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Foundation Grants – LS&A Strategies

Foundation Grants – LS&A Strategies. Maureen S. Martin Senior Director, Foundation Relations Office of University Development November 17, 2010. Agenda – November 17, 2010. Introduction – definitions & quick overview What are independent foundations?

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Foundation Grants – LS&A Strategies

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  1. Foundation Grants –LS&A Strategies Maureen S. Martin Senior Director, Foundation Relations Office of University Development November 17, 2010

  2. Agenda – November 17, 2010 Introduction – definitions & quick overview • What are independent foundations? • Role of foundations in philanthropy in the US • Role of foundations in giving at U-M What foundations might fund • Top foundation funders to LSA • Top prospects • Foundation agendas & rhetoric Identifying opportunities & next steps • Foundation Center – strategic use • Other resources to call upon

  3. Foundations – Some Basics • What is an independent foundation? • Private charity established to make grants that meet a mission created in the chartering • Distinctions between independent, corporate, community and operating foundations • Internal U-M distinctions between professional and family independent foundations • Why do I care? • Foundations accounted for $38 billion in giving in 2009 – much of that to higher education • At U-M, in fiscal 2010, foundations provided some $40 million (nearly half of that in sponsored projects). • On average, 2.3% of research expenditures at U-M are funded by independent foundations.

  4. 2009 US charitable giving Total = $303.75 billion

  5. Types of recipients of contributions, 2009 Total = $303.75 billion

  6. AT U-M, FOUNDATION GIFTS AND GRANTS ARE 15% OF PRIVATE FUNDS RECEIVED $38.1 Foundations (15%) $18.2 Corporations (7%) $15.3 Associations/Others (6%) $32.1 Realized Bequests (13%) $151.8 Living Individuals (59%) Dollar Amounts in Millions

  7. FOUNDATION GIVING AT U-M Total Gifts

  8. UM: TOP 10 FOUNDATION DONORS IN FY10

  9. Top Foundation Donors to LSA 2006- present (Cumulative) (italic = Social Sciences)

  10. Sloan Foundation Fellowships – UM$50k awards. Dept Chairs may nominate 3 scholars/year.

  11. Foundations with Social Science Funding Interests The Starr Foundation Ford Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation James S. McDonnell Foundation Wm & Flora Hewlett Foundation Freeman Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John A. Hartford Foundation John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation W. K. Kellogg Foundation Foundation Center Rockefeller Foundation Carnegie Corporation David & Lucile Packard Foundation Annie E. Casey Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sarah Scaife Foundation Henry Luce Foundation Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

  12. So what…. Steps to take • Check Foundation Center online • Grants, first • Grantmakers, second • Check SAW • On campus relationships • Current scale of support • Check foundation website and links to 990s • Priorities • Language, philosophy • Scale of giving • Process – RFPs, Deadlines, LOIs • Or ask us….

  13. MacArthur Foundation - Potential International ProgramConservation & Sustainable DevelopmentGlobal Migration & Human MobilityHigher Education in Russia & NigeriaHuman Rights and International JusticeInternational Peace and SecurityPopulation and Reproductive Health Domestic ProgramAffordable HousingCommunity & Economic DevelopmentDigital Media & LearningJuvenile JusticeMental HealthPolicy ResearchProgram-Related Investments

  14. Gates Foundation - Potential Global Development • Agricultural Development • Emergency Response • Financial Services for the Poor • Global Libraries • Urban Poverty • Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene  Global Health • Diarrhea • HIV/AIDS • Malaria • Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health • Neglected Diseases • Nutrition • Pneumonia & Flu • Polio • Tobacco • Tuberculosis • Vaccines

  15. Sarah Scaife Foundation – Potential? “The Sarah Scaife Foundation’s grant program is primarily directed toward public policy programs that address major domestic and international issues. There are no geographical restrictions.” So let’s look http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/welcome.php?fpc=1

  16. Sarah Scaife Foundation – Potential? Year ended 12/31/09: Assets: $243,990,427 (market value) Total giving: $14,099,500 grants descriptions very weak – general operating support. web site very weak – ‘horoscope’ description

  17. Michigan foundations of interest W. K. Kellogg Foundation - children, poverty, race Kresge Foundation - Detroit, health, access C. S. Mott Foundation - Flint, river ecosystems Skillman Foundation - Detroit, neighborhoods McGregor Fund - Detroit, human services Erb Family Foundation - Detroit, rivers, climate New Economy Initiative (CFSEM) - entrepreneurship Nearby: MacArthur, Joyce, Spencer

  18. How are foundations most different from Federal Agencies? Most are not “peer-reviewed” Less work, quicker response Average foundation grant is less than $100K – a niche, seed or supplemental source Budgets are a bit different lower, or no indirect cost recovery can budget administrative and space costs

  19. Key themes of social-justice foundation grants (eg, Ford, Kresge) • Focus on under-represented/under-resourced populations • Access to college, jobs, healthcare, early childhood education, self-determination, justice • Long term partnerships – ‘engagement’ • Some ability to bring a solution • Commitment to solving a problem • “Sustainability” • A vision of how this continues over the long haul (eg, embedded in schools, or government support, or individual giving – or solves the problem in X years) • In other words – what is the foundation’s exit strategy

  20. Key Themes in the Math/Science Spaces (eg, Sloan, Packard) • Well written grant proposals matter – • This work is put in the context of the field • Articulates *why* the work is creative and unusual • Offers ‘lay’ explanation before the deep science • References are high caliber • Plays to investigator’s and UM’s strong suits – • *why* this investigator • *why* Michigan (legacy, mentor, environment, or…)

  21. What can we Do for Your Departments? • Advise you and your faculty on potential foundation funders for your research • Read and edit drafts • Advise on scale and fit • Notify you when opportunities arise that match interests • How else can we help?

  22. Concluding Thoughts on the Foundation ‘Approach’ • There is a role for foundations in your departments. • This skill set will be useful in the private and the public sectors. • New focus at OUD and OVPR in increasing our foundation funded research • Resources are available to you – call us • Library and DRDA support • Julie Feldkamp, Foundation’s Project Representative • Karen Downing, Grant Seeking Databases, Harlan Hatcher Library • Maureen Martin & Ann Verhey-Henke • Office of University Development, Foundation Relations • Peggy Westrick, LSA, Research Administration

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