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A Lot of Foundations, A Lot of Assets The first thing you should know about foundations is that there are a lot of them – over 100,000 in the United States (there are a handful of foundations outside the U.S., but as the distinguishing characteristic is the exemption from US taxes, there isn’t much reason to file U.S. forms). Our work focuses on those foundations with over $1 … [Read more...] about About Private Foundations
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How Are Foundations Doing? July 2019 Topic: Is Bigger Really Better?
Once a month, FoundationAdvocate selects one topic in foundation-investment performance to highlight. This month’s topic is the relationship between a foundation’s total assets and its performance. The chart below shows the performance of two subsets of foundations, those with assets between $1-$2 million and those with over $500 million. As you can see from the … [Read more...] about How Are Foundations Doing? July 2019 Topic: Is Bigger Really Better?