Top 100 U.S. Foundations by Total Giving
The list below includes the 100 largest
U. S. grantmaking foundations ranked by total giving, based
on the most current audited financial data in the Foundation
Center's database as of June 8, 2013. Total giving figures
include grants, scholarships, employee matching gifts, and other
amounts reported as"grants and contributions paid during the
year" on the 990-PF tax form. Total giving does not include
all qualifying distributions under the tax law, e.g., loans,
program-related investments, and program or other administrative
expenses. Fiscal records will
be updated when more recent audited financial information is
obtained.
Rank |
Name/(state) |
Total Giving |
As of
Fiscal Year
End Date |
| 1. | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (WA) | $3,239,412,884 | 12/31/2011 |
| 2. | GlaxoSmithKline Patient Access Programs Foundation (PA) | 605,399,422 | 12/31/2011 |
| 3. | Abbott Patient Assistance Foundation (IL) | 594,182,250 | 12/31/2011 |
| 4. | Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 577,434,110 | 12/31/2011 |
| 5. | Genentech Access To Care Foundation (CA) | 553,352,278 | 12/31/2011 |
| 6. | Lilly Cares Foundation, Inc. (IN) | 504,948,121 | 12/31/2011 |
| 7. | Sanofi Foundation for North America (NJ) | 497,491,467 | 12/31/2011 |
| 8. | Johnson & Johnson Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ) | 496,523,981 | 12/13/2011 |
| 9. | Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 487,795,351 | 12/31/2011 |
| 10. | Ford Foundation (NY) | 478,286,000 | 09/30/2012 |
| 11. | The Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 472,208,171 | 12/30/2011 |
| 12. | Merck Patient Assistance Program, Inc. (NJ) | 441,424,919 | 12/31/2011 |
| 13. | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) | 386,290,492 | 12/31/2011 |
| 14. | The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA) | 353,626,583 | 12/31/2011 |
| 15. | The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (NE) | 347,175,164 | 12/31/2011 |
| 16. | Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ) | 331,911,548 | 12/31/2011 |
| 17. | W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) | 296,947,872 | 08/31/2012 |
| 18. | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA) | 249,072,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 19. | Foundation to Promote Open Society (NY) | 247,922,906 | 12/31/2011 |
| 20. | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) | 246,850,232 | 12/31/2011 |
| 21. | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) | 245,201,550 | 12/31/2011 |
| 22. | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA) | 241,931,498 | 12/31/2011 |
| 23. | Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) | 234,410,589 | 12/31/2012 |
| 24. | The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) | 222,344,138 | 12/31/2011 |
| 25. | Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO) | 218,058,338 | 12/31/2011 |
| 26. | The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. (NC) | 198,213,418 | 12/31/2011 |
| 27. | Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (OK) | 182,914,553 | 12/31/2011 |
| 28. | Annenberg Foundation (CA) | 179,133,137 | 12/31/2011 |
| 29. | The Wal-Mart Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 175,680,474 | 01/31/2012 |
| 30. | Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (NV) | 169,556,911 | 12/31/2011 |
| 31. | Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation (CA) | 149,411,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 32. | The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (NY) | 148,418,019 | 03/31/2012 |
| 33. | Margaret A. Cargill Foundation (MN) | 141,981,386 | 12/31/2011 |
| 34. | Foundation For The Carolinas (NC) | 141,521,121 | 12/31/2011 |
| 35. | The Kresge Foundation (MI) | 140,601,002 | 12/31/2011 |
| 36. | Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Inc. (CT) | 139,761,457 | 12/31/2011 |
| 37. | The New York Community Trust (NY) | 137,497,141 | 12/31/2011 |
| 38. | The JPMorgan Chase Foundation (NY) | 136,201,550 | 12/31/2011 |
| 39. | Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 133,510,011 | 12/31/2012 |
| 40. | The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) | 132,691,040 | 12/31/2011 |
| 41. | California Community Foundation (CA) | 131,204,000 | 06/30/2012 |
| 42. | The Bloomberg Family Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 123,945,683 | 12/31/2011 |
| 43. | The Simons Foundation (NY) | 123,802,345 | 12/31/2011 |
| 44. | The California Endowment (CA) | 116,335,347 | 03/31/2012 |
| 45. | GE Foundation (CT) | 115,715,645 | 12/31/2011 |
| 46. | Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY) | 113,006,380 | 09/30/2012 |
| 47. | The Duke Endowment (NC) | 112,689,513 | 12/31/2011 |
| 48. | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MI) | 108,542,314 | 12/31/2011 |
| 49. | Wells Fargo Foundation (CA) | 107,542,374 | 12/31/2011 |
| 50. | The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations (OH) | 106,170,746 | 12/31/2011 |
| 51. | The Chicago Community Trust (IL) | 104,309,814 | 09/30/2011 |
| 52. | Genzyme Charitable Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 103,693,242 | 12/31/2011 |
| 53. | The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD) | 100,108,772 | 12/31/2011 |
| 54. | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL) | 99,866,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 55. | Boston Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 98,388,000 | 06/30/2012 |
| 56. | The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. (MD) | 93,709,019 | 02/28/2012 |
| 57. | The McKnight Foundation (MN) | 91,424,059 | 12/31/2011 |
| 58. | Richard King Mellon Foundation (PA) | 90,635,023 | 12/31/2011 |
| 59. | Open Society Institute (NY) | 89,194,831 | 12/31/2011 |
| 60. | The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (TX) | 85,933,018 | 12/31/2011 |
| 61. | Robertson Foundation (NY) | 84,537,908 | 11/30/2011 |
| 62. | The San Francisco Foundation (CA) | 82,473,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 63. | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (CA) | 81,683,042 | 12/31/2011 |
| 64. | The William Penn Foundation (PA) | 81,503,825 | 12/31/2011 |
| 65. | The Cleveland Foundation (OH) | 78,670,685 | 12/31/2011 |
| 66. | Citi Foundation (NY) | 78,614,500 | 12/31/2011 |
| 67. | Houston Endowment Inc. (TX) | 77,145,167 | 12/31/2011 |
| 68. | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (NY) | 76,354,261 | 12/31/2011 |
| 69. | The Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 76,230,474 | 12/31/2011 |
| 70. | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY) | 75,008,312 | 12/31/2011 |
| 71. | ExxonMobil Foundation (TX) | 74,507,597 | 12/31/2011 |
| 72. | The Sherwood Foundation (NE) | 73,300,346 | 12/31/2011 |
| 73. | Tulsa Community Foundation (OK) | 72,039,000 | 12/31/2011 |
| 74. | The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (GA) | 71,445,686 | 12/31/2011 |
| 75. | John Templeton Foundation (PA) | 71,252,266 | 12/31/2011 |
| 76. | The Heinz Endowments (PA) | 65,563,528 | 12/31/2011 |
| 77. | Tosa Foundation (CA) | 65,074,655 | 12/31/2011 |
| 78. | Greater Houston Community Foundation (TX) | 64,928,918 | 12/31/2011 |
| 79. | The James Irvine Foundation (CA) | 64,549,413 | 12/31/2011 |
| 80. | The Denver Foundation (CO) | 64,306,537 | 12/31/2012 |
| 81. | The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (DC) | 62,969,894 | 03/31/2011 |
| 82. | Wallace H. Coulter Foundation (FL) | 61,074,871 | 09/30/2011 |
| 83. | The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (OH) | 60,407,812 | 12/31/2011 |
| 84. | The Oregon Community Foundation (OR) | 60,093,388 | 12/31/2010 |
| 85. | The Wallace Foundation (NY) | 59,706,655 | 12/31/2011 |
| 86. | The Seattle Foundation (WA) | 59,574,067 | 12/31/2011 |
| 87. | Marin Community Foundation (CA) | 59,136,825 | 06/30/2012 |
| 88. | Raymond & Ruth Perelman Judaica Foundation (PA) | 58,700,724 | 04/30/2012 |
| 89. | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Inc. (TN) | 57,814,599 | 12/31/2011 |
| 90. | The JPB Foundation (NY) | 57,169,949 | 12/31/2011 |
| 91. | The Saint Paul Foundation (MN) | 56,625,768 | 12/31/2011 |
| 92. | Verizon Foundation (NJ) | 56,282,791 | 12/31/2011 |
| 93. | Richard O. Jacobson Foundation, Inc. (IA) | 56,057,510 | 10/31/2011 |
| 94. | The East Bay Community Foundation (CA) | 55,965,031 | 06/30/2012 |
| 95. | Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. (TX) | 55,784,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 96. | Barr Foundation (MA) | 54,489,420 | 12/31/2011 |
| 97. | The PNC Foundation (PA) | 54,221,909 | 12/31/2011 |
| 98. | The Starr Foundation (NY) | 53,713,526 | 12/31/2011 |
| 99. | Druckenmiller Foundation (NY) | 53,493,186 | 11/30/2011 |
| 100. | The Merck Company Foundation (NJ) | 53,306,196 | 12/31/2011 |
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