Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report 

IV. Snapshots by Foundation Type 

B. Corporate Grantmakers Snapshot

IT Percentage of 

Percentage of

Total Budget (n = 19 who know) Responses 

Less than 1% 

58 % 

1% 

  5 % 

2%   5% 

16 % 

6%   8% 

10.5  % 

9%   10% 

10.5  % 

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

are outsourced. Most (76% to 86%, depending on the service) corporate grantmakers 

manage most services in house, including desktop support, LAN and server 

administration, e mail, database administration and security. This is different from the 

other foundation types, who all reported much higher percentages of outsourcing these 

functions. Consistent with other types, corporate grantmakers outsource Web hosting.  

You will notice that the percentages differ between what funders reported they manage 

in house versus what they outsource. For example, 81 percent of corporate grantmakers 

reported that they manage desktop support in house, yet 31 percent reported that they 

outsource desktop support, adding up to a total of 112 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 = 21 ) 

(n = 13) 

Desktop Support 

81 % 

 31 % 

LAN Administration 

76 % 

 15 % 

WAN Administration 

43 % 

 15 % 

Web Hosting 

52 % 

 77 % 

E Mail 

86 % 

 15 % 

Database Administration  86 % 

 23 % 

Server Administration 

81 % 

 23 % 

Security 

86 % 

 15 % 

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