Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report 

III. Snapshots by Foundation Size  

C. Medium Foundations Snapshot ($10 to $49.9 million) 

IT Percentage of 

Percentage of

Total Budget (n = 65 who know) Responses 

Less than 1% 

42 % 

1%   3% 

35 % 

4%   5% 

14 % 

6%   10% 

  9 % 

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

services are outsourced. Similar to large foundations, most medium foundations manage 

some services in house while outsourcing others. A majority of the medium foundations 

manage desktop support, and database administration in house, while outsourcing web 

hosting. Medium foundations are more evenly divided between in house management 

and outsourcing for managing e mail, server administration, security and LAN 

administration.  

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

manage in house versus what they outsource. For example, 71 percent of foundations 

reported that they manage desktop support in house, yet 36 percent reported that they 

outsource desktop support, adding up to a total of 107 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 = 75 ) 

(n = 74) 

Desktop Support 

 71 % 

36 % 

LAN Administration 

 31 % 

50 % 

WAN Administration 

   8 % 

18 % 

Web Hosting 

 15 % 

86 % 

E Mail 

 64 % 

49 % 

Database Administration   72 % 

16 % 

Server Administration 

 31 % 

55 % 

Security 

 41 % 

36 % 

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