnesota Initiative Foundations and two unusually large one-time gifts in 2004 from the Winona Community Foundation and the Minnesota Community Foundation to establish new foundations.
Top Public Affairs/Society Benefit Grant Recipients
The top five recipients of Minnesota's Public Affairs/Society Benefit grant dollars in 2005:
- Greater Twin Cities United Way
- Bush Leadership Fellow Programs
- The Saint Paul Foundation
- Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe/Chippewa Indians
- Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
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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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