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Who funds public and societal benefit: 4,264 foundations in 52 states, $681.8 million in grants

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4,264 private foundations paid $681,750,799 to public and societal benefit nonprofits in 52 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.

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4,264Foundations
$681,750,799Total granted

By state

The state is where the recipient is.

State	Foundations	Grants	Total
District of Columbia	1,146	1,919	$194,931,373
New York	523	986	$164,158,592
California	490	1,022	$97,405,272
Virginia	443	599	$36,305,536
Texas	241	528	$18,342,003
Pennsylvania	179	333	$8,781,176
Maine	179	204	$1,753,511
Illinois	173	316	$13,001,536
Florida	157	354	$8,082,410
Connecticut	145	207	$916,291
Massachusetts	143	234	$8,660,106
North Carolina	135	272	$16,057,156
Missouri	114	215	$5,744,993
Wisconsin	114	230	$2,960,291
Ohio	111	231	$3,155,666
Kentucky	103	161	$11,239,447
Colorado	87	167	$9,728,293
New Jersey	86	192	$3,159,622
Maryland	83	149	$1,870,954
Minnesota	82	188	$5,313,203
Oregon	81	167	$7,298,609
Michigan	80	206	$3,458,225
Georgia	78	162	$3,723,298
Tennessee	72	164	$3,276,429
Indiana	70	139	$5,624,673
Washington	69	158	$2,457,105
Arizona	58	154	$2,411,632
Iowa	45	91	$999,185
Utah	41	71	$1,854,700
Nebraska	36	69	$1,889,568
Montana	36	65	$1,528,166
Alabama	34	78	$1,524,603
South Carolina	32	84	$3,343,671
Nevada	32	66	$1,211,865
Louisiana	31	66	$2,275,215
Oklahoma	28	62	$452,334
Wyoming	27	47	$1,588,548
New Hampshire	25	51	$773,335
New Mexico	25	44	$2,120,100
Idaho	24	47	$675,715
Rhode Island	21	32	$394,257
West Virginia	18	32	$1,651,200
Vermont	17	21	$148,203
South Dakota	17	31	$1,524,713
Delaware	16	36	$12,365,281
Mississippi	14	25	$1,109,127
Alaska	14	27	$670,051
Hawaii	13	31	$242,909
Kansas	9	44	$34,059
North Dakota	6	17	$18,721
Arkansas	5	25	$3,138,489
Puerto Rico	5	8	$399,382

Largest funders

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

Foundation	Based in	Total	Source
Lilly Endowment Inc	Indianapolis, IN	$41,628,800	apps.irs.gov
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Princeton, NJ	$33,044,769	apps.irs.gov
Palladium Foundation	Salt Lake City, UT	$27,510,000	apps.irs.gov
The Ford Foundation	New York, NY	$25,215,309	apps.irs.gov
Freedom Together Foundation	New York, NY	$19,972,000	apps.irs.gov
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc	New York, NY	$19,237,500	apps.irs.gov
Good Ventures Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$19,020,724	apps.irs.gov
Gates Foundation	Seattle, WA	$17,449,695	apps.irs.gov
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation	Menlo Park, CA	$15,259,732	apps.irs.gov
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation	Chicago, IL	$12,305,000	apps.irs.gov
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation	Omaha, NE	$10,465,428	apps.irs.gov
Laura and John Arnold Foundation	Houston, TX	$10,064,998	apps.irs.gov
Valhalla Foundation	Woodside, CA	$10,000,000	apps.irs.gov
WK Kellogg Foundation	Battle Creek, MI	$9,279,460	apps.irs.gov
The James Irvine Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$9,157,500	apps.irs.gov
Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation	Redmond, WA	$7,935,000	apps.irs.gov
Walton Family Foundation Inc	Bentonville, AR	$7,524,777	apps.irs.gov
Carnegie Corporation of New York	New York, NY	$7,378,100	apps.irs.gov
Peter G Peterson Foundation	New York, NY	$7,366,175	apps.irs.gov
The California Endowment	Los Angeles, CA	$6,110,878	apps.irs.gov
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc	Bethesda, MD	$6,010,000	apps.irs.gov
Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated	Pittsburgh, PA	$5,947,000	apps.irs.gov
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation	Los Altos, CA	$5,580,361	apps.irs.gov
Musk Foundation	Austin, TX	$5,450,000	apps.irs.gov
Democracy Fund Inc	Washington, DC	$5,425,000	apps.irs.gov
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc	Baltimore, MD	$5,388,221	apps.irs.gov
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc	Milwaukee, WI	$5,300,000	apps.irs.gov
Crankstart Foundation	San Jose, CA	$5,250,000	apps.irs.gov
Wal-Mart Foundation	Bentonville, AR	$4,345,240	apps.irs.gov
Conrad N Hilton Foundation	Westlake Village, CA	$4,291,000	apps.irs.gov
CSX Foundation Inc	Jacksonville, FL	$4,209,648	apps.irs.gov
The Marcus Foundation Inc	Atlanta, GA	$3,890,000	apps.irs.gov
Houston Endowment Inc	Houston, TX	$3,773,000	apps.irs.gov
The Heising-Simons Foundation	Los Altos, CA	$3,710,005	apps.irs.gov
Susquehanna Foundation	Bala Cynwyd, PA	$3,500,000	apps.irs.gov
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated	Winstonsalem, NC	$3,500,000	apps.irs.gov
The McKnight Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$3,430,000	apps.irs.gov
The Schmidt Family Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$3,286,000	apps.irs.gov
Waverley Street Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$3,175,000	apps.irs.gov
The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation	Atlanta, GA	$3,095,000	apps.irs.gov
The Searle Freedom Trust	Madison, WI	$3,055,000	apps.irs.gov
Park Foundation Inc	Ithaca, NY	$3,005,000	apps.irs.gov
Foundation To Promote Open Society	New York, NY	$2,944,979	apps.irs.gov
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust	New York, NY	$2,944,111	apps.irs.gov
The Blackrock Charitable Foundation	New York, NY	$2,750,000	apps.irs.gov
Catena Foundation	Carbondale, CO	$2,600,000	apps.irs.gov
JPMorgan Chase Foundation	New York, NY	$2,486,159	apps.irs.gov
The Tepper Foundation	New York, NY	$2,345,000	apps.irs.gov
The Rockefeller Foundation	New York, NY	$2,145,000	apps.irs.gov
Open Society Institute	New York, NY	$2,101,500	apps.irs.gov
Reader's Digest Foundation	New York, NY	$2,066,100	apps.irs.gov
Sequoia Climate Foundation	Irvine, CA	$2,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Aditi Foundation	Sioux Falls, SD	$2,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Kresge Foundation	Troy, MI	$1,974,000	apps.irs.gov
Boniface Foundation	St Louis, MO	$1,918,500	apps.irs.gov
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation	Palo Alto, CA	$1,843,000	apps.irs.gov
Kaphan Foundation	Seattle, WA	$1,840,355	apps.irs.gov
Edward Jones Foundation	St Louis, MO	$1,829,981	apps.irs.gov
Dogwood Health Trust	Asheville, NC	$1,828,565	apps.irs.gov
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund	San Francisco, CA	$1,815,500	apps.irs.gov
John Templeton Foundation	West Conshohocken, PA	$1,814,970	apps.irs.gov
Cohen Veterans Network Inc	Stamford, CT	$1,738,297	apps.irs.gov
Wells Fargo Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$1,710,000	apps.irs.gov
Widger Family Foundation	Philadelphia, PA	$1,700,000	apps.irs.gov
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc	New York, NY	$1,694,662	apps.irs.gov
Omidyar Network Fund Inc	Redwood City, CA	$1,650,000	apps.irs.gov
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc	Boston, MA	$1,600,000	apps.irs.gov
John S and James L Knight Foundation	Miami, FL	$1,584,989	apps.irs.gov
Skyline Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$1,550,000	apps.irs.gov
The Grove Foundation	Los Altos, CA	$1,510,000	apps.irs.gov
Margaret A Cargill Foundation	Eden Prairie, MN	$1,500,000	apps.irs.gov
Meyer Memorial Trust	Portland, OR	$1,490,094	apps.irs.gov
The Dunn Foundation	Collegeville, PA	$1,486,456	apps.irs.gov
The Casey & Family Foundation	Boston, MA	$1,450,000	apps.irs.gov
The Joyce Foundation	Chicago, IL	$1,386,000	apps.irs.gov
The California Wellness Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	$1,383,100	apps.irs.gov
The Klarman Family Foundation	Boston, MA	$1,375,000	apps.irs.gov
Wallace Global Fund II	Washington, DC	$1,355,000	apps.irs.gov
Kattom Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$1,313,384	apps.irs.gov
The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund	San Francisco, CA	$1,280,000	apps.irs.gov
The Heinz Endowments	Pittsburgh, PA	$1,265,000	apps.irs.gov
The George Gund Foundation	Cleveland, OH	$1,258,888	apps.irs.gov
The Alta and John Franks Foundation	Shreveport, LA	$1,255,000	apps.irs.gov
Quadrivium	New York, NY	$1,250,000	apps.irs.gov
The Rees-Jones Foundation	Dallas, TX	$1,233,000	apps.irs.gov
The Skoll Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$1,220,500	apps.irs.gov
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation	Ardmore, OK	$1,200,000	apps.irs.gov
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$1,188,175	apps.irs.gov
Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc	Boca Raton, FL	$1,175,000	apps.irs.gov
Surdna Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$1,175,000	apps.irs.gov
The Sherwood Foundation	Omaha, NE	$1,135,338	apps.irs.gov
Marguerite Casey Foundation	Seattle, WA	$1,110,000	apps.irs.gov
Every Org	San Francisco, CA	$1,105,122	apps.irs.gov
Robert J Werra Foundation	Plano, TX	$1,100,000	apps.irs.gov
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc	Winstonsalem, NC	$1,100,000	apps.irs.gov
Wild Lives Foundation	Seattle, WA	$1,100,000	apps.irs.gov
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$1,078,235	apps.irs.gov
John M Belk Endowment	Charlotte, NC	$1,070,000	apps.irs.gov
The Prudential Foundation	Newark, NJ	$1,053,000	apps.irs.gov
Limestone Foundation	Boston, MA	$1,030,000	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.