The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Private Funds Spend 7 Percent on Administrative Costs, Study Finds

By Suzanne Perry

The country's biggest private foundations collectively spent 7 percent of their charitable distributions on operating and administrative costs in 2001, according to one of the first comprehensive looks at foundation expenses.

But the percentage spent by individual foundations varied widely, from less than 5 percent to...

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