Which is the most important foundation? Yours!
FoundationAdvocate’s affiliated site, FoundationMark, provides free in depth performance reports to trustees. If you’d like yours, request it here.
What's in a FoundationMark Report?
FoundationMark reports are designed to answer a few core questions that trustees may have:
- How does our investment performance compare to other foundations?
- How does our performance compare to the stock market? The bond market?
- Are there other foundations like ours? How are we doing compared to them?
- How do our expenses compare to those of other foundations?
How Does Our Performance Compare to Other Foundations?
Foundations can see their estimated performance and FoundationMark Star Rating as well as performance versus the relevant FoundationMark Index.
How Does Our Performance Compare to Public Markets?
Trustees can graphically see the effect of their cumulative performance in relation to the stock market, bond market, and other foundations.
How Does Our Performance Stack Up Versus Major Asset Classes?
Often referred to as a ‘Periodic Table of Asset Classes’, the chart below shows which asset classes fared better or worse than others as well as where your foundation’s performance fit in.
Are There Other Foundations Like Ours?
In a universe of 40,000 foundations, there are bound to be foundations that have a lot of common characteristics with yours. FoundationMark groups foundations by asset size and portfolio strategy to create truly representative peer groups.
How Do Our Investment Expenses Compare?
Foundations are required to disclose their investment expenses, FoundationMark compares foundations’ investment expense with similar sized foundations.
5-Year History
Foundations can see a 5-year overview of their assets, grants, and expenses.
