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Who funds health care: 14,043 foundations in 53 states, $2.5 billion in grants
14,043 private foundations paid $2,470,061,250 to health care 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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- 14,043Foundations
- $2,470,061,250Total granted
By state
The state is where the recipient is.
| State | Foundations | Grants | Total |
|---|
| California | 1,755 | 3,731 | $303,488,713 |
| New York | 1,750 | 3,119 | $230,317,308 |
| Florida | 1,709 | 2,608 | $96,578,903 |
| Pennsylvania | 975 | 1,828 | $73,829,316 |
| Texas | 749 | 1,730 | $124,677,792 |
| Minnesota | 747 | 1,147 | $109,536,349 |
| Massachusetts | 731 | 1,330 | $414,868,714 |
| Tennessee | 672 | 1,062 | $29,651,033 |
| Connecticut | 642 | 1,007 | $40,167,859 |
| Colorado | 556 | 940 | $30,434,184 |
| Illinois | 532 | 1,175 | $76,473,329 |
| Ohio | 508 | 1,004 | $27,679,711 |
| New Jersey | 472 | 976 | $33,808,837 |
| Michigan | 435 | 892 | $110,061,603 |
| Virginia | 413 | 852 | $32,440,059 |
| Maryland | 401 | 762 | $140,187,225 |
| Georgia | 401 | 824 | $40,851,455 |
| North Carolina | 398 | 967 | $71,069,375 |
| District of Columbia | 346 | 518 | $97,594,498 |
| Washington | 313 | 701 | $42,791,300 |
| Wisconsin | 271 | 628 | $11,753,852 |
| Indiana | 242 | 616 | $33,139,770 |
| Missouri | 238 | 526 | $34,553,803 |
| Arizona | 228 | 539 | $16,327,080 |
| Oregon | 219 | 544 | $26,056,906 |
| Alabama | 185 | 350 | $5,352,285 |
| Kansas | 176 | 344 | $22,136,625 |
| Kentucky | 175 | 352 | $5,778,670 |
| Maine | 166 | 335 | $10,423,423 |
| Rhode Island | 156 | 268 | $14,230,956 |
| South Carolina | 143 | 331 | $10,743,238 |
| New Hampshire | 143 | 254 | $8,170,230 |
| Iowa | 140 | 323 | $5,883,136 |
| Montana | 134 | 284 | $5,763,679 |
| Utah | 127 | 253 | $7,054,079 |
| Vermont | 119 | 214 | $4,600,207 |
| Nebraska | 106 | 285 | $19,886,116 |
| Nevada | 102 | 179 | $5,742,693 |
| Arkansas | 100 | 204 | $6,025,019 |
| Hawaii | 97 | 209 | $18,976,174 |
| Louisiana | 92 | 231 | $8,224,387 |
| West Virginia | 84 | 217 | $5,027,486 |
| Oklahoma | 78 | 187 | $7,467,870 |
| Delaware | 72 | 127 | $2,813,147 |
| New Mexico | 70 | 150 | $5,613,938 |
| Idaho | 62 | 137 | $3,113,423 |
| Mississippi | 48 | 104 | $11,614,377 |
| Wyoming | 40 | 78 | $5,342,419 |
| North Dakota | 31 | 138 | $13,756,920 |
| South Dakota | 21 | 66 | $4,556,042 |
| Alaska | 21 | 82 | $2,947,163 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 20 | $226,538 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | 5 | $252,036 |
Largest funders
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.
| Foundation | Based in | Total | Source |
|---|
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | $383,137,378 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | $116,405,417 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $53,468,916 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $43,707,672 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $37,753,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Duke Endowment | Charlotte, NC | $28,434,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $21,922,424 | apps.irs.gov |
| Corabelle Lumps Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $20,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba A James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | $17,242,999 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | Detroit, MI | $16,896,052 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $15,808,257 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Crawford Taylor Foundation | St Louis, MO | $15,025,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Starr Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | $14,903,744 | apps.irs.gov |
| Centene Foundation | St Louis, MO | $13,602,112 | apps.irs.gov |
| The J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $13,186,018 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tenacre Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $12,595,405 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $12,203,134 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | $11,802,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indiana University Health Morgan Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $11,059,076 | apps.irs.gov |
| Duffy Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | $10,849,173 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brown Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $10,440,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Delta Dental Community Care Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,324,735 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shapell Guerin Family Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $9,990,740 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dogwood Health Trust | Asheville, NC | $9,512,846 | apps.irs.gov |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Vancouver, WA | $8,953,785 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $8,889,718 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Skoll Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $8,793,366 | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | $8,506,989 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nick Simons Foundation | New York, NY | $8,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marcus Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $8,475,367 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation | Bayport, MN | $8,430,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Larry Benaroya Family Foundation | Mercer Island, WA | $7,700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance Healthcare Foundation | San Diego, CA | $7,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knight Foundation | Beaverton, OR | $7,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Scharbauer Foundation Inc | Midland, TX | $7,015,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | $6,820,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation | Flowood, MS | $6,800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leon Levine Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $6,796,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $6,764,318 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carson Family Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $6,661,253 | apps.irs.gov |
| Merck Foundation A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | Rahway, NJ | $6,547,633 | apps.irs.gov |
| Allen Family Philanthropies | Seattle, WA | $6,534,864 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | $6,470,612 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sarofim Foundation | Houston, TX | $6,350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| LR Foundation | Miami, FL | $6,283,203 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $6,035,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harold B Smith Foundation | Chicago, IL | $6,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stupski Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,867,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $5,812,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | $5,812,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $5,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John W Mashburn Charitable Trust | Dalton, GA | $5,525,491 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | $5,349,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ginsburg Family Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $5,285,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | $5,190,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for Truth Justice and Compassion | Wilmington, DE | $5,165,983 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brian and Sheila Jellison Family Foundation | Sarasota, FL | $5,113,984 | apps.irs.gov |
| Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc | Midland, TX | $5,110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $5,106,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Otto Bremer Trust | St Paul, MN | $5,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred E Mann Charities Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $5,090,450 | apps.irs.gov |
| The John M O'Quinn Foundation | Houston, TX | $5,045,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Randall Family Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $5,035,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hitt Family Foundation Inc | Falls Church, VA | $5,011,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Karsh Family Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,010,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gerson Bakar Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,002,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Le Royer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harry-Anna Investment Fund Inc | Umatilla, FL | $4,999,757 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $4,910,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $4,792,766 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Koum Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $4,720,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Milton Roberts TW | Pittsburgh, PA | $4,681,785 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | San Diego, CA | $4,576,834 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Colorado Health Foundation | Denver, CO | $4,538,776 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | $4,534,754 | apps.irs.gov |
| JMM Charitable Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $4,470,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | $4,399,394 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sherwood Foundation | Omaha, NE | $4,287,073 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lozier Foundation | Omaha, NE | $4,262,856 | apps.irs.gov |
| The John A Hartford Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $4,169,757 | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert B Daugherty Foundation | Omaha, NE | $4,140,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation | Wilmington, DE | $4,055,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $4,037,717 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jeffrey Carlton Charitable Foundation | Villa Park, CA | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| David H Billion Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | $3,991,995 | apps.irs.gov |
| Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc | Secaucus, NJ | $3,951,292 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Boston, MA | $3,880,052 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Commonwealth Fund | New York, NY | $3,870,926 | apps.irs.gov |
| Circle of Service Foundation | Chicago, IL | $3,791,296 | apps.irs.gov |
| Argyros Family Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $3,737,107 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rippleworks Inc | San Francisco, CA | $3,700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $3,675,383 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kahlert Foundation Inc | Sykesville, MD | $3,610,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| GHR Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $3,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Meredith Kaplan Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,545,238 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $3,386,155 | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | $3,386,074 | 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.