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 March 8, 2012. 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) | $37,430,150,458 | 12/31/2010 |
| 2. | Ford Foundation (NY) | 10,344,933,000 | 09/30/2011 |
| 3. | J. Paul Getty Trust (CA) | 9,584,879,219 | 06/30/2010 |
| 4. | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) | 9,199,687,456 | 12/31/2010 |
| 5. | W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) | 7,696,627,040 | 08/31/2011 |
| 6. | The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA) | 7,377,414,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 7. | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) | 6,100,637,478 | 12/31/2010 |
| 8. | The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) | 5,737,270,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 9. | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA) | 5,585,288,763 | 12/31/2010 |
| 10. | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) | 5,490,877,291 | 12/31/2010 |
| 11. | Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) | 5,184,625,647 | 12/31/2010 |
| 12. | Tulsa Community Foundation (OK) | 4,022,451,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 13. | The William Penn Foundation (PA) | 3,987,087,217 | 12/31/2010 |
| 14. | The California Endowment (CA) | 3,699,471,841 | 03/31/2010 |
| 15. | The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) | 3,593,289,629 | 12/31/2010 |
| 16. | The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (NY) | 3,376,044,793 | 03/31/2010 |
| 17. | The Kresge Foundation (MI) | 3,293,222,730 | 12/31/2010 |
| 18. | Foundation to Promote Open Society (NY) | 2,817,446,416 | 12/31/2010 |
| 19. | The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD) | 2,797,729,748 | 12/31/2010 |
| 20. | The Duke Endowment (NC) | 2,744,380,297 | 12/31/2010 |
| 21. | The Bloomberg Family Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 2,734,103,737 | 12/31/2010 |
| 22. | Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 2,694,449,754 | 12/31/2010 |
| 23. | The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (NE) | 2,584,393,426 | 12/31/2010 |
| 24. | Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY) | 2,534,623,009 | 09/30/2010 |
| 25. | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MI) | 2,230,528,471 | 12/31/2010 |
| 26. | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (CA) | 2,140,385,894 | 12/31/2010 |
| 27. | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL) | 2,090,000,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 28. | The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. (MD) | 2,072,697,349 | 02/28/2011 |
| 29. | Richard King Mellon Foundation (PA) | 2,018,377,846 | 12/31/2010 |
| 30. | The McKnight Foundation (MN) | 2,014,523,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 31. | Margaret A. Cargill Foundation (MN) | 1,968,309,988 | 12/31/2010 |
| 32. | Casey Family Programs (WA) | 1,935,207,121 | 12/31/2009 |
| 33. | Kimbell Art Foundation (TX) | 1,912,884,895 | 12/31/2009 |
| 34. | The Cleveland Foundation (OH) | 1,888,630,534 | 12/31/2010 |
| 35. | Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO) | 1,881,375,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 36. | The New York Community Trust (NY) | 1,877,885,562 | 12/31/2010 |
| 37. | The Simons Foundation (NY) | 1,862,188,781 | 12/31/2010 |
| 38. | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA) | 1,749,109,000 | 12/31/2009 |
| 39. | The Annenberg Foundation (CA) | 1,718,656,943 | 06/30/2011 |
| 40. | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (NY) | 1,716,471,991 | 12/31/2010 |
| 41. | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY) | 1,703,820,396 | 12/31/2010 |
| 42. | John Templeton Foundation (PA) | 1,689,804,911 | 12/31/2009 |
| 43. | Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation (CA) | 1,689,097,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 44. | The Chicago Community Trust (IL) | 1,595,765,501 | 09/30/2010 |
| 45. | The James Irvine Foundation (CA) | 1,589,353,533 | 12/31/2010 |
| 46. | Houston Endowment Inc. (TX) | 1,527,022,391 | 12/31/2010 |
| 47. | The Heinz Endowments (PA) | 1,470,209,104 | 12/31/2010 |
| 48. | The Wallace Foundation (NY) | 1,410,919,607 | 12/31/2010 |
| 49. | The Starr Foundation (NY) | 1,342,712,927 | 12/31/2010 |
| 50. | Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 1,282,168,113 | 12/31/2010 |
| 51. | California Community Foundation (CA) | 1,242,402,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 52. | Daniels Fund (CO) | 1,230,549,554 | 12/31/2010 |
| 53. | Marin Community Foundation (CA) | 1,207,464,129 | 06/30/2011 |
| 54. | Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO) | 1,189,480,459 | 12/31/2010 |
| 55. | The Moody Foundation (TX) | 1,175,095,528 | 12/31/2010 |
| 56. | W. M. Keck Foundation (CA) | 1,163,000,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 57. | Lumina Foundation for Education, Inc. (IN) | 1,156,840,104 | 12/31/2010 |
| 58. | Open Society Institute (NY) | 1,141,004,097 | 12/31/2010 |
| 59. | Barr Foundation (MA) | 1,134,513,133 | 12/31/2010 |
| 60. | The Anschutz Foundation (CO) | 1,133,090,471 | 11/30/2010 |
| 61. | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 1,116,939,608 | 12/31/2010 |
| 62. | The Brown Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 1,115,833,756 | 06/30/2011 |
| 63. | The San Francisco Foundation (CA) | 1,101,069,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 64. | The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations (OH) | 1,061,039,486 | 12/31/2010 |
| 65. | The Oregon Community Foundation (OR) | 1,040,106,343 | 12/31/2009 |
| 66. | Bat Hanadiv Foundation No. 3 (NY) | 953,358,565 | 12/31/2010 |
| 67. | The Ahmanson Foundation (CA) | 948,985,204 | 10/31/2010 |
| 68. | The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (TX) | 934,701,114 | 12/31/2010 |
| 69. | The California Wellness Foundation (CA) | 882,091,166 | 12/31/2010 |
| 70. | Robertson Foundation (NY) | 874,038,503 | 11/30/2010 |
| 71. | The Freedom Forum, Inc. (DC) | 867,021,671 | 12/31/2010 |
| 72. | Druckenmiller Foundation (NY) | 864,400,291 | 11/30/2010 |
| 73. | Boston Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 859,510,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 74. | Shimon ben Joseph Foundation (CA) | 837,220,914 | 12/31/2010 |
| 75. | The Pittsburgh Foundation (PA) | 821,409,075 | 12/31/2010 |
| 76. | Hall Family Foundation (MO) | 816,078,893 | 12/31/2010 |
| 77. | The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (NY) | 813,159,608 | 09/30/2010 |
| 78. | The Joyce Foundation (IL) | 808,480,401 | 12/31/2010 |
| 79. | M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust (WA) | 795,007,236 | 12/31/2010 |
| 80. | Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. (NY) | 789,378,035 | 12/31/2010 |
| 81. | The Broad Art Foundation (CA) | 772,439,657 | 12/31/2010 |
| 82. | Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. (TX) | 769,107,000 | 06/30/2011 |
| 83. | The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 768,175,002 | 08/31/2011 |
| 84. | The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 762,603,542 | 12/31/2010 |
| 85. | Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (CT) | 762,222,900 | 12/31/2010 |
| 86. | Bush Foundation (MN) | 760,381,000 | 12/31/2010 |
| 87. | Surdna Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 754,986,525 | 06/30/2010 |
| 88. | The Ford Family Foundation (OR) | 745,185,712 | 12/31/2010 |
| 89. | The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (GA) | 741,108,064 | 12/31/2010 |
| 90. | The Packard Humanities Institute (CA) | 732,975,558 | 12/31/2010 |
| 91. | Cummings Foundation (MA) | 732,896,111 | 12/31/2009 |
| 92. | The Meadows Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 720,435,662 | 12/31/2010 |
| 93. | Weingart Foundation (CA) | 718,445,607 | 06/30/2011 |
| 94. | Otto Bremer Foundation (MN) | 713,359,200 | 12/31/2010 |
| 95. | Laura and John Arnold Foundation (TX) | 711,626,515 | 12/31/2010 |
| 96. | Foundation For The Carolinas (NC) | 711,620,777 | 12/31/2009 |
| 97. | The Saint Paul Foundation (MN) | 702,560,293 | 12/31/2010 |
| 98. | Hess Foundation, Inc. (NJ) | 667,248,817 | 11/30/2010 |
| 99. | The Seattle Foundation (WA) | 663,201,900 | 12/31/2010 |
| 100. | The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (DC) | 649,238,051 | 04/30/2010 |
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