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Background
This
report summarizes the results of a survey of members of the Minnesota
Council on Foundations, conducted in December 2005, to assess the outlook
for grantmaking activity in Minnesota in 2006. The survey results reflect
responses from 89 foundations and corporate giving programs in Minnesota,
representing about 65 percent of all private grant dollars in the state.
Survey respondents represented grantmakers of all types and sizes, from
small, trustee-managed family foundations to nine of the state’s 10
largest grantmaking organizations. Respondents included private
foundations, corporate foundations and giving programs, and
community/public foundations.
Key
Findings
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84 percent of Minnesota
grantmakers expect to increase their grant dollars in 2006, with 49
percent expecting increases of up to 4 percent from 2005 levels. 35 percent of the
grantmakers surveyed expect grant increases of 5 percent or more in
2006.
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Among the 25 largest
Minnesota grantmakers responding to the survey, 84 percent expect
increases in their grantmaking in 2006. Within this top group, 47
percent expect to see increases of up to 4 percent, and 37 percent
anticipate increases of 5 percent or more.
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Private foundations and
corporations are slightly more optimistic than community/public
foundations, but more than 80 percent of grantmakers in all three major
categories expect grant increases in 2006.
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Minnesota grantmakers
do not anticipate negative impact due to natural disaster giving. A
61-percent majority continued to fund traditionally supported nonprofits
in addition to disaster-related funding in 2005, while 73 percent
project no impact from disaster giving on their normal level of
grantmaking in 2006. Just 13 percent of those surveyed voiced concerns
that energy prices and rebuilding efforts from natural disasters will
impact their grantmaking in the upcoming year.
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the Report
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Minnesota Grantmaking 2006 Outlook
Report as a PDF file (4 pages) that can be viewed and printed (requires free
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Order
the Report
Print copies of the Minnesota Grantmaking
2006 Outlook Report are available for $5
(plus shipping/handling and appropriate sales tax). To order,
complete and fax or mail in MCF's
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Related
MCF Resources
Questions?
Contact the Minnesota Council on Foundations:
612.338.1989, info@mcf.org
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