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Did you know? Over half the country's total foundation giving is done by small foundations.

The Association of Small Foundations is a membership association of more than 3,000 foundations with few or no staff.

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Membership snapshot
Small foundations come in all shapes and sizes, yet with some notable similarities!

• 51% - members that employ paid staff - the typical foundation among these employs only one full-time person
• $55.6 billion - estimated total assets collectively managed by ASF members
• $2.59 billion - estimated total grant dollars awarded by ASF members in 2005
• Almost two-thirds of member grants targeted local communities.
• $52.9 million - estimated grant dollars awarded by ASF members for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in 2005
• Thirteen (13) percent of member foundations have assets under $1 million, 41% have assets between $1 million and $10 million, and 45% have assets over $10 million.
• Almost two-thirds (61%) of ASF members are family foundations; slightly more than one-third (37%) are independent foundations; and 2% percent are corporate foundations.
• About one-third of ASF’s member foundations were formed within the past 10 years; 23% were formed 11 to 30 years ago; and 42% were formed more than 20 years ago.

Statistics were gathered from the 2006-2007 Foundation Operations and Management Survey.

Researching foundations and grant opportunities? ASF does not make contact information for our members available to the public. We encourage you to visit GuideStar (www.guidestar.org) or The Foundation Center (www.fdncenter.org).