The 1997 Grantmakers Salary Report , researched and published by the Council on Foundations, represents a sampling of community, family, public and independent foundations as well as corporate grantmakers. The salary reportfinds that women account for 51.4 percent of all CEOs, 71.0 percent in corporate giving programs, 56.3 percent in community foundations and 52.6 percent in public foundations. The exceptions are family and independent foundations, where they account for 49.5 percent and 36.4 percent, respectively. Minority CEOs head 6.4 percent of the responding organizations, and more than half of them are women.
Women are more likely to head smaller foundations than larger ones.
Fewer grantmaking institutions granted salary increases to their staff in 1996 than the previous year, specifically in the corporate and family foundations. Overall, the lowest salaries on average are in the Midwest, and the highest salaries are in the Northeast. The Council on Foundations is a nonprofit association of more than 1,500 private, corporate and community foundations and corporate giving programs. The Council's primary objective is to promote responsible and effective grantmaking.