State of Grantseeking Fall 2013 Report

Posted by on December 02, 2013

State of Grantseeking Fall 2013 Report

Overview
The State of Grantseeking Fall 2013 is the seventh semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits  conducted by GrantStation and PhilanTech to help illustrate the current state of grantseeking in  the U.S.

The State of Grantseeking Fall 2013 Report is made possible by your participation. Responding  regularly to a twice-yearly survey takes commitment, and on behalf of the organizations that will  benefit from this analysis and those of us at GrantStation and PhilanTech, we thank you.

Key Findings
– Over 80% of respondent organizations received awards in the first six months of 2013.
– The number of award recipients during the first six months of 2013 increased by 21% compared to the fall 2012 survey.
– In this survey, 31% of respondents reported receipt of larger awards than during the same period in the prior year.
– Private foundations (28%) were the largest source of total grant funding, followed by Federal grants (18%) and state grants (17%).
– Of survey respondents, 42% stated that grants contributed more than 25% of their annual revenue.
– Compared to the fall 2012 survey, the median award size decreased by 8%, to $46,000.
– Funding from all levels of government decreased between 5% and 9% compared to last year, yet government at all levels increased as the source of the largest grant award.
– The median award size of the largest grant for organizations with government funding was 400% larger than that of organizations with no government funding.

– Organizations with small annual budgets reported that 69% received an award; over 90% of medium and large organizations received an award in the first six months of 2013
– The median largest award size for small organizations was $4,975; medium organizations had a median largest award of $30,000, and large organizations reported a median largest award of $133,500.
– “Lack of time and/or staff” continues to be the greatest challenge to grantseeking among respondents.
– Service area impacts grant funding; the median grant size for rural organizations was 27% less than suburban (cluster) organizations and 47% less than urban organizations.

We hope that you find the information in this report both interesting and helpful in your good work, and we look forward to following up this research with the next State of Grantseeking survey, to be distributed in early 2014.

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