Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report 

III. Snapshots by Foundation Size  

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

IT Percentage of 

Percentage of

Total Budget (n = 69 who know) Responses 

Less than 1% 

35 % 

1% 23 

% 

2%   4% 

19 % 

5% 13 

% 

6%   10% 

  7 % 

> 10% 

  3 % 

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

services are outsourced. Most large foundations manage some services in house while 

outsourcing others. A majority of the large foundations manage desktop support, and 

database administration in house, while outsourcing web hosting. Large foundations are 

evenly divided between in house management and outsourcing for managing e mail, 

server administration and LAN administration.  

You will notice that the percentages differ between what foundations reported they 

manage in house versus what they outsource. For example, 76 percent of foundations 

reported that they manage desktop support in house, yet 41 percent reported that they 

outsource desktop support, adding up to a total of 117 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 = 63 ) 

(n = 71 ) 

Desktop Support 

 76 % 

 41 % 

LAN Administration 

 44 % 

 54 % 

WAN Administration 

 10 % 

 24 % 

Web Hosting 

 14 % 

 85 % 

E Mail 

 59 % 

 58 % 

Database Administration   89 % 

 20 % 

Server Administration 

 56 % 

 65 % 

Security 

 59 % 

 52 % 

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