Top 100 U.S. Foundations by Asset Size
The list below includes the 100 largest
U.S. grantmaking foundations ranked by the market value of their
assets, based on the most current audited financial data in
the Foundation Center's database as of May 4, 2013. Fiscal
records will be updated when more recent audited financial information
is obtained.
Rank |
Name/(state) |
Assets |
As
of
Fiscal Year
End Date
|
| 1. | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (WA) | $34,640,122,664 | 12/31/2011 |
| 2. | Ford Foundation (NY) | 10,984,721,000 | 09/30/2012 |
| 3. | J. Paul Getty Trust (CA) | 10,483,398,708 | 06/30/2011 |
| 4. | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) | 8,967,712,917 | 12/31/2011 |
| 5. | The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA) | 7,296,506,125 | 12/31/2011 |
| 6. | W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) | 7,256,863,114 | 08/31/2012 |
| 7. | Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) | 6,147,545,678 | 12/31/2011 |
| 8. | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) | 5,797,424,139 | 12/31/2011 |
| 9. | The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) | 5,703,076,554 | 12/31/2011 |
| 10. | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA) | 5,366,672,508 | 12/31/2011 |
| 11. | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) | 5,262,632,426 | 12/31/2011 |
| 12. | The William Penn Foundation (PA) | 4,370,508,965 | 12/31/2011 |
| 13. | The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (NY) | 4,143,880,203 | 03/31/2011 |
| 14. | Tulsa Community Foundation (OK) | 3,828,264,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 15. | The California Endowment (CA) | 3,660,548,000 | 03/31/2012 |
| 16. | The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) | 3,507,144,871 | 12/31/2011 |
| 17. | The Kresge Foundation (MI) | 3,025,786,097 | 12/31/2011 |
| 18. | The Bloomberg Family Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 2,991,369,695 | 12/31/2011 |
| 19. | The Duke Endowment (NC) | 2,837,905,170 | 12/31/2011 |
| 20. | Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 2,795,111,909 | 12/31/2011 |
| 21. | The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD) | 2,667,088,187 | 12/31/2011 |
| 22. | Margaret A. Cargill Foundation (MN) | 2,554,461,471 | 12/31/2011 |
| 23. | Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY) | 2,548,230,211 | 09/30/2011 |
| 24. | Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (OK) | 2,330,570,250 | 12/31/2011 |
| 25. | John Templeton Foundation (PA) | 2,290,498,854 | 12/31/2011 |
| 26. | The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (NE) | 2,287,457,472 | 12/31/2011 |
| 27. | Foundation to Promote Open Society (NY) | 2,238,969,129 | 12/31/2011 |
| 28. | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MI) | 2,163,301,193 | 12/31/2011 |
| 29. | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (CA) | 2,125,048,563 | 12/31/2011 |
| 30. | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA) | 2,081,920,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 31. | Kimbell Art Foundation (TX) | 2,059,995,937 | 12/31/2010 |
| 32. | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL) | 2,036,153,513 | 12/31/2011 |
| 33. | The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. (MD) | 2,015,782,078 | 02/28/2012 |
| 34. | The McKnight Foundation (MN) | 1,982,175,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 35. | The Simons Foundation (NY) | 1,978,000,487 | 12/31/2011 |
| 36. | Casey Family Programs (WA) | 1,963,379,949 | 12/31/2011 |
| 37. | The New York Community Trust (NY) | 1,908,884,580 | 12/31/2011 |
| 38. | Richard King Mellon Foundation (PA) | 1,907,911,762 | 12/31/2011 |
| 39. | The Cleveland Foundation (OH) | 1,816,947,057 | 12/31/2011 |
| 40. | Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO) | 1,760,000,239 | 12/31/2011 |
| 41. | Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 1,701,739,894 | 12/31/2011 |
| 42. | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY) | 1,653,512,812 | 12/31/2011 |
| 43. | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (NY) | 1,616,679,160 | 12/31/2011 |
| 44. | The Chicago Community Trust (IL) | 1,582,884,555 | 09/30/2011 |
| 45. | Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation (CA) | 1,560,281,559 | 12/31/2011 |
| 46. | The James Irvine Foundation (CA) | 1,545,619,278 | 12/31/2011 |
| 47. | Annenberg Foundation (CA) | 1,533,234,915 | 12/31/2011 |
| 48. | Houston Endowment Inc. (TX) | 1,453,875,549 | 12/31/2011 |
| 49. | The Heinz Endowments (PA) | 1,394,345,802 | 12/31/2011 |
| 50. | Marin Community Foundation (CA) | 1,333,725,159 | 06/30/2012 |
| 51. | The Wallace Foundation (NY) | 1,329,034,787 | 12/31/2011 |
| 52. | The Starr Foundation (NY) | 1,222,353,150 | 12/31/2011 |
| 53. | Daniels Fund (CO) | 1,207,849,555 | 12/31/2011 |
| 54. | California Community Foundation (CA) | 1,204,825,000 | 06/30/2012 |
| 55. | The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations (OH) | 1,191,264,430 | 12/31/2011 |
| 56. | The Oregon Community Foundation (OR) | 1,185,069,023 | 12/31/2010 |
| 57. | Barr Foundation (MA) | 1,169,329,830 | 12/31/2011 |
| 58. | Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO) | 1,161,708,347 | 12/31/2011 |
| 59. | The Moody Foundation (TX) | 1,134,222,755 | 12/31/2011 |
| 60. | The San Francisco Foundation (CA) | 1,101,069,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 61. | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 1,096,656,796 | 12/31/2011 |
| 62. | The Brown Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 1,095,141,844 | 06/30/2012 |
| 63. | The Anschutz Foundation (CO) | 1,083,608,196 | 11/30/2011 |
| 64. | Lumina Foundation (IN) | 1,082,176,421 | 12/31/2011 |
| 65. | W. M. Keck Foundation (CA) | 1,022,800,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 66. | Open Society Institute (NY) | 1,007,665,737 | 12/31/2011 |
| 67. | The Ahmanson Foundation (CA) | 938,736,097 | 10/31/2011 |
| 68. | Shimon ben Joseph Foundation (CA) | 920,762,522 | 12/31/2011 |
| 69. | Bat Hanadiv Foundation No. 3 (NY) | 912,191,147 | 12/31/2011 |
| 70. | Surdna Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 867,363,679 | 06/30/2011 |
| 71. | Foundation For The Carolinas (NC) | 856,015,277 | 12/31/2011 |
| 72. | Druckenmiller Foundation (NY) | 852,353,119 | 11/30/2011 |
| 73. | Robertson Foundation (NY) | 846,076,106 | 11/30/2011 |
| 74. | Laura and John Arnold Foundation (TX) | 834,446,973 | 12/31/2011 |
| 75. | Cummings Foundation (MA) | 834,371,069 | 12/31/2010 |
| 76. | The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (NY) | 831,854,466 | 09/30/2011 |
| 77. | The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 827,598,749 | 08/31/2012 |
| 78. | The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (TX) | 817,009,625 | 12/31/2011 |
| 79. | Boston Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 804,221,000 | 06/30/2012 |
| 80. | The Pittsburgh Foundation (PA) | 803,974,930 | 12/31/2011 |
| 81. | The Freedom Forum, Inc. (DC) | 797,729,314 | 12/31/2011 |
| 82. | The California Wellness Foundation (CA) | 794,337,702 | 12/31/2011 |
| 83. | M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust (WA) | 786,828,151 | 12/31/2011 |
| 84. | The Broad Art Foundation (CA) | 782,392,485 | 12/31/2011 |
| 85. | Hall Family Foundation (MO) | 777,507,833 | 12/31/2011 |
| 86. | Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. (TX) | 769,107,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 87. | Otto Bremer Foundation (MN) | 761,362,288 | 12/31/2011 |
| 88. | The Joyce Foundation (IL) | 760,580,322 | 12/31/2011 |
| 89. | Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. (NY) | 751,804,582 | 12/31/2011 |
| 90. | Bush Foundation (MN) | 740,000,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 91. | Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (CT) | 727,685,992 | 12/31/2011 |
| 92. | The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (GA) | 723,793,300 | 12/31/2011 |
| 93. | Engelstad Family Foundation (NV) | 713,592,347 | 12/31/2011 |
| 94. | The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 713,105,558 | 12/31/2011 |
| 95. | Weingart Foundation (CA) | 698,343,478 | 06/30/2012 |
| 96. | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (VA) | 680,297,315 | 05/31/2011 |
| 97. | The Meadows Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 679,220,566 | 12/31/2011 |
| 98. | The Saint Paul Foundation (MN) | 676,362,871 | 12/31/2011 |
| 99. | The Ford Family Foundation (OR) | 673,362,024 | 12/31/2011 |
| 100. | Burroughs Wellcome Fund (NC) | 669,855,289 | 08/31/2011 |
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