Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report 

III. Snapshots by Foundation Size  

B. Large Foundations Snapshot ($50 to $249.9 million) 

Up to date Technology Plan (n = 80) 

The amount large foundations spend on technology does not vary as greatly as the 

amount spent by the very large foundations, with 74 percent of large foundations 

spending between $1,000 and $50,000 on technology purchases each year. Three percent 

of foundations spend less than $1,000 on technology annually and 5 percent of large 

foundations spend more than $250,000 on technology annually.  

Annual IT Spending Amount (n = 78) 

Nine percent of large foundations reported they did not know the IT percentage of the 

total budget (Table A 5). Of those reporting, the percentage of the annual operating 

budget comprised of technology expenditures is surprisingly low for large foundations, 

with 35 percent reporting spending less than 1 percent of their non program budget on 

technology. Another 23 percent spends 1 percent of their non program budget on 

technology. These technology costs include staff salaries, consulting expenses, hardware, 

software and equipment costs, maintenance fees, telecommunications and research and 

software development costs. 

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