2013 Foundation Salary & Benefits Report
ASF is pleased to release the 2013 Foundation Salary and Benefits Report, our standalone report on the salaries and benefits of paid foundation staff. Data were collected in early 2013 and reflect 2012 year-end salaries and benefits.
The 2013 Foundation Salary and Benefits Report is based on a survey of members of ASF, a membership organization of 2,500 foundations with few or no staff. All member foundations with paid staff (paid by the foundation) were eligible to participate. Member foundations with paid staff account for nearly 70% of our members, or more than 1,700 foundations.
Responses were received from 484 member foundations with paid staff, yielding a response rate of 26.5%.
About the Survey Respondents
- Most respondents (85%) are private grantmaking foundations. The remaining respondents are operating foundations (4%), public charities (4%), other foundations (4%), and community foundations or nonprofit funds (3%).
- More than half (52%) of respondents are family foundations, 47% are independently governed, and the remaining 2% are significantly influenced by a for-profit organization.
- Of the respondents, 31% reported 2011 year-end assets of less than $10 million, 46% reported assets from $10–$49.9 million, and 23% reported assets greater than $50 million.
- Respondents typically awarded fewer than 100 grants in 2012, with more than half (57%) awarding fewer than 50 grants in 2012.
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