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Rank

Foundation

Grants

Total Given

1

Gates Foundation

149

218,924,686

2

Moore Foundation

101

116,406,920

3

Simons Foundation

173

71,288,375

4

Packard Foundation

61

59,217,348

5

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

211

57,538,382

6

Lemelson Foundation

9

26,305,108

7

Robert A. Welch Foundation

364

22,071,000

8

Intel Foundation

115

21,457,902

9

Richard King Mellon Foundation

76

18,796,200

10

W.M. Keck Foundation

32

18,625,000

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11

Walton Family Foundation

15

17,499,420

12

McKnight Foundation

17

14,300,000

13

Carnegie Corporation of New York

32

14,264,700

14

The Priem Family Foundation

2

13,010,083

15

Stephen Bechtel Fund

54

12,440,719

16

Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust

16

10,643,750

17

Ann and Bill Swindells Charitable Trust

3

10,300,000

18

Tosa Foundation

2

10,250,000

19

The G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation

42

10,060,773

20

Helmsley Charitable Trust

4

9,583,145

21

John Templeton Foundation

55

9,388,485

22

Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation

3

9,166,668

23

Starr Foundation

3

8,900,000

24

The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation

9

8,260,000

25

3M Foundation

139

8,203,273

26

ExxonMobil Foundation

46

8,195,607

27

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

46

7,806,300

28

The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Inc.

20

7,582,279

29

Ruth Mott Foundation

10

7,495,740

30

James S. McDonnell Foundation

52

7,014,375

31

Robertson Foundation

1

7,000,000

32

The PNC Foundation

103

6,954,594

33

The Noyce Foundation

36

6,273,455

34

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

7

6,200,000

35

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

79

6,091,863

36

Kellogg Foundation

16

6,082,362

37

Waitt Foundation

29

5,934,709

38

Merck Company Foundation

13

5,884,923

39

Hall Family Foundation (MO)

4

5,752,851

40

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (NC)

65

5,540,940

41

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

16

5,325,798

42

Henry Luce Foundation

18

5,019,930

43

The Dow Chemical Company Foundation

21

4,972,592

44

Heinz Endowments

13

4,914,266

45

The Lawrence Ellison Foundation

19

4,856,967

46

Omidyar Network Fund, Inc.

4

4,685,000

47

Sea Change Foundation

20

4,673,068

48

Pitney Bowes Literacy Education Fund

11

4,526,000

49

M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

35

4,322,273

50

MacArthur Foundation

17

4,290,000

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