2007 Outlook Report
Key Findings
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The 2007 outlook survey suggests that grantmaking will see a healthy growth rate of about 5 to 9 percent. |
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More than 89 percent of grantmakers responding to the survey expect to increase grantmaking in 2007 (61 percent) or to maintain their level of grantmaking from 2006 (28 percent). |
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Of funders expecting increased giving, 42 percent anticipate growth in giving of 5 to 20 percent or more, compared to 35 percent of survey respondents in the 2006 report. |
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Almost a quarter (23 percent) of respondents expect robust increases in giving of 10 to 20 percent or more. |
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Just 6 percent of grantmakers expect declines in their levels of giving in 2007, comparing favorably to the 14 percent expecting decreases at the start of 2006. |
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Growth in assets is the number-one factor listed (by 51 percent of respondents) in strengthening the anticipated levels of giving in 2007. |
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About one-quarter (23 percent) of respondents, mostly community grantmakers,
noted gifts from individual donors as a factor in the expected increases in grantmaking. |
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About 15 percent of respondents, mostly corporations, cited improved company profits contributing to an anticipated increase in giving in 2007. |
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A sizeable majority (85 percent) of private foundations (family and independent) anticipate their grantmaking will either rise in 2007 or stay at the same level as 2006. |
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Fewer than 4 percent of corporate grantmakers expect a decrease in giving in 2007, compared to 14 percent a year ago. |
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Community/public foundations as a group have the most positive outlook among the three types of grantmakers. |
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The largest funders as a group anticipate the most optimistic about improved giving in 2007. |
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2007 Outlook Report
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Table of Contents
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Index
Key Findings
Grantmaking Forecast
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About This Report
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The Minnesota Council on Foundations surveyed member foundations and corporate grantmakers in December 2006, in order to assess the outlook for 2007 grantmaking activity in Minnesota. This report summarizes the results of the survey, reflecting the responses of 91 foundations and corporate giving programs (41 private foundations, 27 corporate foundations and giving programs, and 23 community/public foundations).
Survey respondents represent 68 percent of all foundations and corporate grantmaking in the state and comprise grantmakers of all types and sizes, from small, trustee-managed family foundations to nine of the state’s 10 largest grantmaking organizations. The 2007 Outlook Report provides a snapshot of the direction of growth in giving, as well as factors that grantmakers predict will affect their grantmaking activities during the year.
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