Formerly "Educators Resource Directory," "Educators Resource Guide" is designed to provide educators, administrators, and other education professionals with immediate access to a unique combination of educational resources, along with important educational statistics and rankings. "Educators Resource Guide" includes…

The 162 largest gifts and bequests of $1,000,000 or more, the institutions receiving them, the donors, and the periods of the bequests (if applicable) are listed. (MSE)

Most of the 50 colleges and universities cited for top foundation grant levels are on the list yearly, and are the nation's wealthiest and most prestigious institutions. Generally, they have staff to pursue funding and faculty with high-profile research projects. Some observers say foundations like to be associated with those colleges. The 1994-95…

The South Dakota Arts Council submitted this FY 2006 annual report to the Governor and Legislature. It presents the 530 grants that were awarded with funds from the State of South Dakota and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Fiscal Year 2006 grant funds of $977,000 generated $12 million in local cash matching funds. These…

Recognizing the various types of foundations (general purpose, special purpose, company sponsored, community, and family or independent) and their giving potential is essential for good fund raising. Giving patterns since 1955 by donor source groups and by field of activity give clues to solicitation approaches. (MSE)

This publication presents results of the Voluntary Support of Education Survey (VSE), which is designed to obtain information about the private support of education. Specifically, the survey gathered data about the amounts, sources, donor-specified purposes, and forms of private gifts, grants, and bequests received by educational institutions for…

Analysis of data on student financial aid from a variety of sources is reported and shows that the funding levels for all financial aid programs have increased substantially in recent years. This is especially true for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, which have become an important factor in equalizing educational opportunity. However, the…

The purpose of this study was to determine how accessible private and corporate grant-making foundations were to private institutions of higher education. Tax returns for 1975 were examined from 312 foundations, and a total of 2,878 grants to institutions of higher education amounting to $126,920,000 was identified. Private institutions of higher…