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Who funds food, agriculture and nutrition: 9,041 foundations in 53 states, $599.8 million in grants

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9,041 private foundations paid $599,827,383 to food, agriculture and nutrition nonprofits in 53 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.

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9,041Foundations
$599,827,383Total granted

By state

The state is where the recipient is.

State	Foundations	Grants	Total
Illinois	1,052	1,535	$131,878,055
California	959	1,734	$67,205,101
New York	941	1,569	$45,517,063
Pennsylvania	638	1,181	$27,041,814
Florida	625	989	$23,856,810
Massachusetts	598	1,197	$16,823,062
Ohio	465	853	$12,159,577
Texas	464	892	$21,107,978
District of Columbia	418	565	$43,998,573
North Carolina	370	683	$21,077,897
Georgia	350	585	$23,134,400
Virginia	310	496	$6,996,514
Michigan	307	581	$11,782,765
Colorado	306	505	$6,935,727
Minnesota	289	580	$20,231,826
New Jersey	246	417	$5,901,361
Wisconsin	242	500	$7,636,765
Missouri	216	356	$6,355,177
Washington	192	437	$4,764,652
Connecticut	186	332	$2,528,175
Oregon	177	383	$11,843,251
Maine	170	341	$5,508,452
Tennessee	169	267	$5,507,862
Indiana	153	308	$4,173,112
Hawaii	150	229	$4,628,625
Maryland	144	234	$3,536,807
Iowa	143	284	$4,097,600
Arizona	140	262	$4,186,737
Oklahoma	131	218	$5,816,087
Vermont	118	191	$2,501,121
South Carolina	100	182	$2,830,134
Rhode Island	98	158	$2,641,287
Kentucky	97	177	$2,987,285
Montana	97	231	$3,766,342
Nevada	94	117	$2,916,701
Nebraska	91	176	$4,997,878
New Mexico	90	144	$2,424,812
Alabama	89	177	$1,559,589
New Hampshire	74	123	$1,013,849
West Virginia	61	111	$3,983,408
Wyoming	53	81	$1,299,021
Delaware	52	78	$2,055,070
Louisiana	50	96	$1,153,765
Kansas	46	86	$607,213
Mississippi	43	65	$829,145
South Dakota	42	83	$2,061,995
Idaho	39	81	$309,818
Arkansas	39	80	$1,328,507
Utah	36	54	$608,029
North Dakota	31	51	$661,397
Alaska	28	51	$1,007,785
Puerto Rico	5	7	$50,407
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	1	$1,000

Largest funders

Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.

Foundation	Based in	Total	Source
Lilly Endowment Inc	Indianapolis, IN	$75,995,620	apps.irs.gov
Gates Foundation	Seattle, WA	$13,715,893	apps.irs.gov
The Schmidt Family Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$8,400,000	apps.irs.gov
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$6,315,000	apps.irs.gov
Publix Super Markets Charities Inc	Lakeland, FL	$5,906,980	apps.irs.gov
Dogwood Health Trust	Asheville, NC	$5,509,579	apps.irs.gov
Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$5,500,000	apps.irs.gov
Elevance Health Foundation Inc	Indianapolis, IN	$5,368,333	apps.irs.gov
WK Kellogg Foundation	Battle Creek, MI	$5,230,442	apps.irs.gov
David and Nicole Tepper Charitable Foundation	Short Hills, NJ	$5,112,300	apps.irs.gov
Waverley Street Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$4,950,000	apps.irs.gov
Joseph B Whitehead Foundation	Atlanta, GA	$4,400,030	apps.irs.gov
Darden Restaurants Inc Foundation	Orlando, FL	$4,250,000	apps.irs.gov
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation	New York, NY	$3,643,500	apps.irs.gov
Builders Vision Foundation	Chicago, IL	$3,551,195	apps.irs.gov
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$3,496,680	apps.irs.gov
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Princeton, NJ	$3,374,754	apps.irs.gov
Walton Family Foundation Inc	Bentonville, AR	$3,364,000	apps.irs.gov
The Applied Materials Foundation	Santa Clara, CA	$3,000,000	apps.irs.gov
James M Cox Foundation of Georgia Inc	Atlanta, GA	$2,917,500	apps.irs.gov
The J Baker Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$2,750,000	apps.irs.gov
Otto Bremer Trust	St Paul, MN	$2,735,000	apps.irs.gov
Jonathan D and Mark C Lewis Foundation Inc	Coconut Grove, FL	$2,700,000	apps.irs.gov
Wal-Mart Foundation	Bentonville, AR	$2,509,400	apps.irs.gov
James N McCoy Foundation	Wichita Falls, TX	$2,375,000	apps.irs.gov
Ford Philanthropy	Dearborn, MI	$2,281,900	apps.irs.gov
Manton Foundation	New York, NY	$2,276,502	apps.irs.gov
Sergey Brin Family Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$2,236,820	apps.irs.gov
Novo Foundation	Hurley, NY	$2,193,000	apps.irs.gov
Sunlight Giving	Palo Alto, CA	$2,192,500	apps.irs.gov
The Steve and Natalee Herrig Family Foundation Inc	Bradenton, FL	$2,100,000	apps.irs.gov
The J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation	Bethesda, MD	$2,069,049	apps.irs.gov
Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$2,007,000	apps.irs.gov
La Brasada Foundation	San Antonio, TX	$2,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Goldberg Family Foundation 217-48576810	Beverly Hills, CA	$2,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Bedford Falls Foundation	McLean, VA	$2,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Duke Endowment	Charlotte, NC	$2,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The McKnight Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$1,987,500	apps.irs.gov
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial	Chicago, IL	$1,951,500	apps.irs.gov
Stupski Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$1,925,000	apps.irs.gov
The Sherwood Foundation	Omaha, NE	$1,912,823	apps.irs.gov
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc	Owings Mills, MD	$1,879,500	apps.irs.gov
M J Murdock Charitable Trust	Vancouver, WA	$1,849,000	apps.irs.gov
Strongpoint Foundation	Los Altos, CA	$1,825,435	apps.irs.gov
The James Irvine Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$1,800,260	apps.irs.gov
Dune Road Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$1,800,000	apps.irs.gov
JHC Foundation	Wilmington, DE	$1,780,000	apps.irs.gov
The Tepper Foundation	New York, NY	$1,771,125	apps.irs.gov
The Essex Avenue Foundation	Wilmington, DE	$1,700,000	apps.irs.gov
The Leon Levine Foundation	Charlotte, NC	$1,615,000	apps.irs.gov
The Rockefeller Foundation	New York, NY	$1,590,400	apps.irs.gov
The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation	Kalamazoo, MI	$1,559,000	apps.irs.gov
Samueli Foundation	Corona Del Mar, CA	$1,550,000	apps.irs.gov
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund	San Francisco, CA	$1,524,500	apps.irs.gov
Newman's Own Foundation	Westport, CT	$1,500,000	apps.irs.gov
The Heinz Endowments	Pittsburgh, PA	$1,455,000	apps.irs.gov
The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation	Tulsa, OK	$1,385,500	apps.irs.gov
The Gerstner Family Foundation	Armonk, NY	$1,376,819	apps.irs.gov
The Lozen Foundation Inc	Palm Beach, FL	$1,353,197	apps.irs.gov
Valhalla Foundation	Woodside, CA	$1,300,000	apps.irs.gov
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment	Boston, MA	$1,250,000	apps.irs.gov
Musk Foundation	Austin, TX	$1,250,000	apps.irs.gov
Malchus Foundation	Brooklyn, NY	$1,250,000	apps.irs.gov
Clif Family Foundation	Saint Helena, CA	$1,247,000	apps.irs.gov
Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation	Bayport, MN	$1,241,500	apps.irs.gov
JPMorgan Chase Foundation	New York, NY	$1,200,693	apps.irs.gov
The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation	Chicago, IL	$1,200,000	apps.irs.gov
Peter J King Family Foundation	Golden Valley, MN	$1,200,000	apps.irs.gov
Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation	Newnan, GA	$1,200,000	apps.irs.gov
Richard King Mellon Foundation	Ligonier, PA	$1,199,000	apps.irs.gov
CHS Foundation	Inver Grove Heights, MN	$1,195,767	apps.irs.gov
Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust	Paducah, KY	$1,185,000	apps.irs.gov
The Cushman Foundation	San Diego, CA	$1,180,000	apps.irs.gov
Freedom Together Foundation	New York, NY	$1,167,000	apps.irs.gov
Taxman Family Foundation	Northbrook, IL	$1,150,000	apps.irs.gov
The North Star Charitable Foundation	New York, NY	$1,120,000	apps.irs.gov
The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/b/a the Morningstar Foundation	Bethesda, MD	$1,110,000	apps.irs.gov
Cushing Family Foundation	Chicago, IL	$1,100,000	apps.irs.gov
Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc	Atlanta, GA	$1,090,000	apps.irs.gov
Woodcock Foundation	New York, NY	$1,056,000	apps.irs.gov
The Rock Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$1,055,000	apps.irs.gov
The Duchossois Family Foundation	Chicago, IL	$1,052,500	apps.irs.gov
The Surplus Line Association of Arizona Foundation	Wilmington, DE	$1,050,000	apps.irs.gov
The Kroger Co Foundation	Cincinnati, OH	$1,021,884	apps.irs.gov
Nmi Foundation	Chattanooga, TN	$1,012,000	apps.irs.gov
George & Melodie Rogers Foundation	Fresno, CA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
CNH Industrial Foundation	Oak Brook, IL	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Call Foundation	Salt Lake City, UT	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Williams Family Private Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Look and See Foundation	Wilmington, DE	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc	Boston, MA	$977,500	apps.irs.gov
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc	New York, NY	$975,000	apps.irs.gov
Kirk Humanitarian	Salt Lake City, UT	$960,885	apps.irs.gov
Huntington Charitable Foundation	Cincinnati, OH	$960,000	apps.irs.gov
Ronald & Ann Williams Charitable Foundat	San Francisco, CA	$950,000	apps.irs.gov
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (fka Oneworld Boston Inc)	Woburn, MA	$908,333	apps.irs.gov
Abbott Fund	Abbott Park, IL	$905,000	apps.irs.gov
Margaret A Cargill Foundation	Eden Prairie, MN	$901,500	apps.irs.gov
Aceso Foundation Inc	Bloomington, IN	$900,300	apps.irs.gov
Diane and Dorothy Brooks Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	$900,000	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.