List of wealthiest charitable foundations

This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations and consists of the 25 largest charitable foundations, private foundations and other charitable organizations.

Only nonprofit foundations are listed here. Funds that are part of a larger company are not included (such as holding companies, which typically hold the majority of outstanding stock of other companies).

The entries are ordered by the current size of the organization's total financial endowment (that is, the current total value of invested donations). The endowment value is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the exchange rates on March 4, 2008. Due to fluctuations in investment values and exchange rates, this list only represents the valuation of each foundation on a single day. The combined net worth of this list is US$219.8 billion.

[edit] Wealthiest foundations

Rank	Organization	Country	Headquarters	Endowment (US$)	Endowment (native currency)	References
1	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	United States	Seattle, Washington	$35.9 billion		[1]
2	Wellcome Trust	England	London	$26.4 billion	£14.2 billion (GBP)	[2] [3]
3	Howard Hughes Medical Institute	United States	Chevy Chase, Maryland	$18.6 billion		[4]
4	Ford Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$13.7 billion		[5]
5	The Church Commissioners for England	England	London	$10.5 billion	£5.67 billion (GBP)	[6]
6	J. Paul Getty Trust	United States	Los Angeles, California	$10.1 billion		[5]
7	Li Ka Shing Foundation	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	$10.0 billion	$77.8 billion (HKD)	[7]
8	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	United States	Princeton, New Jersey	$10.0 billion		[5]
9	William and Flora Hewlett Foundation	United States	Menlo Park, California	$8.5 billion		[5]
10	W.K. Kellogg Foundation	United States	Battle Creek, Michigan	$8.4 billion		[5]
11	Lilly Endowment	United States	Indianapolis, Indiana	$7.6 billion		[5]
12	Garfield Weston Foundation	England	London	$6.9 billion	£3.5 billion (GBP)	[8]
13	Robert Bosch Foundation	Germany	Stuttgart	$6.9 billion	€4.5 billion (EUR)	[2]
14	David and Lucile Packard Foundation	United States	Los Altos, California	$6.3 billion		[5]
15	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$6.1 billion		[5]
16	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation	United States	Chicago, Illinois	$6.1 billion		[5]
17	Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation	United States	San Francisco, California	$5.8 billion		[5]
18	Realdania	Denmark	Copenhagen	$5.6 billion	kr 27.4 billion (DKK)	[9]
19	Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation	Sweden	Stockholm	$5.3 billion	kr 32.7 billion (SEK)	[10]
20	The California Endowment	United States	Los Angeles	$4.4 billion		[5]
21	The Pew Charitable Trusts	United States	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$4.1 billion		[11]
22	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation	Portugal	Lisbon	$3.8 billion	€2.5 billion (EUR)	[12]
23	Rockefeller Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$3.8 billion		[5]
24	The Starr Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$3.5 billion		[5]
25	The Kresge Foundation	United States	Detroit, Michigan	$3.3 billion		[5]

[edit] See also

• List of charitable foundations

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Foundation Center
• Top 100 US Foundations