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Headline figures
Grantmaking
- Network grants totalled about £56 million in 2008-09.
- Grants benefit at least 19,500 voluntary and community groups.
- Very few people are more than 20 miles from a project funded by a community foundation.
- Grants can range from £50 to over £250,000.
- Community foundations combined are one of the UK's biggest funders of the voluntary and community sector.
Endowment and funds
- Endowment was over £151 million at March 2009 - up 28% when adjusted for market movements
- 1765 major donors (up 28%) with new funds up 60% on previous year
- Average value of new fund is £78,000
- Ten foundations have received £1 million-plus donations in the last five years
- 40% of grants made from private sector. In the last five years, community foundations generated £200 million of new private giving for communities, and helped government and other agencies invest £300 million.
- Fair Share Trust spend has reached £30 million (from the orginal £50 million fund).
Network
- 58 community foundations in UK, covering 98% of the population.
- 45 are Quality Accredited by CFN to standards endorsed by the Charity Commission.
- With the equivalent of 344 fulltime staff employed and 2,750 volunteers (including 1,642 panel members and 736 trustees) over 3,000 people are involved in supporting donors and community foundations.
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More information
- Finding UK community foundations Find out more about your local community foundation
- What is a community foundation? Community foundations explained
- See how your donation can go further with the Grassroots Grants Endowment Match Challenge
- Quality Accreditation How community foundations demonstrate quality and accountability
- Community Foundation Network (CFN) The role of the national association
- Frequently asked questions about community foundations and CFN
- History Landmarks in the development of UK community foundations
- Links to information on the wider community foundation movement and philanthropy, and press coverage of community foundations
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