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Rank

Foundation

Grants

Total Given

1

Ford Foundation

275

90,304,123

2

Richard King Mellon Foundation

89

67,651,450

3

MacArthur Foundation

103

35,906,800

4

Kellogg Foundation

51

28,439,427

5

Simons Foundation

14

24,023,263

6

Carnegie Corporation of New York

48

23,727,200

7

Open Society Institute

70

23,619,772

8

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

50

23,537,543

9

AVI CHAI Foundation

12

23,466,884

10

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

55

19,138,939

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11

Gates Foundation

21

17,693,956

12

Foundation to Promote Open Society

99

16,983,674

13

Hewlett Foundation

39

16,652,928

14

Annie E. Casey Foundation

119

11,074,392

15

Colcom Foundation

21

9,728,400

16

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

35

9,329,570

17

The Karsh Family Foundation

1

9,090,000

18

James S. McDonnell Foundation

48

9,036,295

19

Packard Foundation

31

8,562,245

20

Henry Luce Foundation

31

8,403,241

21

John Templeton Foundation

63

7,731,021

22

Leon Levy Foundation

11

7,013,054

23

Citi Foundation

25

6,286,000

24

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

9

6,192,222

25

New York Community Trust

33

6,146,959

26

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

88

5,584,500

27

Yellow Chair Foundation

2

5,402,000

28

Robina Foundation

4

5,097,343

29

Searle Freedom Trust

23

4,877,600

30

Ruth Mott Foundation

19

4,225,600

31

Kresge Foundation

11

4,117,683

32

Sid W. Richardson Foundation

29

4,089,697

33

Charles Koch Foundation

19

3,857,291

34

Alphawood Foundation

12

3,764,342

35

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

5

3,595,929

36

William T. Grant Foundation

32

3,331,945

37

White Oak Foundation

7

3,190,930

38

Sarah Scaife Foundation, Inc.

22

3,148,000

39

Shimon ben Joseph Foundation

8

2,900,123

40

Kinder Foundation

4

2,799,753

41

Houston Endowment Inc.

8

2,758,500

42

Koret Foundation

46

2,747,167

43

The Lawrence Ellison Foundation

16

2,742,967

44

NoVo Foundation

10

2,529,475

45

The Grainger Foundation Inc.

1

2,496,481

46

Freeman Foundation

14

2,331,610

47

MetLife Foundation

19

2,330,000

48

San Francisco Foundation

13

2,257,667

49

Spencer Foundation

38

2,194,810

50

Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences

4

2,132,500

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