Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Philanthropy--United States
Source: Foundation Center (via DocuTicker.com) Highlights of the Foundation Center's Foundations Yearbook (PDF; 468 KB)
"Giving by the nation's over 66,000 grantmaking foundations slipped 0.4 percent to $30.3 billion in 2003, following a 0.2 percent dip in the prior year. Nonetheless, foundations in the Northeast raised their level of giving 3.1 percent in the latest year, led by strong growth in funding by foundations based in Maine and New Jersey. Similarly, grantmakers in theWest managed a 1.3 percent increase in their giving, buoyed by gains in giving by foundations in Wyoming and California. In contrast, Midwestern and Southern foundations registered declines of 5.4 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively. By share of overall giving, the Northeast continued to lead, followed by the South. The West ranked third, surpassing the Midwest for the first time on record." See also: The State of Foundation Giving, 2005 (PDF; 336 KB) Note: Complete Yearbook may be purchased from the Foundation Center's Marketplace -- $45.00.
-- Population--United States
Source: U.S. Census Just Released, Geographic Mobility: 2004
"A series of 26 tables on the 39 million people who moved between 2003 and 2004. The moving rate of 14 percent of the population continues a gradual, long term decline in residential mobility among U.S. residents since the late 1940s. Information is presented at the national and regional levels, along with characteristics of movers, such as by race and Hispanic origin, age, marital status, educational attainment, labor force status, occupation and industry group, income and poverty status and reason for moving." See Also: Archive of Past Reports
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