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 May 1, 2016. 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) | $3,439,671,894 | 12/31/2014 |
| 2. | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA) | 956,834,000 | 12/31/2014 |
| 3. | The Abbvie Patient Assistance Foundation (IL) | 853,356,401 | 12/31/2014 |
| 4. | The Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 811,433,684 | 12/31/2013 |
| 5. | Johnson & Johnson Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ) | 711,632,110 | 12/31/2013 |
| 6. | Merck Patient Assistance Program, Inc. (NJ) | 686,800,564 | 12/31/2013 |
| 7. | Genentech Access To Care Foundation (CA) | 680,278,040 | 12/31/2013 |
| 8. | Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 668,050,404 | 12/31/2013 |
| 9. | GlaxoSmithKline Patient Access Programs Foundation (PA) | 625,427,284 | 12/31/2013 |
| 10. | Ford Foundation (NY) | 518,380,000 | 12/31/2014 |
| 11. | Lilly Cares Foundation, Inc. (IN) | 503,299,479 | 12/31/2014 |
| 12. | Sanofi Foundation for North America (NJ) | 485,359,572 | 12/31/2013 |
| 13. | Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ) | 456,825,176 | 12/31/2014 |
| 14. | The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA) | 434,000,000 | 12/31/2014 |
| 15. | The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (NE) | 416,440,853 | 12/31/2014 |
| 16. | Foundation to Promote Open Society (NY) | 410,571,424 | 12/31/2014 |
| 17. | Soros Fund Charitable Foundation (NY) | 392,763,581 | 12/31/2014 |
| 18. | Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 360,527,538 | 12/31/2014 |
| 19. | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) | 346,240,905 | 12/31/2014 |
| 20. | Foundation For The Carolinas (NC) | 341,637,974 | 12/31/2014 |
| 21. | Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) | 333,630,649 | 12/31/2014 |
| 22. | W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) | 294,891,874 | 08/31/2014 |
| 23. | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) | 291,696,462 | 12/31/2014 |
| 24. | Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO) | 263,297,742 | 12/31/2014 |
| 25. | Richard F. Aster, Jr. Foundation (DE) | 237,184,561 | 12/31/2014 |
| 26. | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) | 231,841,178 | 12/31/2014 |
| 27. | Simons Foundation (NY) | 230,753,645 | 12/31/2014 |
| 28. | The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) | 222,512,603 | 12/31/2014 |
| 29. | The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (NY) | 222,276,985 | 03/31/2014 |
| 30. | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA) | 220,660,096 | 12/31/2014 |
| 31. | Wells Fargo Foundation (CA) | 189,380,780 | 12/31/2014 |
| 32. | The California Endowment (CA) | 182,809,047 | 03/31/2014 |
| 33. | The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. (NC) | 175,729,430 | 12/31/2014 |
| 34. | The Chicago Community Trust (IL) | 170,984,481 | 09/30/2014 |
| 35. | The Wal-Mart Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 168,582,621 | 01/31/2014 |
| 36. | John Templeton Foundation (PA) | 162,661,045 | 12/31/2014 |
| 37. | Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation (CA) | 158,312,966 | 12/31/2014 |
| 38. | The New York Community Trust (NY) | 157,785,699 | 12/31/2014 |
| 39. | California Community Foundation (CA) | 154,637,000 | 06/30/2015 |
| 40. | Howard G. Buffett Foundation (IL) | 154,468,143 | 12/31/2014 |
| 41. | The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) | 150,273,949 | 12/31/2014 |
| 42. | Margaret A. Cargill Foundation (MN) | 150,262,767 | 12/31/2014 |
| 43. | Bloomberg Philanthropies (NY) | 148,656,213 | 12/31/2014 |
| 44. | Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Inc. (CT) | 147,303,795 | 12/31/2014 |
| 45. | The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations (OH) | 142,852,835 | 12/31/2014 |
| 46. | The Duke Endowment (NC) | 140,022,719 | 12/31/2014 |
| 47. | The Kresge Foundation (MI) | 139,954,047 | 12/31/2014 |
| 48. | Tosa Foundation (CA) | 136,485,411 | 12/31/2014 |
| 49. | Omaha Community Foundation (NE) | 93,239,633 | 12/31/2014 |
| 50. | The JPMorgan Chase Foundation (NY) | 130,855,483 | 12/31/2013 |
| 51. | Tulsa Community Foundation (OK) | 130,381,000 | 12/31/2013 |
| 52. | Richard King Mellon Foundation (PA) | 127,606,870 | 12/31/2014 |
| 53. | Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 121,526,450 | 12/31/2014 |
| 54. | The JPB Foundation (NY) | 117,636,163 | 12/31/2014 |
| 55. | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL) | 115,976,297 | 12/31/2014 |
| 56. | Dalio Foundation, Inc. (CT) | 115,546,630 | 12/31/2014 |
| 57. | S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation (CA) | 113,408,702 | 12/31/2014 |
| 58. | Boston Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 110,566,000 | 06/30/2014 |
| 59. | The William Penn Foundation (PA) | 110,498,440 | 12/31/2014 |
| 60. | The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD) | 108,960,325 | 12/31/2014 |
| 61. | GE Foundation (CT) | 108,401,652 | 12/31/2014 |
| 62. | The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (GA) | 106,184,431 | 12/31/2014 |
| 63. | Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Charitable Trust (NV) | 102,474,685 | 12/31/2014 |
| 64. | The Cleveland Foundation (OH) | 101,651,046 | 12/31/2014 |
| 65. | The Sherwood Foundation (NE) | 101,204,510 | 12/31/2014 |
| 66. | Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 100,947,352 | 12/31/2013 |
| 67. | Van Andel Fund, Inc. (MI) | 10,000,000 | 12/31/2013 |
| 68. | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (CA) | 99,964,754 | 12/31/2014 |
| 69. | Robertson Foundation (NY) | 99,597,042 | 11/30/2013 |
| 70. | Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (MI) | 98,825,307 | 12/31/2014 |
| 71. | The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. (MD) | 96,929,767 | 02/28/2014 |
| 72. | Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY) | 96,890,716 | 09/30/2014 |
| 73. | Adelson Family Foundation (MA) | 94,520,295 | 12/31/2014 |
| 74. | The San Francisco Foundation (CA) | 93,656,000 | 06/30/2014 |
| 75. | Greater Houston Community Foundation (TX) | 92,908,236 | 12/31/2014 |
| 76. | The Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 90,518,700 | 12/31/2014 |
| 77. | Community Foundation of Greater Memphis (TN) | 88,852,907 | 04/30/2014 |
| 78. | The McKnight Foundation (MN) | 88,691,875 | 12/31/2014 |
| 79. | The James Irvine Foundation (CA) | 87,597,151 | 12/31/2014 |
| 80. | NoVo Foundation (NY) | 87,390,400 | 12/31/2014 |
| 81. | The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (DC) | 86,494,811 | 03/31/2015 |
| 82. | Houston Endowment Inc. (TX) | 85,843,061 | 12/31/2014 |
| 83. | Laura and John Arnold Foundation (TX) | 85,348,365 | 12/31/2014 |
| 84. | The Wyss Foundation (DC) | 83,596,632 | 12/31/2014 |
| 85. | The Minneapolis Foundation (MN) | 81,934,063 | 03/31/2015 |
| 86. | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY) | 81,020,576 | 12/31/2014 |
| 87. | Open Society Institute (NY) | 80,651,923 | 12/31/2013 |
| 88. | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (NY) | 79,932,538 | 12/31/2014 |
| 89. | The Starr Foundation (NY) | 79,780,006 | 12/31/2014 |
| 90. | Genzyme Charitable Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 78,603,357 | 12/31/2013 |
| 91. | Citi Foundation (NY) | 78,000,000 | 12/31/2014 |
| 92. | Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. (TX) | 75,894,000 | 06/30/2014 |
| 93. | Druckenmiller Foundation (NY) | 75,400,700 | 11/30/2014 |
| 94. | ExxonMobil Foundation (TX) | 75,212,563 | 12/31/2014 |
| 95. | Vollmer Foundation, Inc. (FL) | 75,160,635 | 12/31/2014 |
| 96. | The Heinz Endowments (PA) | 73,537,684 | 12/31/2014 |
| 97. | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MI) | 72,899,255 | 12/31/2014 |
| 98. | The Oregon Community Foundation (OR) | 72,210,722 | 12/31/2014 |
| 99. | Annenberg Foundation (CA) | 71,678,320 | 12/31/2014 |
| 100. | Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO) | 71,555,000 | 12/31/2014 |
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