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Largest grantmakers

The 100 organizations reporting the most paid out in grants on their most recent filing. 22 of them itemised their grants, 17,019 in all.

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By grants paid

Grants paid, not assets held. A large endowment that gives away little and a small one that gives away most of itself are different things, and this is the column that separates them — which is why the share of assets sits beside it.

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Organizations ranked by grants paid on their most recent filing
RankOrganizationGrants paidShare of assets
1FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$15,307,491,63517.7%
2DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING$8,872,852,96318.7%
3GATES FOUNDATION TRUST$8,096,000,00010.4%
4NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR$6,415,072,47911.4%
5GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA$6,217,247,90382.8%
6GATES FOUNDATION$5,856,756,5787.4%
7FEEDING AMERICA$4,771,873,654833.5%
8ASTRAZENECA PATIENT ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION$4,589,156,843not reported
9SANOFI-AVENTIS PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$4,149,829,881not reported
10GENENTECH PATIENT FOUNDATION$3,513,726,500828.5%
11SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,326,495,99227.0%
12GOOD360$3,295,725,3033,048.0%
13NOVARTIS PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$3,097,009,871808.8%
14GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC$3,082,130,42024.2%
15VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$3,057,423,43013.8%
16GAVI ALLIANCE$2,912,788,96130.6%
17BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC$2,658,494,8661,152.3%
18NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$2,604,923,99343.0%
19AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$2,324,264,081521.9%
20INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE$2,295,751,34448.5%
21THE WELLCOME TRUST$2,032,579,8513.5%
22DIRECT RELIEF$2,002,150,217154.9%
23BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CARES FOUNDATION INC$1,988,478,993656.4%
24MERCK PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC$1,911,974,8637,231.4%
25NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS$1,826,026,11613.9%
26MAYO CLINIC GROUP RETURN$1,672,735,0719.4%
27CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY$1,543,826,336196.8%
28LILLY ENDOWMENT INC$1,527,002,8182.5%
29PFIZER PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC$1,480,409,94415,786.4%
30MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED AND AFFILIATES GROUP RTN$1,429,056,6124.4%
31BAYER US PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$1,426,030,870355.3%
32AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC$1,418,749,740373.2%
33GOTHIC CORPORATION$1,417,259,95816.9%
34THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION$1,410,232,8552.8%
35AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC$1,367,277,41815.0%
36JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1,346,182,0005.3%
37AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$1,305,303,63115.5%
38MAP INTERNATIONAL$1,265,212,554347.8%
39THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST$1,225,337,51817.2%
40NOVO NORDISK FONDEN$1,171,517,71413.6%
41STEP UP FOR STUDENTS - FLORIDA INC$1,155,593,32277.7%
42WORLD FEDERATION OF HEMOPHILIA USA$1,154,048,112305.6%
43WORLD VISION$1,113,101,224216.0%
44PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$1,089,639,4651.4%
45NORTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER INC$1,066,126,012352.4%
46NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$1,057,746,1644.5%
47JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND$1,023,406,19628.8%
48BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$1,016,737,0008.4%
49CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$993,190,177204.5%
50REGIONAL CENTER OF THE EAST BAY INC$975,200,452220.2%
51BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$969,496,99419.0%
52JOHNSON & JOHNSON PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC$965,733,9381,592.6%
53TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$938,613,84710.1%
54CORNELL UNIVERSITY$932,703,3945.0%
55THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION$908,844,49332.0%
56NAVIGATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS INC$890,111,727954.8%
57THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$887,704,1391.3%
58INLAND COUNTIES REGIONAL CENTER INC$883,931,120268.9%
59SAN DIEGO IMPERIAL COUNTIES DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES INC$883,401,853496.8%
60TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$877,363,4553.7%
61PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION$874,621,85111.9%
62ALTA CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CENTER INC$870,508,549214.8%
63SAN ANDREAS REGIONAL CENTER$862,684,645488.9%
64BIG TEN CONFERENCE INC$844,124,194239.2%
65GLAXOSMITHKLINE PATIENT ACCESS PROGRAMS FOUNDATION$842,945,8791,200.0%
66FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS$804,486,97420.4%
67YALE UNIVERSITY$800,884,3141.5%
68PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND$797,890,089750.9%
69UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$791,373,2498.9%
70UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$789,348,8505.0%
71VOLKSWAGEN-STIFTUNG$782,154,98815.8%
72NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$780,323,4563.8%
73UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$775,730,3695.6%
74GLOBAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC$772,045,614not reported
75RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$770,759,42513.0%
76FORD FOUNDATION$770,674,4154.4%
77BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$725,628,66636,961.2%
78FLORIDA CLINICAL PRACTICE ASSOCIATION INC$715,932,787187.3%
79MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$706,619,0001.6%
80HOWARD G BUFFETT FOUNDATION$698,710,46097.3%
81SERGEY BRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION$688,727,68216.0%
82TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$675,616,7641.8%
83SOUTH CENTRAL L A REG CENTRAL FOR DVLOPMNTLY DISABLED PERSONS INC$674,429,171152.8%
84ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION$660,732,6274.9%
85ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE$650,630,789237.4%
86SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$632,693,214115.3%
87WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION$625,041,9784.4%
88JOBSOHIO BEVERAGE SYSTEM$625,000,00052.9%
89PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$620,310,6851.4%
90NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION$618,448,49154.8%
91MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC$616,057,744141.8%
92MAYO CLINIC$607,369,5922.3%
93GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC$597,303,877201.1%
94IMPACTASSETS INC$591,997,03119.7%
95EMORY UNIVERSITY$586,214,1662.4%
96UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$576,974,7271.9%
97SIGNATRY CHARITABLE TRUST$571,532,70870.0%
98HEALTHWELL FOUNDATION$570,236,14462.1%
99VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$569,225,7823.8%
100GOTHIC HSP CORPORATION$567,844,50220.6%

How to read this

  • Only a Form 990-PF itemises individual grants, so “grants listed” is blank for organizations filing a 990 or 990-EZ even though they report a total. A blank is not zero grants.
  • Share of assets above 100% is possible and is not an error: a foundation can pay out more than it holds at year end, by spending down or by passing money straight through.
  • On a Form 990-PF the figure is Part I line 25, contributions and grants paid. On a 990 it is grants and similar amounts paid. They are close but not the same line, and the form is shown for each row.
  • Nothing here says who received the money. Foundations list their recipients in the filing, and that is a separate piece of work — who funds whom is a different question from who gives most.
  • Each row is that organization’s most recent filing, and those are different years.

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