Continued Reductions Expected in 2010 Foundation giving will likely decline by more than 10 percent in 2009, closer to the higher end of the 8 to 13 percent range estimated by the Foundation Center earlier this year. According to September 2009 survey findings released today in Foundations' Year-end Outlook for Giving and the Sector, foundation giving will also decline further in 2010, as previously predicted by the Center. Despite reduced resources, more than three-quarters of the close to 600 respondents to the new survey expect that the field of philanthropy will become more strategic as a result of having weathered the crisis. The focus of long-term changes range from governance to grantee relations to investments. "Foundations will be giving less than they expected at the beginning of … Continue Reading