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Philanthropy Annual WELCOME TABLE OF s technology propels philanthropy forward, the Foundation 02 TOP STORIE S IN THE NE ws Center is issuing a print publication that reviews the year 04 | Hard-Pressed Nonprofits Wait, that just passed. Philanthropy Annual is something you can Hope for Recovery A 05 | Global Health, Healthcare Reform hold in your hands, pick up, put down; an opportunity to pause Share Spotlight and reflect on what our sector has achieved in 2009 and has yet to 06 | Shrunken Endowments, Infusion achieve in the future that awaits us. of Federal Funds Dominate Education Agenda The news in this issue of Philanthropy Annual recaps how 08 | Charity Comes to the Social nonprofits and foundations alike have been coping with the Media Ball economic crisis, how the face of philanthropy 09 | Philanthropy and the Future of Journalism is changing due to the digital and social media 10 | White House Pledges Support for revolution, and how the symbiotic relationship Social Innovation, Public-Private Partnerships between nonprofits and the government 11 | Noteworthy Gifts impacts us all. 13 | 2010: Preview of the Year Ahead “People Who Make a Difference” high- lights leaders who raise the bar in the third PEOPLE WHO MAKE sector, including Albert Ruesga, president and CEO of the 14 A DIFFERENCE Greater New Orleans Foundation, and Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of Feeding America. The “Media Review” leads you to 17 | Changes in Leadership 2009 | the best books, periodicals, blogs, and online reports. Our com- 20 Prize Philanthropy Awards and Recipients, 2009 prehensive statistics define the dimensions, growth, and trends in 26 | 2009 Awards to Philanthropists foundations and their giving. And because communication is 28 | The NonProfit Times “2009 crucial to effective philanthropy, we include an updated list of Power & Influence Top 50” key contacts to facilitate your daily work. NEWSMAKERS INTERVIEWS We invite you to join our ongoing discussion of ideas that 32 | Albert Ruesga, President and CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation matter at Philanthropy News Digest’s PhilanTopic blog. And we 37 | Jane Wales, President and appreciate hearing how we can make Philanthropy Annual more Co-Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum useful to you at [email protected]. 5 QUESTIONS FOR... BRADFORD K. SMITH 42 | Katya Andresen, Chief Operating President Officer, Network for Good The Foundation Center 44 | Vicki Escarra, President and CEO, Feeding America 45 | Julie Rogers, President, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation contents COMMENTARY & OPiniON 47 | “Make a Socially Responsible Investment in Young Black Men,” by Cedric Brown, Director, Mitchell Kapor Foundation 49 | “Performance Measurement: Put a Stake in the Ground,” by Andrew Wolk, CEO and 37 founder, Root Cause 50 | “Social Media Can Open Door to 45 Philanthropy’s Future,” by Larry Blumenthal, Former Director, Social Media Strategy, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 11 52 52 MEDIA REVIE W 2009 53 | Books 47 55 | Periodicals 56 | Blogs 58 | Online Reports THE STATE OF 60 K85 E Y CONTACts FOUNDATION GIVING | 65 | 30 Largest Grants in 2007 86 Foundation Center Funding Information Centers 65 | Grants by Major Subject | Categories 96 Nonprofit Academic Centers | 66 | Foundation Establishments, 100 Regional Associations of 2007–2009 Grantmakers | 69 | Foundation Terminations, 102 Grantmaker Affinity Groups 2007–2009 104 | Other Nonprofit Support 71 | 50 Largest Grantmaking Organizations Public Charities 106 | Philanthropy Periodical 72 | 50 Largest Foundations Editors 74 | 10 Largest Foundations in Each State visit philanthropy AnnUal on the web at: http://foundationcenter.org/philanthropyannual GO TABLE OF CONTENTS | 1 Top ...the year had more twists and turns than Stories a novel by in the Dickens... From PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST HE YEAR OPENED WITH THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IN CRISIS, a Wall Street scandal hanging over the world of philanthropy, and a new president — the first African American chief executive in the nation’s history — in the White House. By year’s end, the economy seemed to be on the mend, the bonus train was steaming ahead for some, and Congress was moving toward passage of an historic healthcare bill Tthat promised to dramatically reduce the ranks of the uninsured. In between, the year had more twists than a novel by Dickens, as the United States began to wind down one war while escalating another; the stock market fell to 12-year lows, then roared back with startling swiftness; and ordinary Americans strug- gled to hold on to their homes, their jobs, and their hopes. As the year comes to a close, the editors of the Foundation Center’s Philanthropy News Digest (PND) look back at some of the important philanthropic stories and personalities of 2009, and look ahead to the start of a new year and decade certain to bring their share of challenges, surprises, and as yet undreamed-of opportunities. 2 | PHILANRO TH PY ANNUAL 2009 TOP StORIES IN THE NEWS | 3 TopStoriesintheNews > Hard-Pressed Nonprofits Wait, Hope for Recovery AS THEY DID in 2008, BARACK OBAMA AND THE AILinG ECONOMY practices that confidence in the markets was restored. From their lows dominated the headlines in 2009, leaving foundations and nonprofits on March 9, a day before Bernanke’s scrambling to adjust to new economic realities and holding fast to speech, the Dow and S&P got off the their hope that philanthropy and the nonprofit sector had an advo- mat and went on a nine-month tear, cate in the White House. ending the year up more than 65 per- cent — an historic performance that he year began much as the previ- of communities and individuals, that did much to repair battered portfolios ous one had ended: with private will spend the money quickly, that have and investor psychology. and public sources of funding the capacity to spread the dollars widely, As events would bear out, however, squeezed by turmoil in the and that in the absence of such help what’s good for the investor class doesn’t financial markets, a slowing economy, and will need to shrink and thus become always translate into glad tidings on rising unemployment. The battering suf- another drag on the economy.” Nonprofit Street — at least in the short fered by many endowments and investor None of those proposals was in- run. As Wall Street began to recover portfolios in 2008 — a January survey cluded in the final package, the in the spring and summer, funding by the Chronicle of Philanthropy American Recovery and for nonprofits remained tight, unem- found that the typical founda- Reinvestment Act of 2009, ployment continued to climb — the tion endowment had lost nearly though the $787 billion official rate would pass 10 percent in 30 percent of its value over the bill did include an October before leveling off — and previous 12 months — had many nonprofit foundations and their nonprofit agencies found grantees playing catch-up before a themselves single New Year’s resolution could be struggling to broken. Fallout from the Ponzi scheme meet the grow- run by New York City-based money ing demand for manager Bernard Madoff further chilled their services. In the fundraising climate. June, a survey Indeed, it seemed that no one by the Listening could avoid the pain. With foreclosures Post Project at mounting, the auto industry ailing, and Johns Hopkins the unemployment rate climbing past University 8 percent, calls for the White House found that 80 and Congress to include assistance for percent of U.S. nonprofits in their economic stimu- nonprofits were lus plans reached a crescendo by late experienc- Vice President Joe Biden looks on as President Barack Obama signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act January. Proposals designed to help on February 17, 2009, during a ceremony at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. ing fiscal stress, the sector navigate the economic with close to storm included setting up a $15 bil- expansion of unemployment benefits 40 percent reporting that the stress was lion bridge loan fund targeting human and other social welfare provisions, relief “severe” or “very severe.” And the stress service providers, the extension and for cash-strapped state governments, and wasn’t limited to nonprofits, as founda- expansion of an IRA charitable roll- significant funding for education reform. tions large and small were forced to over, and investing 10 percent of any But the bill’s passage did little to stem reduce headcount, cut or downsize pro- stimulus directly into nonprofits. “We the markets’ or economy’s slide. In fact, grams, and look for other efficiencies. can take advantage,” said the Brookings it wasn’t until Federal Reserve chair Ben The willingness of private and com- Institution‘s Isabel Sawhill at the time, Bernanke, in a speech to the Council on munity foundations to make tough “of a huge network of institutions that Foreign Relations in March, called for a choices, seek out opportunities for col- work hard . to improve the welfare review of “mark-to-market” accounting laboration, and allocate resources to the 4 | PHILANTHROPY ANNUAL 2009 > TopStoriesintheNews economically disadvantaged and others affected by the economic downturn Global Health, Healthcare was noted by many — as was the real possibility that 2010 would be another Reform Share Spotlight down year for foundation giving. WITH MEDIA COVERAGE SURROUNDING HEALTHCARE REFORM Indeed, as the economy, aided by mas- reaching a fever pitch in the latter part of the year, it was easy to for- sive infusions of federal bailout money, limped into the fall and began to show get that 2009 opened with major news from the global health arena. signs of recovery, the outlook for 2010 was anything but clear. In fact, funding for malaria pre- “We can’t single-handedly right vention was a major global health this out-of-kilter economy,” said Rip theme in 2009.