Discerning Trends in Rural Philanthropy Rick Cohen June 25, National Rural Assembly

Foundation grants to random sample of rural zip codes YearGrant dollars% change 2011 $ 1,274, $ 1,359, $ 1,070, $ 2,567, $ 3,611, $ 1,392, $ 1,501,842

Foundation grants to random sample of rural zip codes (by purpose) Grant recipient/purposeFdn grant dollars Religion/churches $ 1,032,685 Health/hospitals $ 3,872,717 Family/youth $ 1,124,675 Libraries $ 693,665 K-12 education $ 417,891 Community economic development $ 325,650 Higher education $ 1,480,038 Land preservation/environment $ 5,056,965

Foundation Investments in Rural CDCs Year Total foundation grant/loan investments Change from previous year Median foundation investment size Mean foundation investment size Average foundatio n investmen t total per organizati on 2011$8,989, %$20,000$81,723$134, $8,892, %$12,037$45,138$132, $10,706, % $15,000$54,877$159, $9,508,5780.4%$15,000$49,935$141, $9,466, %$15,000$59,916$141, $8,032, %$10,000$44,137$119,895

Foundation Grants for Rural CDCs Year Total foundation grants Percent change from previous year Percentag e of tot. fdn. support in loans/PRIs Median grant size Mean grant size Average foundatio n grant total per organizati on 2011$6,727, %25.2% $17,823$67,718 $100, $8,632, %2.9% $10,000$44,727 $128, $9,429, %11.9% $15,000$49,366 $140, $7,927, %16.6% $12,500$40,038 $118, $6,691,7055.1%29.3% $15,000$43,453 $99, $6,364, %20.8% $10,000$37,002 $94,989

Top Foundation Grantmakers Foundation Grant/loan investments to rural community developers Percentage of all foundation grant/loan support to rural community developers Ford Foundation $ 7,145, F.B. Heron Foundation $ 4,152, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation $ 4,095, Meyer Memorial $ 3,018, Annie E. Casey Foundation $ 2,965, Bank of America Foundation $ 2,372, W.K. Kellogg Foundation $ 2,339, Kresge Foundation $ 1,900, Wells Fargo Foundation $ 1,529, California Endowment $ 1,391, Marguerite Casey Foundation $ 1,327, Arthur M. Blank Foundation $ 1,236, JP Morgan Chase Foundation $ 1,117, Rasmuson Foundation $ 1,084, Iowa West Foundation $ 1,083, Citi Foundation $ 787, TD Charitable $ 767, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation $ 760, Dyson Foundation $ 610, Oregon Community Foundation $ 549, Longwood Foundation $ 549, Otto Bremer Foundation $ 522, William Randolph Hearst Foundation $ 500, Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation $ 485, Community Foundation Fox Valley $ 454, New Hampshire Charitable $ 443, Sandy River Charitable Foundation $ 410,0000.7

Private Non-Govt Support for Rural CDCs All rural CDCs (n=93) Total non- gov’t/non- service support $45,217,713$42,275,768$51,751,188$39,227,363 % change from previous year 6.96%-18.31%31.93% Median$145,383$152,801$185,873$152,712 Mean$524,684$454,578$554,464$421,800

Private Non-Gov’t Support (no CA) Rural CDCs except California (n=87) Total non- gov’t/non- service support $42,234,353 $38,933,200 $41,075,611 $34,498,082 % change from previous year 8.48%-5.22%19.07% Median$155,463$138,626$172,804$124,353 Mean $485,452$447,508$472,133$396,529

Foundation grantmaking to/for rural health clinics

Top foundation grantmakers to rural health clinics

Top rural health clinic foundation grant recipient states STATETOTAL FDN GRANT DOLLARSAVERAGE GRANT SIZE California$12,658,738 (33.6%)$67,333 Hawaii$5,283,411$110,071 Oregon$3,612,633$34,737 North Carolina$3,434,633$101,018 Texas$2,079,993$94,515 West Virginia$1,203,000$100,250 Virginia$1,059,173$32,096

Private contributions to sample of rural health clinics

U.S. Foundation Grantmaking Trends Foundatio n grantmaki ng ($b) Percent change from previous year Corporate foundatio n grantmaki ng ($b) Percent change from previous year Independ ent foundatio n grantmaki ng ($b) Percent change from previous year % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Major Foundation Grantmaking for Housing/Community Development % grant $ for housing and shelter % grant $ for communi ty dev./imp