Data / Foundation grants / Social science
Who funds social science: 960 foundations in 47 states, $341.6 million in grants
960 private foundations paid $341,645,298 to social science nonprofits in 47 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.
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- 960Foundations
- $341,645,298Total granted
By state
The state is where the recipient is.
| State | Foundations | Grants | Total |
|---|
| District of Columbia | 411 | 923 | $238,261,883 |
| New York | 178 | 234 | $25,894,390 |
| Massachusetts | 101 | 138 | $11,459,420 |
| California | 75 | 112 | $20,190,877 |
| Georgia | 67 | 76 | $2,495,246 |
| Virginia | 65 | 104 | $11,854,109 |
| Illinois | 39 | 47 | $3,851,143 |
| Colorado | 33 | 45 | $2,090,166 |
| Pennsylvania | 33 | 48 | $5,273,533 |
| Florida | 19 | 33 | $601,328 |
| South Carolina | 19 | 22 | $3,643,179 |
| New Mexico | 18 | 22 | $778,891 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 20 | $913,746 |
| Maryland | 14 | 19 | $525,128 |
| Maine | 13 | 16 | $264,690 |
| Nebraska | 12 | 16 | $366,889 |
| Oregon | 12 | 16 | $992,392 |
| Ohio | 11 | 15 | $606,753 |
| Michigan | 11 | 23 | $973,409 |
| Washington | 9 | 14 | $449,008 |
| Montana | 8 | 10 | $331,665 |
| Texas | 8 | 19 | $1,661,089 |
| Arizona | 7 | 10 | $455,124 |
| Missouri | 6 | 6 | $105,599 |
| Kansas | 5 | 8 | $70,759 |
| Delaware | 5 | 6 | $248,000 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 7 | $4,402,239 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 5 | $6,819 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 7 | $2,237,299 |
| Alabama | 3 | 3 | $85,000 |
| Utah | 3 | 3 | $15,544 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 3 | $8,998 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | $33,023 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 3 | $252,522 |
| Vermont | 2 | 2 | $33,773 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 4 | $12,065 |
| Indiana | 2 | 3 | $196,651 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 3 | $2,023 |
| Idaho | 1 | 1 | $414 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 2 | $301 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 1 | $43 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1 | $42 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | $37 |
| Alaska | 1 | 2 | $38 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | $18 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1 | $17 |
| Iowa | 1 | 1 | $16 |
Largest funders
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.
| Foundation | Based in | Total | Source |
|---|
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | $46,952,661 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $24,669,362 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $24,396,797 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | $9,453,937 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $9,205,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $8,818,475 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | $8,306,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $6,555,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hevolution Foundation Us | Boston, MA | $6,215,890 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | $5,897,752 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $5,594,902 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | New York, NY | $5,520,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $5,453,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | $5,296,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $5,234,016 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | $5,001,126 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | New York, NY | $4,298,087 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | $4,288,450 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,707,855 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $3,564,046 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $3,562,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mastercard Impact Fund | Purchase, NY | $3,545,929 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | $3,489,630 | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | $3,330,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | $3,295,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lewis Foundation | Aspen, CO | $3,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $3,109,117 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hutchins Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $2,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Prudential Foundation | Newark, NJ | $2,615,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | $2,503,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| BHP Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,413,130 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $2,402,426 | apps.irs.gov |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City, CA | $2,310,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carmel Hill Fund | New York, NY | $2,191,571 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smith Richardson Foundation Inc | Greensboro, NC | $2,136,377 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Commonwealth Fund | New York, NY | $2,039,734 | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | $2,021,282 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knight Foundation | Beaverton, OR | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | New York, NY | $1,831,796 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lumina Foundation for Education Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $1,805,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $1,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $1,670,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $1,665,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $1,531,936 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,515,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York, NY | $1,494,262 | apps.irs.gov |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | $1,472,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John P and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation | New York, NY | $1,379,198 | apps.irs.gov |
| Accenture Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,354,884 | apps.irs.gov |
| Imaginable Futures Foundation | Redwood City, CA | $1,316,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| Margot & Thomas Pritzker Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,255,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $1,251,075 | apps.irs.gov |
| LB Foundation | Greenville, SC | $1,216,850 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sherwood Foundation | Omaha, NE | $1,068,570 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | $1,065,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Penner Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $1,050,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tepper Foundation | New York, NY | $1,050,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation | Denver, CO | $1,010,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation | Oakland, CA | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citi Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Anne T and Robert M Bass Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $965,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $886,726 | apps.irs.gov |
| William T Grant Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $868,110 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alice L Walton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $858,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc | Waukesha, WI | $817,620 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gambrell Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Duke Endowment | Charlotte, NC | $772,446 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hirsch Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | $770,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pleroma Inc | Glen Rose, TX | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | New York, NY | $705,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The James Irvine Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $705,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Henry Luce Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $695,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation | Erie, PA | $675,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $675,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| JTMF Foundation | Wilmington, DE | $650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heinz Endowments | Pittsburgh, PA | $605,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art | New York, NY | $531,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | $530,951 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Texas Foundation | Bryan, TX | $526,173 | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $517,625 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Union Foundation | Denver, CO | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | $487,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Austin, TX | $485,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meyer Memorial Trust | Portland, OR | $476,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $425,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Perls Foundation Katherine Perls Et Al Trustees | Boston, MA | $407,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eleanor Crook Foundation | San Marcos, TX | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Searle Freedom Trust | Madison, WI | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Thomas H Lowder Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $370,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| JP Humphreys Foundation | Joplin, MO | $360,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gracias Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Poses Family Foundation | Florham Park, NJ | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $341,000 | 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.