annual.foundationcenter.org FROM OUR PRESIDENT

ow many times have you heard Foundation Center’s print directory became Landscape sites that focus on youth giving, the success of an organization Foundation Directory Online, the most widely the sustainable development goals, and the Hdescribed in terms of a bigger used database of foundations and their critical issues of our time. budget, more staff, or larger office space? grants in the world. Today’s Foundation Foundation Center’s evolution continues to As indicators, those all tell us something but Center is a global resource for trusted data, be a story of transparency, technology, and miss what is most critical. In a world of deep insight, and analysis of the many ways in talent. Our team, whether they be writing technological and societal transformation, as which, through philanthropy, private wealth computer code, teaching a class on proposal important as it may be for organizations to is contributing to the public good. writing, or designing a new website, is grow, it is essential that they evolve. The following pages describe how the key to our success. Philanthropy is an Foundation Center was born in 1956, in the Foundation Center evolved even further engine for positive social change worldwide wake of McCarthy era hearings investigating in 2016. In a historic milestone for our and at Foundation Center, we’re using the foundations for alleged support of un- organization, we fully launched a new latest data, technology, and analysis to help American activities. Conceived as a means database system that had been years in the those doing good be strategic. The world to combat suspicion and innuendo about making. As part of this effort, we used data needs the nearly seven million people, philanthropy with public information, its science techniques to machine code more online and in-person, who depended on us very creation ignited an evolutionary spark than two million foundation grants around in 2016 to succeed. that has propelled our field forward ever the world by subject, beneficiary population, Insuring that Foundation Center since. Foundation Center published the first strategy, geographic location, and other provides the knowledge they need print directory of American foundations in characteristics. We then employed this requires constant evolution. That 1960, then created a classification system same technology to code all the content— is my commitment to Foundation that enabled successive generations of including blogs, news stories, research Center and our commitment to you. grantseekers, scholars, journalists and reports, and more—so users can quickly foundations themselves, to understand the search the entire Foundation Center through work of a rapidly expanding philanthropic our main website, foundationcenter.org—to sector. In 1994, Foundation Center launched find exactly the information they need. And

its first website, when only four foundations this wealth of highly curated information Bradford K. Smith had websites of their own. Five years later, is fueling a new generation of Foundation President

2 Foundation Center 2016 Annual Report 2016 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

45.8% ($11,193,704) PRODUCT REVENUES

39.2% ($9,569,754) FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATE OPERATING REVENUES CONTRIBUTIONS $24,429,704 13.1% ($3,192,282) PROGRAM SERVICE AND OTHER FEES

1.9% ($473,964) INVESTMENT RETURN

34.6% ($8,121,481) DATA COLLECTION AND PUBLICATIONS

19.7% ($4,609,932) RESEARCH AND OTHER PROGRAMS

OPERATING EXPENSES 21.7% ($5,080,835) LIBRARY/LEARNING CENTERS AND OTHER $23,433,027 PUBLIC SERVICES

For complete financials see 20.0% ($4,686,620) annual.foundationcenter.org MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL

Available Online: 4.0% ($934,159) FUNDRAISING • Audited financial statements • Balance sheets • Statements of changes in net assets • Form 990

“2016 was a challenging yet innovative year at Foundation Center. Thanks to a well-developed strategic plan and the generous support of our donors, we were able to balance our financial statements and evolve our products and service to meet the needs of the field.”

Monisha de Quadros Vice President for Financial Strategy

See the full report at annual.foundationcenter.org 3 EVOLVING SKILLS Growing skills to strengthen our capacity for innovation

For any organization to stand the test of “Moving into this new role to topics ranging from the sustainable time, it needs a dedicated staff willing to was very empowering. I can development goals (SDGs), to data capacity building, to early childhood development, evolve their skills in service of the mission. answer questions myself, We’re lucky to have skills spanning library to agriculture. “Ultimately, the hope is that and I know the questions science, research methodologies, data this work will bring transparency to the science, facilitation, computer programming, to ask.” sector. It’s broad, multi-year, multi-region work, but that’s what’s exciting. It requires and even ping pong. In 2016, we saw roles Her growth started through a class taught investment in understanding the cultural, grow in interesting ways, and we thought by another staff member about SQL, and legal, and political environments of different we’d share Amy Stern’s and Arif Ekram’s continued through online courses, other countries and how that relates to data work, stories with you here. peer-led classes (most recently, Python) and which can vary a lot.” For Arif, part of this encouraged curiosity. “The classes have been As we have evolved our data systems, evolved role is representing Foundation great, but applying what I learned to actually our staff have built new skills and evolved Center and philanthropy more broadly solve real-world problems is very satisfying. their roles to support more streamlined, in multi-stakeholder conversations. At Strengthening our data and our processes automated processes. Amy Stern came the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network is motivating, because I know it will help to Foundation Center as a special data conference in Hong Kong, Arif spoke on a organizations get quality information they projects associate manually cleaning excel panel about data availability and quality need faster.” Amy is also a clutch player on spreadsheet data from foundations. Now, issues, mostly focusing on Asia. This is a big Foundation Center’s softball team. she is an application developer, working on leap from what he was previously working

various aspects of database development Arif Ekram similarly worked as a data on, and he credits “learning from experts, including using SSIS to support loading data analyst, with a specific focus on international both colleagues at Foundation Center and from a wider variety of sources, deploying foundations. In 2016, he became a critical externally through workshops, conferences, back-end bulk updates, and brainstorming part of our global partnerships work, and simply following the news” as core to his solutions to needs identified by user stories. where he manages multiple projects tied skill development.

4 Foundation Center 2016 Annual Report EVOLVING PARTNERSHIPS The partnership initially launched the “Get David Biemesderfer, president and CEO of on the Map” campaign. The 26 member the Forum, shares, regional associations participants were Partnering encouraged to share grants data with “We place great value on with sector Foundation Center using the eReporting our ongoing partnership standard. This data was centralized with Foundation Center. influencers to and structured using the Philanthropy As we work to help our build data and Classification System and visualized in members lead, inform custom regional maps. and support philanthropy, knowledge Now, we’ve put that increasingly current and Foundation Center plays

No organization can do it alone. Partners comprehensive data to good use, generating a critical role by making help us better interpret and deliver on standardized regional giving dashboards as foundation data more our mission, and engage with people a new service. Our first for California was accessible and usable who we may not have otherwise reached. launched during the year, which has been throughout our network.” Partnerships take time and work to build, used to tell regional stories of giving and and we’re investing in them as a core explore funding priorities. Prithi Trivedi, As we develop more regional dashboards strategy. It’s paying off. program fellow, effective philanthropy at in 2017, our partnership will continue to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grow. We’ll continue to work with regional We’re now in our third year of a thriving associations to better understand needs, partnership with the Forum of Regional shares, “I found the Foundation Maps: Associations of Grantmakers. Together, California tool to be incredibly helpful in and respond with new data visualizations, we’re working to improve the information answering the question I had. The design benchmarking services, and knowledge infrastructure available for and about and interface are really user-friendly, and management tools that will empower philanthropy, and translating that into produces clean visuals, which can help you users to draw actionable conclusions from knowledge that drives smarter grantmaking. grasp the data.” the information.

“Together, we’re working to improve the information infrastructure available for and about philanthropy, and translating that into knowledge that drives smarter grantmaking.”

David Biemesderfer President and CEO, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers

See the full report at annual.foundationcenter.org 5 EVOLVING ACCESS locations again and again to grow and hone Jon Gilgoff is the senior director of their skills and research opportunities. They programming and systems change at come back because it pays off. Brothers on the Rise in Oakland, CA. He is Building the founder and former executive director, a “I never had any interest relationships and role which he held for the organization’s first in starting an organization, eight years. But his entrepreneurial roots understanding to but then I did. It’s very started while attending Columbia University’s connect causes humbling to have a lot to School of Social Work. “The handful of other learn; you’re the executive male students and I would get together and at first jokingly question, ‘why is there to resources director and so you’re a feminist caucus but no men’s caucus? We supposed to know what Organizations and people who are changing could use student union money too!’ But the world need the skills, resources, and you’re doing. You need then we got serious. There was a meeting, funds to do what they do best. For the places to go that won’t be and it was on. We started the Male Action past 60 years, we’ve worked to make judgmental and welcome Coalition to address issues facing boys and grantmaking data and fundraising know- you in, and that are friendly men and be an ally to girls and women.” how available to grantseekers everywhere. People visit our flagship regional hubs and patient. That was the Since then, Jon has utilized many tools at and Funding Information Network partner case at Foundation Center.” Foundation Center to grow with his work.

6 Foundation Center 2016 Annual Report patient. That was the case at Foundation The youth development-focused Meet Center. There was good information and the Funder event Jon’s group led last year I remember spending hours doing the was his way of sharing the knowledge and research and getting a grounding through relationships he’d built over the years with those introductory workshops that are free, others in his field. which is important when you’re small and just starting out.”

In 2016, an initiative of Brothers on the Rise called Oakland Youth Ally Alliance partnered with Foundation Center to hold a “Meet the Funder” event for its constituents, because that particular event had developed critical knowledge for Jon years prior. “An event I remember because it was the most concretely helpful was a Meet the Funder As a volunteer and board member with event where I met Mary Gregory from Pacific the Young Nonprofit Professional Network Foundation Services. She was very warm in 2007, Jon visited the library to access and generous and offered for me to follow Foundation Directory Online and came to up with her in the future. I don’t know how workshops. Through the workshops, he not many years passed but at some point, she only received instruction on how to create a referred me to one foundation that she nonprofit, but networked and learned how thought might be a good fit to support our to get funding and who to ask — and how. work. We applied the first time and didn’t get the grant, but were encouraged to keep Training at Foundation Center and ongoing trying. And so we submitted the next year participation in the nonprofit community “By partnering with and the rest is history.” Jon distilled the supported Jon’s founding of Brothers on Foundation Center, value of this and other workshops to one the Rise. “I never had any interest in starting agencies that struggle to word: relationships. an organization, but then I did. It’s very access information and humbling to have a lot to learn; you’re the “I didn’t have any relationships with funders make connections around executive director and so you’re supposed — how could I when philanthropy wasn’t funding can get exposure to know what you’re doing. You need my world? I don’t know anyone. So if places to go that won’t be judgmental and relationships matter, Foundation Center is a to what’s available to them, welcome you in, and that are friendly and place to start building them.” and be successful.”

See the full report at annual.foundationcenter.org 7 EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY What’s a giraffe got to do with philanthropy? Now that we have access to machine- online through our products and services. We believe that with access to good data, readable versions of many 990-PFs, as well Prototypes like this have the potential organizations can frame problems better as the ability to process these data files in to provide the sector with more easily and drive more strategic solutions. That’s bulk, we expect to dramatically increase accessible, comprehensive, real-time views why 2016 featured the launch of our new the number of small grants in our database of philanthropic giving trends. So far, the Enterprise Database Management System from smaller foundations. This will enable results have been promising, but many (EDMS), which will allow us to bring in at least us to expand our reach into, and relevance questions remain before we can make this 10 times more data into Foundation Center’s among, smaller cities and rural areas where a viable service in 2017. This is one example products and services. This will give users of philanthropic activity was rarely tracked. of the data and technology experimentation our products and services unprecedented we’re committed to in order to create better, access to the largest amount of clean, coded, The data processing innovations didn’t useful, and accessible knowledge for the philanthropic data ever available before. stop at grants data. We also began social sector. connecting our other data sets (including In 2016, we were able to code 2 million news articles, blogs, research reports), grants, up from about 300,000 in years Believe it or not, evolving our technology coding them to our Philanthropy prior. Most of these grants were processed systems has been fun. Bereketab shares, Classification System. This enables users to through autocoding, which allowed staff time “With machine learning algorithm, you get search all of Foundation Center’s knowledge, to refocus on summary analyses and data some funny results while the computer is and also helps us spread the usage of our mining. It also enabled — for the first time learning, and I like to ask why. For example, revised and updated taxonomy to other — processing of grants of less than $10,000, the Support Vector Machine (SVM) thought institutions, like GuideStar, that have which previously had only been included if the word giraffe was more associated with expressed interest in coding their data they were directly reported by foundations. ‘philanthropy’ than ‘wildlife conservation’. consistently with our taxonomy. If you ask, ‘why would it think that?’, you Notes lead data scientist Bereketab Lakew: This plays out a step further: our data see that there is actually a recipient called Giraffe Project, and all their grants are about “For small nonprofit scientists built a prototype that identifies relevant philanthropic news articles from philanthropy. There are interesting things organizations looking for large, online repositories before coding it like this when you turn words into data. I local funding opportunities, into our Philanthropy Classification System, want to look deeper into these patterns of this is a gamechanger.” with the goal of making it publicly available learning this year.”

8 Foundation Center 2016 Annual Report EVOLVING PROJECTS Through our Knowledge Services team, we create portals that combine multiple resources, including data visualization Comprehensive tools, news, and original research, to platform illuminate critical topics in philanthropy in a comprehensive and cohesive way. illuminates “Landscape” projects like YouthGiving.org are dynamically designed to make it easy next generation for donors to scan the landscape to reveal opportunities, needs, and gaps and see philanthropy California—through new solutions. And, how their past, current, and future efforts adults play a key role too; they have to truly leadership fit into the broader field. YouthGiving.org shift power to young people. For Khayriyyah With the biggest intergenerational transfer represented a unique audience and nexus MuhammadSmith, a 22 year old with five of wealth upon us, it’s important to look of interest in the evolving philanthropy years of grantmaking experience, to the next generation of leaders and sector, garnering widespread interest and question how they give and what they attention. The project was funded by five “One really important component of my care about. As we discovered, there’s a different types of foundations and led youth grantmaking time were the adults who large movement of youth grantmakers by a 23-person international and multi- supported us. I was very fortunate to have giving back to their communities, and our generational advisory committee. an advisor who did her very best to let us research shows that this is not a fluff story. truly take ownership over the different tasks This project shines a spotlight on the impact Youth are driving significant dollars ($17M+ throughout the grantmaking process.” our future leaders of the sector—and the over the last decade) using strategic world—are having now. We have taken approaches to philanthropy. “Often as a young person lessons from how young people approach One of the most widely scaled and growing all aspects of the grantmaking process, trying to make change, it approaches to participatory grantmaking, from crafting RFPs to conducting a needs can be difficult to get adults youth grantmaking programs, directly assessment to reaching consensus to sharing to hear you, but because of engage young people in making funding funding decisions, and are integrating these dedicated adult advocates decisions. There are currently over 845 lessons into broader sector-wide knowledge and advisors, I was always programs around the world hosted sharing. And, we are starting to see how by private foundations, community youth in programs around the world are reminded that my opinion foundations, nonprofit organizations, getting to the root of longstanding issues— and thoughts were valuable religious institutions, and public and private from peacebuilding in Ukraine to domestic and important to making schools embracing this strategy. violence in to police violence in sustainable change.”

A fun surprise of this work: Our Foundation Center home communities have a significant amount of activity and interest on this topic. Successful events in our Cleveland, New York, and San Francisco locations attracted foundations and organizations currently engaging young people in grantmaking (both adults and young people themselves), and also those simply interested exploring this movement. The broad interest extended to major publications including Barron’s, , and Inside Philanthropy.

See the full report at annual.foundationcenter.org 9 2016 DONORS

BASIC SUPPORT Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, Inc. The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation Fidelity Foundation Lone Pine Foundation, Inc. INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS Leland Fikes Foundation, Inc. Richard Lounsbery Foundation, Inc. Achelis Foundation The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Altman Foundation Foundation for Child Development Lyndhurst Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation America for Bulgaria Foundation The Freed Foundation, Inc. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Hugh J. Andersen Foundation Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. The Marcus Foundation, Inc. John W. Anderson Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Marmot Foundation The Annenberg Foundation The Gerber Foundation The Richard Mather Fund Arcus Foundation Edwin Gould Foundation McCarthy Family Foundation Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. The Grainger Foundation Robert R. McCormick Foundation The AVI CHAI Foundation The Greenwall Foundation McFeely-Rogers Foundation Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation, Inc. John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable John P. McGovern Foundation Beveridge Family Foundation Foundation, Inc William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc. Booth Ferris Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation McGregor Fund The Mary Owen Borden Memorial Foundation The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. The McLean Contributionship Otto Bremer Trust The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Foundation Mertz Gilmore Foundation The Bush Foundation The Edward W. Hazen Foundation Meyer Memorial Trust The Louis Calder Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation The Ambrose Monell Foundation The California Wellness Foundation The Heckscher Foundation for Children Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York Heinz Endowments The William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. Amon G. Carter Foundation The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Annie E. Casey Foundation The F. B. Heron Foundation M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust Marguerite Casey Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation Hillman Foundation New York Foundation The Ceres Foundation Hudson-Webber Foundation The A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, Inc. Charina Endowment Fund The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc. The Overbrook Foundation Ben B. Cheney Foundation The Hyde and Watson Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Ittleson Foundation, Inc. The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. Janesville Foundation, Inc. The Patrina Foundation Colcom Foundation Jerome Foundation Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund The Commonwealth Fund The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Cooper Foundation Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation Posner-Wallace Foundation The Cowles Charitable Trust The Joyce Foundation Public Welfare Foundation Bruce L. Crary Foundation, Inc. The JPB Foundation The Reed Foundation, Inc. The Nathan Cummings Foundation Health Foundation The Retirement Research Foundation Deer Creek Foundation Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Charles H. Revson Foundation, Inc. The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation W. M. Keck Foundation Sid W. Richardson Foundation Dillon Foundation W. K. Kellogg Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust The Rockefeller Foundation Dodge Jones Foundation F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. The Rudin Foundation, Inc. The Dorr Foundation The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc. The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Scherman Foundation, Inc. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. The Duke Endowment The Kresge Foundation The Schumann Fund for New Jersey, Inc. Jessie Ball duPont Fund Samuel H. Kress Foundation Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation The Dyson Foundation Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. The O. P. and W. E. Edwards Foundation, Inc. Lavelle Fund for the Blind, Inc. The Sidgmore Family Foundation El Pomar Foundation Lemberg Foundation, Inc. The Sirus Fund Fred L. Emerson Foundation, Inc. Levitt Foundation The Skillman Foundation The Endeavor Foundation Lilly Endowment, Inc. Skoll Foundation Engineering Information Foundation The Fay J. Lindner Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

10 Foundation Center 2016 Annual Report The Spencer Foundation Missouri Foundation for Health Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe The Starr Foundation Nationale Postcode Loterji County, Inc. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Nellie Mae Education Foundation Community Foundation of Burke County Community Foundation of Chippewa County Surdna Foundation, Inc. The Pew Charitable Trusts Community Foundation of Collier County The Teagle Foundation, Inc. Rockefeller Family Fund Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque John Templeton Foundation Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne The Tinker Foundation, Inc. Salem Health & Wellness Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, Inc. Turrell Fund Community Foundation of Greater Jackson Union Foundation INDIVIDUALS Community Foundation of Greater New Britain The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation Pablo O. and R. Nancy Albilal Community Foundation of North Central Florida, Inc. Victoria Foundation, Inc. Ana M. Argilagos Community Foundation of North The Laura B. Vogler Foundation, Inc. John L. Colborn Community Foundation of Northern Colorado The Wallace Foundation Patrick Collins Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Regina Faighes Improvement Community Foundation of Snohomish County Robert Fischer The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Community Foundation of South Jersey Jerald Griffith Weingart Foundation Community Foundation of Southeastern P. Russell Hardin Massachusetts The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation Neal Hegarty Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico Woods Charitable Fund, Inc. Dominick J. Impemba Community Foundation of St. Clair County Youth Foundation, Inc. Theodore S. John Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Zellerbach Family Foundation Susan Kish Community Foundation of the Great River Bend Anonymous (4) Earl Lewis Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Damond Nichols Community Foundation of Washington County CORPORATE DONORS Lorena Nogara MD, Inc. AmazonSmile Foundation Eleanor Pappagallo Community Foundation Sonoma County American Express Foundation Lisa Philp Delaware Community Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Tanya Preval Evanston Community Foundation Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Bradford K. Smith Fairfield County Community Foundation, Inc. MetLife Foundation Allison Toedebusch Foundation For The Carolinas National Grid Foundation Foundation for the Mid South Pfizer Inc. Fremont Area Community Foundation PSEG Foundation COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Galesburg Community Foundation The UPS Foundation INSIGHTS Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation WestRock Foundation ACT for Alexandria Grand Rapids Community Foundation The Xerox Foundation Adirondack Foundation Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, Inc. Akron Community Foundation Greater Houston Community Foundation COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS Albuquerque Community Foundation Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Baltimore Community Foundation Amarillo Area Foundation Greater Milwaukee Foundation The Boston Foundation, Inc. Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Inc. The Chicago Community Trust Arizona Community Foundation Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Inc. Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Arlington Community Foundation Hampton Roads Community Foundation Kalamazoo Community Foundation Austin Community Foundation for the Capital Hawaii Community Foundation New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Area, Inc. Inland Northwest Community Foundation The New York Community Trust Blue Mountain Community Foundation Kalamazoo Community Foundation Brookline Community Foundation Key Biscayne Community Foundation OPERATING FOUNDATIONS California Community Foundation Kitsap Community Foundation Animal Welfare Trust Central New York Community Foundation, Inc. Madison Community Foundation The J. Paul Getty Trust Centre County Community Foundation, Inc. Marin Community Foundation The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Chester County Community Foundation Marquette County Community Foundation The Johnson Foundation Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. Marshall County Community Foundation Russell Sage Foundation Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Miami Foundation Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Minnesota Philanthropy Partners PUBLIC CHARITIES Community Foundation for Southwest Washington Morgan County Community Foundation California HealthCare Foundation Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, Inc. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Kenneth Goldman Donor Fund Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Inc. JustGive Community Foundation of Acadiana Orange County Community Foundation

See the full report at annual.foundationcenter.org 11 Orcas Island Community Foundation Vermont Community Foundation PUBLIC CHARITIES Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Washington County Community Foundation, Inc. Deaconess Community Foundation Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Watertown Community Foundation Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and Pasadena Community Foundation Whatcom Community Foundation supporting organizations: Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Whitefish Community Foundation – Nathan L. and Regina Herman Charitable Fund Foundation Yakima Valley Community Foundation – David and Inez Myers Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Placer Community Foundation – David and Robert Stein Foundation Princeton Area Community Foundation, Inc. FOUNDATION CENTER MetroHealth System Rochester Area Community Foundation MIDWEST (CLEVELAND) The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Santa Fe Community Foundation Sister of Charity Foundation of Cleveland Shasta Regional Community Foundation INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Abington Foundation INDIVIDUALS The Baltimore Community Foundation Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation Julie A. Rittenhouse The Boston Foundation, Inc. The William Bingham Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation FOUNDATION CENTER The Cleveland Foundation The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated NORTHEAST Charles H. Dater Foundation Organizations The Doll Family Foundation The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta NEW YORK (MAIN OFFICE) The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS Foundation Region, Inc. The Clark Foundation The GAR Foundation The Community Foundation for the National The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, Inc. Capital Region Lucile & Robert H. Gries Charity Fund The Community Foundation of Frederick County, The George Gund Foundation MD, Inc. Martha Holden Jennings Foundation WASHINGTON, DC The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound The Andrew Jergens Foundation The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS The Community Foundation of Western North The Kettering Fund The Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc. Carolina, Inc. Kulas Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund The Annie E. Casey Foundation Central Virginia The Alice & Patrick McGinty Foundation Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation The Community Foundation Serving Riverside and The McGregor Foundation Dimick Foundation San Bernardino Counties The Burton D. Morgan Foundation Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. The Connecticut Community Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation Jovid Foundation The Dallas Foundation The Nord Family Foundation The Kiplinger Foundation The Findlay Hancock County Community Foundation The Reinberger Foundation The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation The Sisler McFawn Foundation Public Welfare Foundation The Kern Community Foundation Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust The Maine Community Foundation, Inc. The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation The Minneapolis Foundation CORPORATE DONORS The Stocker Foundation Freddie Mac Foundation The New York Community Trust The Raymond John Wean Foundation The Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard INDIVIDUALS The Philadelphia Foundation CORPORATE DONORS Combined Federal Campaign – DC The Pittsburgh Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation Nordson Corporation The Rhode Island Foundation FOUNDATION CENTER The San Francisco Foundation SOUTH (ATLANTA) The Seattle Foundation COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS The Cleveland Foundation The Southwest Florida Community Foundation, Inc. INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS The Cleveland Foundation supporting organizations: The Spartanburg County Foundation The Ray C. Anderson Foundation – The Higley Fund The Winston-Salem Foundation Callaway Foundation, Inc. – The Sherwick Fund Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation, Inc. – The Treu-Mart Fund Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation The Helen S. Robertson Fund of Akron Community Truman Heartland Community Foundation Foundation J. B. Fuqua Foundation, Inc. Turkish Philanthropy Funds Catherine Troxel Todd Memorial Fund of the Toledo John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Unity Foundation of La Porte County Community Foundation Foundation, Inc

12 Foundation Center 2016 Annual Report The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. The Bernard Osher Foundation SPECIAL PROJECTS The Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Note: Some special projects were funded as contracts. The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Rosenberg Foundation The Pittulloch Foundation Skoll Foundation Rita Allen Foundation The Rich Foundation, Inc. The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust American Council for Voluntary International Action The Springs Close Foundation, Inc. Stuart Foundation Andrus Family Fund Tull Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Morris Stulsaft Foundation The Barr Foundation Jessie Parker Williams Foundation Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation The Campbell Foundation Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. Wilsey Foundation The Cannon Foundation, Inc. The Zeist Foundation, Inc. Zellerbach Family Foundation The Annie E. Casey Foundation Anonymous The Cleveland Foundation CORPORATE DONORS The Danish Consulate and MasterCard Foundation CORPORATE DONORS California Physicians’ Service Foundation Democracy Fund, Inc. BoardWalk Consulting LLC Genentech The Doll Family Foundation Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Duke Endowment SunTrust Bank, Inc. PUBLIC CHARITIES Foundation for the Carolinas The UPS Foundation California HealthCare Foundation Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Philanthropic Ventures Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Giving Foundation, Inc. COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS The George Gund Foundation The Community Foundation for Greater “FOUNDATION CENTER The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Atlanta, Inc. 2020” STRATEGIC INVESTMENT The F.B. Heron Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation OPERATING FOUNDATIONS (2012-2017) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Altman Foundation The James Irvine Foundation American Express Foundation Jim Joseph Foundation FOUNDATION CENTER Carnegie Corporation of New York John S. and James L. Knight Foundation WEST (SAN FRANCISCO) Amon G. Carter Foundation Gail Lewis The Annie E. Casey Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS Charina Endowment Fund Robert R. McCormick Foundation Atkinson Foundation The Clark Foundation The Burton D. Morgan Foundation S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Bella Vista Foundation The Duke Endowment The New York Community Trust - SunLight Time Fund The Lowell Berry Foundation Ford Foundation The Oak Foundation Bigglesworth Family Foundation The Freed Foundation, Inc. Open Road Alliance Bothin Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation Candelaria Fund The Grainger Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Cleo Foundation Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. S. H. Cowell Foundation The Hyde and Watson Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation Fleishhacker Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Skillman Foundation Gaia Fund Tarsadia Foundation GGS Foundation The JPB Foundation William G. Gilmore Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Tides Foundation Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Tow Foundation Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Vodafone Americas Foundation Crescent Porter Hale Foundation The New York Community Trust Wyncote Foundation The HAND Foundation Open Society Foundations The James Irvine Foundation The Pinkerton Foundation The William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund The Walter S. Johnson Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation The Kimball Foundation The John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc. Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation Surdna Foundation, Inc. The Thomas J. Long Foundation The Wallace Foundation Margoes Foundation The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc.

See the full report at annual.foundationcenter.org 13 2016 LEADERSHIP AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

STAFF DATA AND TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL SECTOR OUTREACH Jake Garcia Zohra Zori Vice President for Data and Technology Strategy Vice President for Social Sector Outreach OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT David Jacobs Michele Ragland Dilworth Bradford K. Smith Director of Data Management Director of Foundation Center West President Laia Griñó Katie Farnan Lisa Philp Director of Data Discovery Director of Network Engagement Senior Advisor Kevin Mulder Kim Buckner Patton Director of Technology Integration Director of Foundation Center Northeast KNOWLEDGE SERVICES C. Renée Westmoreland Val Porter Lawrence T. McGill Director of Web Design and Development Head of Domestic Strategy and Innovation Vice President for Knowledge Services Teleangé Thomas Jen Bokoff Director of Foundation Center Midwest DEVELOPMENT Director of Knowledge Services R. Nancy Albilal Lauren Bradford Vice President for Development Director of Global Partnerships

Lisa Brooks Director of Knowledge Management Systems FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Janet Camarena Monisha de Quadros Director of Transparency Initiatives Vice President for Financial Strategy

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Mitchell F. Nauffts Crystal Mandler Editorial Director and Publisher, Philanthropy Director of Business Insight News Digest Lorena P. Nogara Aaron Schill Controller Director of Knowledge Services and CF Insights Tracy Waksler Director of Subscription Products

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On Fridays at 5:30 at 32 Old Slip, we turn down the work and turn up the music. Staff gather to unwind from the week over a drink while watching the sunset reflect off the buildings downtown Brooklyn and listening to music DJed by one of our team members and memorialized as a Spotify playlist. SpotiFriday has been a fun activity for staff across departments to enjoy together, and in addition to ping pong and our lawn games, has become a defining part of our Foundation Center culture.

“After every SpotiFriday, I leave thinking what interesting and talented people we share our days with. The spirit of camaraderie has to have a positive impact on our work and work culture.” Visit annual.foundationcenter.org to listen to our playlist!

Renee Westmoreland Director of Web Design & Development

14 Foundation Center 2016 Annual Report BOARD OF TRUSTEES Valdemar de Oliveira Neto FINANCE AND INVESTMENT Impact Business Director, Avina Foundation COMMITTEE CEO, World Transforming Technologies Susan Kish, Chair TRUSTEES Bradford K. Smith P. Russell Hardin Ana Marie Argilagos President Deborah Hoover Senior Advisor Foundation Center Dominick J. Impemba Ford Foundation Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm Earl Lewis Melissa Berman Executive Director Patrick McCarthy President and CEO WITNESS Marieke van Schaik Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Marieke van Schaik Gail Christopher Managing Director Vice President for Policy and Senior Advisor Dutch Charity Lotteries COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE W.K. Kellogg Foundation Patrick McCarthy, Chair John Colborn Melissa Berman OFFICERS Chief Operating Officer Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker P. Russell Hardin JEVS Human Services Gail Christopher Chair Patrick Collins P. Russell Hardin Chief Information Officer Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Deborah Hoover Vice Chair The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation T. Sylvester John

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Bradford K. Smith Earl Lewis President President Valdemar de Oliveira Neto Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Lorena P. Nogara P. Russell Hardin Treasurer PROGRAM COMMITTEE President Zohra Zori Patrick Collins, Chair Robert W. Woodruff Foundation Secretary Ana Marie Argilagos Neal Hegarty Gail Christopher Vice President – Programs EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Charles Stewart Mott Foundation John Colborn P. Russell Hardin, Chair Neal Hegarty Deborah D. Hoover Patrick Collins T. Sylvester John President and CEO The Burton D. Morgan Foundation Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Susan Kish Susan Kish Valdemar de Oliveira Neto Dominick J. Impemba Patrick McCarthy Marieke van Schaik Controller The Rockefeller Foundation Bradford K. Smith Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm

T. Sylvester John Senior Director, Field eCommerce Operations AUDIT COMMITTEE Walmart, U.S. Central Operations Dominick J. Impemba, Chair Susan Kish Ana Marie Argilagos Executive-in-Residence Melissa Berman Excel Venture Management John Colborn Earl Lewis Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker President Neal Hegarty The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm Patrick McCarthy President and CEO The Annie E. Casey Foundation

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