The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Foundation Assets Sag

Nation's largest grant makers see decline of 10 percent

By Ian Wilhelm

A declining stock market pulled down the assets of most of the nation's largest private foundations in 2001, leading more than 100 of them to cut or freeze their grant making for this year, according to a new Chronicle survey.

Foundation assets fell by a median of 10 percent last year among 131 grant makers that...

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