Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report 

III. Snapshots by Foundation Size  

A. Very Large Foundations Snapshot ($250 million or more) 

IT Percentage of 

Percentage of

Total Budget (n = 39 who know) Responses 

Less than 3% 

28 % 

3%   4% 

36 % 

5%   10% 

13 % 

11%   15% 

15 % 

16%   20% 

8 % 

Lastly, we looked at what technology services foundations run in house versus which 

services are outsourced. Most very large foundations manage most services in house, 

including desktop support, server administration and e mail, while outsourcing web 

hosting. You will notice that the percentages differ between what foundations reported 

they manage in house versus what they outsource. For example, 94 percent of 

foundations reported that they manage desktop support in house, yet 26 percent reported 

that they outsource desktop support, adding up to a total of 110 percent. The variance is 

due either to different respondents answering the questions or respondents reporting that 

they manage the same function in house and externally.  

Manage In House 

Outsource 

Percentage of 

Percentage of 

Responses 

Responses 

Technical Service 

(n = 53) 

(n = 47) 

Desktop Support 

94 % 

26 % 

LAN Administration 

81 % 

38 % 

WAN Administration 

42 % 

30 % 

Web Hosting 

30 % 

72 % 

E Mail 

87 % 

23 % 

Database Administration  79 % 

28 % 

Server Administration 

83 % 

36 % 

Security 

75 % 

34 % 

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