List of wealthiest charitable foundations

This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations and consists of the 25 largest charitable foundations, private foundations and other charitable organizations.

Only nonprofit foundations are listed here. Funds that are part of a larger company are not included (such as holding companies, which typically hold the majority of outstanding stock of other companies).

The entries are ordered by the current size of the organization's total financial endowment (that is, the current total value of invested donations). The endowment value is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the exchange rates on March 4, 2008. Due to fluctuations in investment values and exchange rates, this list only represents the valuation of each foundation on a single day. The combined net worth of this list is US$219.8 billion.

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Wealthiest foundations

Rank Organization Country Headquarters Endowment ($USD) Endowment
(native currency)		 References
1 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  United States Seattle, Washington $36.7 billion [1]
2 Stichting INGKA Foundation  Netherlands Leiden, Netherlands $36 billion [2]
3 Wellcome Trust  United Kingdom London $22.90 billion £14.5 billion (GBP) [3] [4]
4 Howard Hughes Medical Institute  United States Chevy Chase, Maryland $16.1 billion [5]
5 Ford Foundation  United States New York City, New York $13.8 billion [6]
6 The Church Commissioners for England  United Kingdom London $10.5 billion £5.67 billion (GBP) [7]
7 J. Paul Getty Trust  United States Los Angeles, California $10.1 billion [6]
8 Li Ka Shing Foundation  Hong Kong Hong Kong $10.1 billion $77.8 billion (HKD) [8]
9 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  United States Princeton, New Jersey $10.0 billion [6]
9 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation  United Arab Emirates Dubai $10.0 billion $36.7 billion (AED) [9]
10 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  United States Menlo Park, California $8.5 billion [6]
11 W.K. Kellogg Foundation  United States Battle Creek, Michigan $8.4 billion [6]
12 Kamehameha Schools  United States Honolulu, Hawaii $7.66 billion [6]|
13 Lilly Endowment  United States Indianapolis, Indiana $7.6 billion [6]
14 Infosys Foundation  India Bangalore, India $7.5 billion Rs 30,000 crore (INR) [10]
15 Garfield Weston Foundation  United Kingdom London $6.9 billion £3.5 billion (GBP) [11]
16 Robert Bosch Foundation  Germany Stuttgart $6.9 billion €4.5 billion (EUR) [3]
17 David and Lucile Packard Foundation  United States Los Altos, California $6.3 billion [6]
18 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation  United States New York City, New York $6.1 billion [6]
19 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation  United States Chicago, Illinois $6.1 billion [6]
20 The Pew Charitable Trusts  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $5.8 billion [12]
21 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation  United States San Francisco, California $5.8 billion [6]
22 Realdania  Denmark Copenhagen $5.6 billion kr 27.4 billion (DKK) [13]
23 Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation  Sweden Stockholm $5.3 billion kr 32.7 billion (SEK) [14]
24 The California Endowment  United States Los Angeles $4.4 billion [6]
25 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation  Portugal Lisbon $3.8 billion €2.5 billion (EUR) [15]
26 Rockefeller Foundation  United States New York City, New York $3.8 billion [6]
27 The Starr Foundation  United States New York City, New York $3.5 billion [6]
28 The Kresge Foundation  United States Troy, Michigan $3.3 billion [6]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Flat-pack accounting". The Economist. 2006-05-11. http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139. Retrieved 2007-01-02. 
  3. ^ a b "10 Largest Foundations in the World". How Stuff Works. http://money.howstuffworks.com/10-largest-foundations-in-the-world.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  4. ^ "Annual report and financial statements 2010". Wellcome Trust. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@msh_publishing_group/documents/web_document/wtx063982.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 
  5. ^ "Annual Report Finance & Investments 2011". Howard Hughes Medical Institute. http://www.hhmi.org/annualreport2011/people-and-financials/financials.html. Retrieved 2011-11-3. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Top 100 U.S. Foundations by Asset Size". Foundation Center. http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/topfunders/top100assets.html. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  7. ^ "Asset Management". The Church of England. http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchcommissioners/assets/. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
  8. ^ Linebaugh, Kate (2007-11-02). "The Revolution of Chairman Li". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119394575671179451.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
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  10. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/article2379463.ece
  11. ^ "Report and accounts of the trustees". Garfield Weston Foundation. 2006-04-05. http://www.garfieldweston.org/report/2006Report.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  12. ^ "Pew Prospectus". Pew Charitable Trusts. http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Static_Pages/About_Us/PP_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  13. ^ "AnnuAl RepoRt 2007". Danske Bank. http://www.danskebank.com/en-uk/ir/Documents/2007/Q4/annualreport2007.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  14. ^ "The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation". Wallenberg. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20080303131550/http://wallenberg.org/kaw/in_english/default.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  15. ^ "Europe’s Top 40 Foundations". PNN Online. http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=4620. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 

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