Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report 

Number of IT Professional Staff (n = 326) 

Days of Technical Training for IT Professional Staff (n = 271) 

Technology Issues That Grantmakers Are Not Prepared to Address 

In responses to the open ended survey question,  What are the top three issues your 

foundation is not currently prepared to address?  we identified the following 

challenges/emerging issues for today's foundations. Today's challenges continue to 

center on the use of electronic communications. However, the biggest challenge in April 

2003 is to figure out how much more sophisticated uses of websites can streamline 

existing foundation operations and replace existing technology systems. As shown below, 

funders today are trying to figure out how to provide applicants with online grant 

applications and provide donors with access to fund balances and statements.  

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