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Who funds education: 28,937 foundations in 54 states, $10.5 billion in grants
28,937 private foundations paid $10,512,105,074 to education nonprofits in 54 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.
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- 28,937Foundations
- $10,512,105,074Total granted
By state
The state is where the recipient is.
| State | Foundations | Grants | Total |
|---|
| New York | 5,232 | 13,293 | $1,278,564,886 |
| California | 4,143 | 14,779 | $1,220,173,093 |
| Massachusetts | 3,111 | 8,751 | $637,763,446 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,865 | 7,688 | $426,667,603 |
| Florida | 2,137 | 5,475 | $233,213,840 |
| Texas | 2,129 | 8,388 | $600,350,813 |
| Illinois | 2,039 | 5,815 | $444,859,685 |
| Ohio | 1,751 | 5,261 | $229,740,518 |
| Virginia | 1,637 | 3,910 | $299,823,799 |
| North Carolina | 1,632 | 4,878 | $441,809,200 |
| Connecticut | 1,589 | 3,569 | $124,597,798 |
| District of Columbia | 1,578 | 3,039 | $526,920,583 |
| Michigan | 1,467 | 3,730 | $167,554,360 |
| New Jersey | 1,359 | 3,972 | $109,122,078 |
| Colorado | 1,280 | 3,219 | $177,679,903 |
| Georgia | 1,149 | 3,389 | $212,218,550 |
| Minnesota | 974 | 3,056 | $182,935,069 |
| Tennessee | 972 | 2,682 | $141,087,666 |
| Missouri | 920 | 2,371 | $152,224,389 |
| Maryland | 908 | 2,602 | $157,812,391 |
| Wisconsin | 849 | 2,626 | $137,415,662 |
| Indiana | 838 | 2,660 | $936,296,125 |
| Washington | 710 | 3,376 | $213,199,194 |
| Maine | 573 | 1,273 | $85,830,679 |
| Oregon | 571 | 2,073 | $271,767,576 |
| Kentucky | 567 | 1,469 | $45,500,485 |
| Arizona | 518 | 1,912 | $101,846,131 |
| Iowa | 515 | 1,468 | $54,376,503 |
| South Carolina | 500 | 1,460 | $66,165,914 |
| New Hampshire | 480 | 1,085 | $23,833,282 |
| Kansas | 439 | 1,240 | $42,744,821 |
| Oklahoma | 429 | 1,231 | $177,852,171 |
| Alabama | 416 | 1,118 | $38,132,599 |
| Nebraska | 394 | 1,092 | $171,619,554 |
| Rhode Island | 385 | 986 | $28,546,589 |
| Vermont | 341 | 715 | $30,768,539 |
| Utah | 338 | 844 | $27,292,824 |
| Louisiana | 249 | 791 | $33,747,762 |
| Hawaii | 245 | 589 | $14,676,134 |
| Mississippi | 236 | 551 | $20,706,664 |
| Montana | 220 | 566 | $19,482,884 |
| Idaho | 215 | 616 | $25,583,847 |
| New Mexico | 210 | 618 | $34,737,368 |
| West Virginia | 204 | 488 | $31,780,286 |
| Delaware | 190 | 415 | $20,166,312 |
| Arkansas | 151 | 564 | $45,733,591 |
| Nevada | 147 | 424 | $17,729,274 |
| Wyoming | 129 | 271 | $6,490,601 |
| South Dakota | 103 | 260 | $9,137,039 |
| North Dakota | 99 | 227 | $7,266,671 |
| Alaska | 50 | 199 | $3,371,138 |
| Puerto Rico | 22 | 74 | $2,928,858 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 10 | 17 | $143,327 |
| Guam | 2 | 2 | $115,000 |
Largest funders
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.
| Foundation | Based in | Total | Source |
|---|
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $1,267,666,852 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | $533,858,310 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knight Foundation | Beaverton, OR | $182,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $144,028,540 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Duke Endowment | Charlotte, NC | $129,890,327 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $103,157,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba A James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | $75,833,799 | apps.irs.gov |
| O'Donnell Foundation | Dallas, TX | $69,650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $63,544,259 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Koch Charitable Fund | Arlington, VA | $63,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The T Boone Pickens Foundation | Flower Mound, TX | $60,860,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harold Alfond Foundation | Portland, ME | $57,382,316 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | $56,124,361 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $53,930,239 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | $53,906,468 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indian Paintbrush Foundation | Washington, DC | $52,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | $51,923,771 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation | Redwood City, CA | $50,320,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $48,763,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | $46,842,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | $44,855,496 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $43,763,227 | apps.irs.gov |
| James S and Paula H Crown Family Foundat | Chicago, IL | $42,611,684 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tosa Foundation | Portola Valley, CA | $41,815,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $40,950,643 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $40,179,226 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | $39,332,186 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | $37,786,146 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Koch Foundation | Arlington, VA | $36,814,971 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation | Ardmore, OK | $36,814,440 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $36,213,496 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | New York, NY | $36,130,609 | apps.irs.gov |
| Resnick Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $34,156,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $33,281,235 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation | Oakland, CA | $33,210,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $31,416,390 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc | Waukesha, WI | $30,583,604 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | $30,299,835 | apps.irs.gov |
| WM Keck Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $28,718,013 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $28,290,547 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | $27,976,483 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orland Bethel Family Foundation | Port St Lucie, FL | $27,708,700 | apps.irs.gov |
| Priem Family Foundation | Burlingame, CA | $27,647,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | $27,097,370 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation | Omaha, NE | $27,089,040 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | $26,853,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $26,767,579 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sherwood Foundation | Omaha, NE | $26,335,377 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gottesman Fund | New York, NY | $26,210,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sarofim Foundation | Houston, TX | $25,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| JTB Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $25,255,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $25,222,610 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Helen Diller Foundation | San Mateo, CA | $25,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Family Foundation | Denver, CO | $24,865,253 | apps.irs.gov |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | $24,352,367 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wexner Family Charitable Fund | New Albany, OH | $22,800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | $22,329,228 | apps.irs.gov |
| Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc | Little Rock, AR | $21,983,920 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $21,864,245 | apps.irs.gov |
| Red Gates Foundation | Richmond, VA | $21,725,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $20,857,339 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Moody Foundation | Galveston, TX | $20,814,196 | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | $20,211,627 | apps.irs.gov |
| Anderson Stewart Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,170,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar, CA | $20,039,060 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $19,711,192 | apps.irs.gov |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $19,541,683 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zell Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $19,307,533 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Endeavour Legacy Foundation | Richmond, VA | $19,150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $18,886,319 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $18,841,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gray Foundation | Albany, NY | $18,683,051 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellcome Leap Inc | San Diego, CA | $18,516,461 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $17,770,811 | apps.irs.gov |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | $17,649,100 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | $17,625,571 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pindaros Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $17,512,758 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | $17,207,689 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | $17,070,574 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | $16,891,529 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Society Institute | New York, NY | $16,514,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conduit Foundation | Chicago, IL | $16,235,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Edgerley Family Foundation | Overland Park, KS | $16,099,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | $15,014,040 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $14,960,910 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | $14,419,142 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peter Kiewit Foundation | Omaha, NE | $14,270,544 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Weill Family Foundation | Albany, NY | $14,257,214 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dogwood Health Trust | Asheville, NC | $14,012,948 | apps.irs.gov |
| Popplestone Foundation | Boston, MA | $13,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Farmer Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $13,426,246 | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | $13,186,795 | apps.irs.gov |
| Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation | Erie, PA | $13,085,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $13,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $12,755,405 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Morningside Foundation | Newton Centre, MA | $12,641,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The E&SS Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $12,560,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Salesforce Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $12,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $12,282,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walter Scott Family Foundation | Omaha, NE | $12,248,534 | apps.irs.gov |
Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.