Data / Foundation grants / Human services
Who funds human services: 22,663 foundations in 53 states, $2.8 billion in grants
22,663 private foundations paid $2,832,580,590 to human services 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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- 22,663Foundations
- $2,832,580,590Total granted
By state
The state is where the recipient is.
| State | Foundations | Grants | Total |
|---|
| New York | 3,605 | 8,761 | $466,330,278 |
| California | 3,020 | 10,026 | $372,863,166 |
| Florida | 2,420 | 5,833 | $126,071,116 |
| Texas | 1,728 | 6,952 | $161,322,784 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,558 | 4,560 | $92,291,337 |
| Massachusetts | 1,466 | 4,368 | $95,178,323 |
| Illinois | 1,381 | 4,152 | $102,922,111 |
| New Jersey | 1,075 | 2,718 | $52,434,890 |
| Ohio | 1,042 | 3,348 | $58,252,301 |
| Virginia | 964 | 2,506 | $43,672,017 |
| Michigan | 876 | 2,986 | $60,240,766 |
| Colorado | 867 | 2,519 | $47,351,080 |
| North Carolina | 827 | 2,838 | $50,418,214 |
| District of Columbia | 813 | 1,444 | $167,290,699 |
| Georgia | 736 | 2,619 | $92,976,123 |
| Washington | 687 | 2,537 | $54,505,428 |
| Maryland | 673 | 1,848 | $48,335,940 |
| Connecticut | 671 | 1,586 | $36,024,014 |
| Minnesota | 649 | 2,325 | $95,903,460 |
| Missouri | 610 | 2,034 | $39,990,406 |
| Wisconsin | 578 | 2,070 | $41,832,089 |
| Tennessee | 572 | 1,689 | $26,139,856 |
| Indiana | 486 | 1,915 | $103,852,388 |
| Arizona | 458 | 1,509 | $19,106,717 |
| Oregon | 389 | 1,635 | $31,005,510 |
| Kentucky | 364 | 1,109 | $24,617,454 |
| South Carolina | 358 | 1,057 | $12,057,379 |
| Maine | 355 | 866 | $11,069,339 |
| Alabama | 343 | 1,125 | $16,086,690 |
| Kansas | 310 | 833 | $21,407,545 |
| Iowa | 309 | 1,015 | $11,114,884 |
| Nebraska | 307 | 1,015 | $62,243,519 |
| Oklahoma | 300 | 1,181 | $27,550,462 |
| Utah | 241 | 712 | $21,987,122 |
| Louisiana | 239 | 761 | $14,845,698 |
| Nevada | 233 | 590 | $15,310,975 |
| New Mexico | 225 | 550 | $11,748,143 |
| New Hampshire | 221 | 647 | $5,647,155 |
| Montana | 205 | 622 | $15,036,381 |
| Rhode Island | 182 | 496 | $8,489,992 |
| Vermont | 175 | 457 | $3,899,472 |
| Idaho | 171 | 425 | $5,739,537 |
| Arkansas | 138 | 459 | $10,490,588 |
| Mississippi | 137 | 383 | $15,101,832 |
| West Virginia | 136 | 462 | $5,885,546 |
| Hawaii | 132 | 346 | $5,832,171 |
| Wyoming | 98 | 269 | $2,904,071 |
| Delaware | 95 | 293 | $4,634,316 |
| South Dakota | 86 | 255 | $4,813,970 |
| North Dakota | 64 | 261 | $2,802,630 |
| Alaska | 46 | 198 | $3,570,854 |
| Puerto Rico | 25 | 87 | $1,097,249 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 5 | 7 | $284,603 |
Largest funders
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.
| Foundation | Based in | Total | Source |
|---|
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $127,900,366 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | $60,953,605 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tepper Foundation | New York, NY | $47,211,681 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sherwood Foundation | Omaha, NE | $33,441,910 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $32,903,607 | apps.irs.gov |
| Druckenmiller Foundation | New York, NY | $31,164,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $28,895,418 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $28,867,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | $25,065,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $24,352,307 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | $22,490,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $19,682,791 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Goodman Family Operating Foundation | Chaska, MN | $18,552,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $18,078,527 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $17,405,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | $16,645,040 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kataly Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $14,965,292 | apps.irs.gov |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | $14,832,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $13,809,680 | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | $13,102,025 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | $12,847,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation | Sandy, UT | $12,022,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc | Midland, TX | $11,931,730 | apps.irs.gov |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Vancouver, WA | $11,681,613 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | $11,080,700 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $10,824,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba A James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | $10,770,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,621,815 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $10,400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $10,381,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | $10,122,388 | apps.irs.gov |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $9,957,347 | apps.irs.gov |
| Duganscallon Memorial Fund | Eagan, MN | $9,825,954 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $9,753,524 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | $9,332,062 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc | Waukesha, WI | $9,164,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | $9,131,240 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $8,956,775 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $8,938,835 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citi Foundation | New York, NY | $8,900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lozier Foundation | Omaha, NE | $8,896,016 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hillman Family Foundations | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,521,150 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Colorado Health Foundation | Denver, CO | $8,110,502 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation | Bayport, MN | $7,731,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | $7,621,466 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dogwood Health Trust | Asheville, NC | $7,281,873 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $7,225,780 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marcus Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $7,075,377 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Levecke Family Foundation | Irvine, CA | $7,054,845 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $6,920,391 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bush Foundation | St Paul, MN | $6,750,835 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Endowment Inc | Houston, TX | $6,730,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | $6,543,828 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Duke Endowment | Charlotte, NC | $6,532,650 | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | $6,532,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leon Levine Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $6,333,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $6,195,621 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $6,161,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | $6,120,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ed Rachal Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | $6,024,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $5,729,844 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rees-Jones Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,629,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $5,625,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seedlings Foundation | Branford, CT | $5,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,475,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meyer Memorial Trust | Portland, OR | $5,404,031 | apps.irs.gov |
| T Causemetics Foundation Dba Thrive Causemetics Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $5,373,292 | apps.irs.gov |
| Margaret A Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | $5,354,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $5,342,278 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pinkerton Foundation | New York, NY | $5,246,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knight Foundation | Beaverton, OR | $5,213,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Buffett Early Childhood Fund | Omaha, NE | $4,783,800 | apps.irs.gov |
| Truist Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $4,691,064 | apps.irs.gov |
| Musk Foundation | Austin, TX | $4,635,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | New York, NY | $4,574,100 | apps.irs.gov |
| S4 Foundation | Austin, TX | $4,570,781 | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Wellness Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $4,549,717 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Seattle, WA | $4,500,861 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Grove Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $4,477,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | $4,462,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | $4,419,287 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foglia Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $4,380,956 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Aldarra Foundation | Seattle, WA | $4,375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $4,348,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Norcliffe Foundation | Seattle, WA | $4,307,613 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | $4,217,462 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Koum Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $4,190,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust | Paducah, KY | $4,160,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Satterberg Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | $4,155,098 | apps.irs.gov |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | San Francisco, CA | $4,096,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lakeshore Foundation Dated April 5 2011 | Redwood City, CA | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Otto Bremer Trust | St Paul, MN | $3,970,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Esl Charitable Foundation | Rochester, NY | $3,960,118 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carson Family Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $3,900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Red Gates Foundation | Richmond, VA | $3,900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation | Rochester, NY | $3,850,542 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Essex Avenue Foundation | Wilmington, DE | $3,825,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Frederick A Deluca Foundation Inc | Pompano Beach, FL | $3,785,599 | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $3,768,500 | 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.