Gifts and bequests to community foundations vary from year to year according to the generosity, interests and, yes, life spans of donors.
The Columbus Foundation well knows the ebb and flow. But even its non-record tallies continue to top the $100 million mark.
Donors gave $132.9 million to new and existing funds and to supporting foundations in 2014, the fifth consecutive year the foundation has reported at least a nine-figure gift total.
It also held onto its spot as the seventh-largest community foundation in the nation.
“Looking at these numbers, you can say that effective philanthropy is alive and well at the foundation, and that bodes well for the community’s future,” said Doug Kridler, the foundation’s president and CEO.
Gifts for 2014 were up 24 percent over 2013, the foundation said on Thursday during its annual Celebration of Philanthropy.
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