MapShot: Community Foundations on a visual map from Foundation Center
http://maps.foundationcenter.org/community/CommUS.php
A number of countries with a number of CFs have established membership networks. Their websites typically provide a lot of historical data, practical information, contact addresses and much more.
Among the most notable websites of the CF associations are:
- Council on Foundations (USA) http://www.cof.org/
- Community Foundations of Canada (in English and French) http://www.cfc-fcc.ca/
- Community Foundations Network (UK) http://www.communityfoundations.org.uk/
- Association of German Community Foundations (in German) http://www.aktive-buergerschaft.de/vab/
- Community Foundations Parthership Russia (in Russian) http://www.p-cf.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_foundation
Foundation Center 25 Largest Community Foundations by Asset Size. Retrieved March 28, 2009
According to the data available on February 5, 2009 on The Foundation Center website the largest community foundations, with assets over $1,000,000,000 held, were:
- Tulsa Community Foundation - $3,740,241,151
- The Cleveland Foundation - $2,183,913,190
- New York Community Trust - $2,135,691,023
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation - $1,943,885,894
- Chicago Community Trust - $1,841,684,803
- California Community Foundation - $1,257,906,849
- Oregon Community Foundation - $1,214,148,698
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation - $1,183,724,020
- Marin Community Foundation - $1,180,106,202
- The Columbus Foundation - $1,045,016,666
- The San Francisco Foundation - $1,017,024,000
In terms of annual giving, seven American community foundations gave more than $100 million in grants over the year according to the last data available on February 5, 2009 [2]. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation gave out the most grants at $243 million, the California Community Foundation was second in grants made at $216 million, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation was third in grants made with $192.9 million, The New York Community Trust was fourth with $166 million, The Chicago Community Trust was fifth with $115.5 million, The Columbus Foundation was sixth with $110.7 million, and Foundation for the Carolinas was seventh with $106 million.
Statistics made available by the Foundation Center enable also financial comparison of the largest community foundations with the largest corporate and private foundations and illustrate the fact that community foundations in the United States tend to be larger than corporate foundations in both assets and grants given.
