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 November 29, 2011. 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) | $33,912,320,600 | 12/31/2009 |
| 2. |
Ford Foundation (NY) | 10,881,598,073 | 09/30/2010 |
| 3. |
J. Paul Getty Trust (CA) | 9,584,879,219 | 06/30/2010 |
| 4. |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) | 8,490,415,783 | 12/31/2009 |
| 5. |
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA) | 7,377,414,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 6. |
W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) | 7,238,160,845 | 08/31/2010 |
| 7. |
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) | 5,699,231,606 | 12/31/2009 |
| 8. |
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA) | 5,585,288,763 | 12/31/2010 |
| 9. |
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) | 5,237,796,061 | 12/31/2009 |
| 10. |
Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) | 5,184,625,647 | 12/31/2010 |
| 11. |
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) | 5,051,530,000 | 12/31/2009 |
| 12. |
Tulsa Community Foundation (OK) | 4,412,774,000 | 12/31/2009 |
| 13. |
The William Penn Foundation (PA) | 4,127,571,213 | 12/31/2009 |
| 14. |
The California Endowment (CA) | 3,699,471,841 | 03/31/2010 |
| 15. |
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (NY) | 3,376,044,793 | 03/31/2010 |
| 16. |
The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) | 3,317,100,678 | 12/31/2009 |
| 17. |
The Kresge Foundation (MI) | 3,293,222,730 | 12/31/2010 |
| 18. |
The Duke Endowment (NC) | 2,744,380,297 | 12/31/2010 |
| 19. |
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 2,694,449,754 | 12/31/2010 |
| 20. |
The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD) | 2,564,720,003 | 12/31/2009 |
| 21. |
Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY) | 2,534,623,009 | 09/30/2010 |
| 22. |
Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 2,275,851,898 | 12/31/2009 |
| 23. |
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (NE) | 2,241,538,887 | 12/31/2009 |
| 24. |
Foundation to Promote Open Society (NY) | 2,239,745,868 | 12/31/2009 |
| 25. |
The Bloomberg Family Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 2,234,800,686 | 12/31/2009 |
| 26. |
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL) | 2,090,000,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 27. |
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MI) | 2,080,000,000 | 12/31/2009 |
| 28. |
The McKnight Foundation (MN) | 2,014,523,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 29. |
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (CA) | 1,972,613,697 | 12/31/2009 |
| 30. |
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. (MD) | 1,970,134,173 | 02/28/2010 |
| 31. |
Casey Family Programs (WA) | 1,935,207,121 | 12/31/2009 |
| 32. |
Kimbell Art Foundation (TX) | 1,912,884,895 | 12/31/2009 |
| 33. |
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation (MN) | 1,907,998,965 | 12/31/2009 |
| 34. |
The Cleveland Foundation (OH) | 1,888,630,534 | 12/31/2010 |
| 35. |
The Simons Foundation (NY) | 1,862,188,781 | 12/31/2010 |
| 36. |
Richard King Mellon Foundation (PA) | 1,839,427,098 | 12/31/2009 |
| 37. |
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO) | 1,758,735,170 | 12/31/2009 |
| 38. |
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA) | 1,749,109,000 | 12/31/2009 |
| 39. |
The New York Community Trust (NY) | 1,741,811,259 | 12/31/2009 |
| 40. |
John Templeton Foundation (PA) | 1,689,804,911 | 12/31/2009 |
| 41. |
Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation (CA) | 1,689,097,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 42. |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY) | 1,620,997,612 | 12/31/2009 |
| 43. |
The Annenberg Foundation (CA) | 1,616,906,836 | 06/30/2010 |
| 44. |
The Chicago Community Trust (IL) | 1,595,765,501 | 09/30/2010 |
| 45. |
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (NY) | 1,558,663,265 | 12/31/2009 |
| 46. |
Houston Endowment Inc. (TX) | 1,527,022,391 | 12/31/2010 |
| 47. |
The James Irvine Foundation (CA) | 1,449,193,495 | 12/31/2009 |
| 48. |
The Heinz Endowments (PA) | 1,363,037,029 | 12/31/2009 |
| 49. |
The Moody Foundation (TX) | 1,322,323,251 | 12/31/2009 |
| 50. |
The Starr Foundation (NY) | 1,284,340,846 | 12/31/2009 |
| 51. |
The Wallace Foundation (NY) | 1,279,832,854 | 12/31/2009 |
| 52. |
Daniels Fund (CO) | 1,230,549,554 | 12/31/2010 |
| 53. |
W. M. Keck Foundation (CA) | 1,163,000,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 54. |
The Anschutz Foundation (CO) | 1,134,359,136 | 11/30/2009 |
| 55. |
California Community Foundation (CA) | 1,120,523,000 | 06/30/2010 |
| 56. |
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 1,116,939,608 | 12/31/2010 |
| 57. |
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO) | 1,107,725,820 | 12/31/2009 |
| 58. |
Open Society Institute (NY) | 1,102,893,795 | 12/31/2009 |
| 59. |
Lumina Foundation for Education, Inc. (IN) | 1,098,556,458 | 12/31/2009 |
| 60. |
The Oregon Community Foundation (OR) | 1,040,106,343 | 12/31/2009 |
| 61. |
Marin Community Foundation (CA) | 1,014,427,025 | 06/30/2010 |
| 62. |
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (TX) | 981,491,064 | 12/31/2009 |
| 63. |
The San Francisco Foundation (CA) | 980,064,000 | 06/30/2010 |
| 64. |
Robertson Foundation (NY) | 970,778,251 | 11/30/2009 |
| 65. |
Barr Foundation (MA) | 966,097,284 | 12/31/2009 |
| 66. |
The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations (OH) | 955,200,219 | 12/31/2009 |
| 67. |
The Ahmanson Foundation (CA) | 948,985,204 | 10/31/2010 |
| 68. |
The Brown Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 896,451,255 | 06/30/2010 |
| 69. |
The California Wellness Foundation (CA) | 882,091,166 | 12/31/2010 |
| 70. |
Druckenmiller Foundation (NY) | 864,400,291 | 11/30/2010 |
| 71. |
The Freedom Forum, Inc. (DC) | 858,728,520 | 12/31/2009 |
| 72. |
Bat Hanadiv Foundation No. 3 (NY) | 814,124,031 | 12/31/2009 |
| 73. |
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (NY) | 813,159,608 | 09/30/2010 |
| 74. |
The Joyce Foundation (IL) | 808,480,401 | 12/31/2010 |
| 75. |
The Broad Art Foundation (CA) | 801,892,495 | 12/31/2009 |
| 76. |
M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust (WA) | 795,007,236 | 12/31/2010 |
| 77. |
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. (NY) | 789,378,035 | 12/31/2010 |
| 78. |
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (CT) | 762,222,900 | 12/31/2010 |
| 79. |
Bush Foundation (MN) | 760,381,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 80. |
Surdna Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 754,986,525 | 06/30/2010 |
| 81. |
Hall Family Foundation (MO) | 743,422,042 | 12/31/2009 |
| 82. |
Boston Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 733,030,000 | 06/30/2010 |
| 83. |
Cummings Foundation (MA) | 732,896,111 | 12/31/2009 |
| 84. |
The Packard Humanities Institute (CA) | 726,680,226 | 12/31/2009 |
| 85. |
Shimon ben Joseph Foundation (CA) | 726,258,458 | 12/31/2009 |
| 86. |
The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 725,418,002 | 08/31/2010 |
| 87. |
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 717,708,924 | 12/31/2009 |
| 88. |
Otto Bremer Foundation (MN) | 713,359,200 | 12/31/2010 |
| 89. |
Foundation For The Carolinas (NC) | 711,620,777 | 12/31/2009 |
| 90. |
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. (TX) | 705,056,000 | 06/30/2010 |
| 91. |
The Pittsburgh Foundation (PA) | 695,439,310 | 12/31/2009 |
| 92. |
The Ford Family Foundation (OR) | 685,716,613 | 12/31/2009 |
| 93. |
The Meadows Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 683,681,753 | 12/31/2009 |
| 94. |
Laura and John Arnold Foundation (TX) | 660,283,210 | 12/31/2009 |
| 95. |
The Saint Paul Foundation (MN) | 652,956,593 | 12/31/2009 |
| 96. |
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (GA) | 650,639,650 | 12/31/2009 |
| 97. |
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (DC) | 649,238,051 | 04/30/2010 |
| 98. |
Weingart Foundation (CA) | 635,679,121 | 06/30/2010 |
| 99. |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund (NC) | 633,871,299 | 08/31/2010 |
| 100. |
The AVI CHAI Foundation (NY) | 627,648,284 | 12/31/2009 |
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