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50 Largest Fou ndations by Assets, 2007
Source: The Foundation Center, Foundation
Yearbook, 2009. Aggregate foundation fiscal
information in tables and figures is based on data
provided to the Center as of January 2009. Fiscal
data on individual foundations included in this table
may be more current.
¹ IN = Independent;
CM = Community;
OP = Operating.
² Includes grants, scholarships, and employee
matching gifts; excludes set-asides, loans, PRIs,
and program expenses.
3
For some operating foundations, total giving
amount includes grants and program expenses; for
others, total giving amount includes only grants.
Most operating foundations’ qualifying distributions
are paid out for administration of operating
programs and not for grants.
4
In 2007, the Peninsula Community Foundation and
Community Foundation Silicon Valley merged to
become the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Foundation
State
Foundation
Type 1 Assets Total Giving 2 Fiscal Date
1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation WA IN $38,921,022,000 $2,011,675,000 12/31/07
2. Ford Foundation NY IN 13,798,807,066 583,915,463 9/30/07
3. J. Paul Getty Trust 3 CA OP 11,187,006,719 17,780,165 6/30/07
4. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation NJ IN 10,722,296,000 407,698,000 12/31/07
5. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation CA IN 9,284,917,000 421,400,000 12/31/07
6. W. K. Kellogg Foundation MI IN 8,058,127,639 272,511,561 8/31/08
7. Lilly Endowment IN IN 7,734,860,156 341,863,979 12/31/07
8. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation IL IN 7,052,165,312 231,856,772 12/31/07
9. David and Lucile Packard Foundation CA IN 6,594,540,283 307,935,012 12/31/07
10. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation NY IN 6,539,865,000 300,199,000 12/31/07
11. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation CA IN 6,409,252,816 290,694,047 12/31/07
12. California Endowment CA IN 4,657,176,628 140,510,981 2/28/08
13. Rockefeller Foundation NY IN 4,615,428,564 162,956,223 12/31/07
14. Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation NE IN 3,907,771,072 202,684,478 12/31/07
15. Kresge Foundation MI IN 3,841,141,730 180,935,871 12/31/07
16. Tulsa Community Foundation OK CM 3,740,241,151 87,148,870 12/31/07
17. Duke Endowment NC IN 3,344,776,129 164,837,762 12/31/07
18. Annie E. Casey Foundation MD IN 3,326,105,746 192,006,321 12/31/07
19. Carnegie Corporation of New York NY IN 3,073,837,326 80,272,806 9/30/07
20. Starr Foundation NY IN 2,801,697,830 207,284,873 12/31/07
21. Robert W. Woodruff Foundation GA IN 2,715,991,495 95,253,832 12/31/07
22. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation MI IN 2,711,459,525 135,868,710 12/31/07
23. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation FL IN 2,618,700,006 121,267,122 12/31/07
24. Casey Family Programs 3 WA OP 2,596,706,893 2,971,742 12/31/07
25. Annenberg Foundation PA IN 2,487,703,921 266,898,723 6/30/08
26. Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation MD IN 2,480,251,109 99,570,742 2/29/08
27. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation MO IN 2,422,322,294 37,478,586 6/30/07
28. McKnight Foundation MN IN 2,310,279,385 93,643,806 12/31/07
29. Richard King Mellon Foundation PA IN 2,219,250,223 109,215,672 12/31/07
30. Cleveland Foundation OH CM 2,183,913,190 78,915,972 12/31/07
31. New York Community Trust NY CM 2,135,691,023 166,053,450 12/31/07
32. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation NY IN 2,079,833,758 95,711,333 12/31/07
33. Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation CA IN 1,964,521,000 127,304,000 12/31/07
34. Silicon Valley Community Foundation 4 CA CM 1,943,885,894 243,245,861 12/31/07
35. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation NY IN 1,940,925,266 72,732,888 12/31/07
36. James Irvine Foundation CA IN 1,909,669,970 84,883,316 12/31/07
37. Chicago Community Trust IL CM 1,841,684,803 115,544,031 9/30/07
38. Houston Endowment TX IN 1,745,222,911 66,260,835 12/31/07
39. Wallace Foundation NY IN 1,696,744,124 68,770,717 12/31/07
40. Heinz Endowments PA IN 1,686,008,063 58,267,054 12/31/07
41. Kimbell Art Foundation 3 TX OP 1,597,504,350 80,000 12/31/07
42. Walton Family Foundation AR IN 1,595,597,053 218,864,851 12/31/07
43. William Penn Foundation PA IN 1,555,505,085 61,644,970 12/31/07
44. W. M. Keck Foundation CA IN 1,531,767,000 67,889,763 12/31/07
45. Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation OK IN 1,484,451,635 11,462,026 12/31/07
46. Open Society Institute 3 NY OP 1,484,154,992 83,442,116 12/31/07
47. Lumina Foundation for Education IN IN 1,426,578,909 52,366,865 12/31/07
48. Michael and Susan Dell Foundation TX IN 1,398,768,744 95,250,084 12/31/07
49. Bloomberg Family Foundation NY IN 1,391,631,010 36,250,000 12/31/07
50. Daniels Fund CO IN 1,354,022,076 47,932,111 12/31/07
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