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How Data on Grants Was Gathered
By Heather Joslyn
The Chronicle's annual survey of the nation's largest private foundations is based on financial information provided by 147 grant makers.
Among the 122 foundations that provided asset figures for their fiscal year ending in 2005, assets totaled $166.5-billion. The 10 wealthiest foundations accounted for $94.4-billion of those assets. Among the...