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2009 Edition
KEY FINDINGS
Minnesota Charitable Giving Overview1
Key findings on 2007 charitable giving in Minnesota:
- Giving by individuals, foundations and corporate giving programs totaled
$5.5 billion, an increase of 2.2 percent from 2006.
- Seventy-six percent of total charitable giving in the state, or $4.19
billion, came from individuals, similar to 2006 levels.
- Foundations and corporate giving programs granted 23 percent of
charitable dollars, or $1.32 billion, an increase of 10.1 percent from 2006.
- Foundation assets in the state totaled $18.8 billion, an increase of 6.9
percent from 2006.
Giving Trends by Top 100
Grantmakers2
Subject Areas
- Grant dollars increased for seven of the
eight major subject areas. Public affairs/society benefit experienced a
slight decrease in giving.
- Education, human services, and public
affairs/society benefit received the largest shares of Minnesota’s grant
dollars, continuing a long-term trend.
- Human services, environment/animals, and
international affairs experienced the fastest rates of growth in giving.
Geographic Service Areas
- Fifty-five percent of
grant dollars were given to organizations serving Minnesota, in line with 2006.
Among all geographic areas, giving to Greater Minnesota grew fastest in 2007.
Intended Beneficiaries
- Just over half (53 percent) of the grants analyzed
could be coded to a specific beneficiary group other than general
public/unspecified beneficiary. Of those, the largest share of dollars (22.2
percent) went to organizations that serve children and youth.
Support Types
- Minnesota grantmakers continued to devote the largest share of their grant
dollars – 55.3 percent – to program support. Shares of giving to general support
dropped again in 2007, as they have every year since 2004.
1 All dollar values reported in this summary have been adjusted for inflation to 2007 dollars, using the Consumer Price Index.
2 Based on the Giving in Minnesota
sample. See “About This Report" in the right side bar.
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Giving in Minnesota
2009 Edition
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In This Document
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About This Report
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Each
year, the Minnesota Council on Foundations produces Giving in Minnesota, the
most comprehensive analysis of charitable giving in the state. The 2009 edition
features information on overall giving in 2007, which MCF defines as the fiscal
year of any Minnesota foundation or corporate giving program that ends between
June 1, 2007, and May 31, 2008. This is the most recent time period for which
complete data are available.
The complete report includes information about overall giving by foundations,
corporations and individuals in Minnesota, along with detailed grantmaking
trends by a sample of 100 of the state’s largest grantmakers based on grants
paid. The sample is made up of 50 private foundations, 34 corporate foundations
and giving programs, and 16 community/public foundations. Although they
represent just 7 percent of all grantmakers in Minnesota, these 100 accounted
for approximately 82 percent of all grant dollars paid in the state. To produce
this report on grantmaking trends in Minnesota, MCF analyzed 27,243 grants of
$2,000 or more made by the sample, totaling $917.9 million.
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