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Latest Market Values of Big Endowments at 112 Nonprofit Groups

June 4, 2009 | Read Time: 5 minutes
Most recent market-value estimate
Date of estimate
Percentage change from 2008
2008 market value
Percentage change from 2007
Fiscal year ends
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)
$26,100,000,000
2/28/2009
– 12.1%
$29,700,000,000
– 23.3%
December 31
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.)
5,900,000,000
3/31/2009
– 4.8
6,200,000,000
– 32.6
December 31
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
5,550,000,000
3/31/2009
– 27.0
7,600,000,000
7.2
June 30
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.)
4,200,000,000
3/31/2009
– 6.7
4,500,000,000
– 30.1
December 31
Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.)
3,000,000,000
12/31/2008
– 18.0
3,660,159,000
– 2.7
June 30
University of Minnesota and Foundation (Minneapolis)
2,200,000,000
12/31/2008
– 21.4
2,800,000,000
0.0
June 30
New York University
1,970,025,000
3/31/2009
– 21.0
2,494,239,000
16.4
August 31
Brown University (Providence, R.I.)
1,924,485,742
3/31/2009
– 29.9
2,746,832,000
4.3
June 30
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
1,902,000,000
2/28/2009
– 24.7
2,524,575,000
– 9.8
June 30
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation (Atlanta)
1,900,758,992
4/1/2009
– 4.2
1,983,075,239
– 26.2
December 31
University of Washington (Seattle)
1,617,726,813
12/31/2008
– 25.2
2,161,438,487
4.2
June 30
Ohio State University (Columbus)
1,603,558,619
4/30/2009
– 22.8
2,075,853,120
– 11.2
June 30
Cleveland Foundation 1
1,522,000,000
3/31/2009
– 10.5
1,700,000,000
– 22.2
December 31
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena)
1,321,700,000
3/31/2009
– 18.4
1,619,136,017
– 14.9
September 30
Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.)
1,319,800,923
3/31/2008
– 24.0
1,735,659,825
– 2.9
June 30
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
1,246,000,000
12/31/2008
– 26.8
1,702,771,000
3.1
May 31
Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.)
1,180,000,000
3/31/2009
– 18.7
1,450,602,000
2.1
September 30
University of Oklahoma (Norman)
1,091,668,521
3/31/2009
– 5.5
1,154,794,112
3.6
June 30
McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago)
1,054,600,000
4/1/2009
8.0
976,501,678
– 18.8
December 31
University of Florida (Gainesville)
974,431,473
3/31/2009
– 22.1
1,250,602,940
2.6
June 30
Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
959,500,000
4/1/2009
– 15.8
1,139,774,903
1.5
June 30
University of Delaware (Newark)
901,954,560
2/28/2009
– 26.3
1,223,203,000
– 12.5
June 30
University of Nebraska (Lincoln)
900,000,000
12/31/2008
– 26.3
1,221,331,000
– 4.4
June 30
Smithsonian Institution (Washington)
759,400,000
3/31/2009
– 17.6
921,900,000
– 9.5
September 30
Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.)
755,285,000
3/31/2009
– 29.9
1,077,036,000
– 7.3
June 30
Boston Foundation
710,000,000
4/1/2009
– 20.9
897,464,308
3.1
June 30
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
675,685,030
2/28/2009
– 34.5
1,031,716,011
– 5.0
June 30
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York
660,400,000
3/31/2009
– 19.8
823,892,000
4.1
June 30
American Red Cross (Washington)
614,900,000
3/31/2009
– 20.4
772,439,000
1.1
June 30
New York Public Library
530,000,000
3/31/2009
– 29.6
753,000,000
– 6.2
June 30
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
511,024,775
12/31/2008
– 12.7
585,427,768
– 4.3
June 30
Principia Corporation (St. Louis)
510,600,000
4/1/2009
– 30.5
735,016,000
– 5.4
June 30
Cleveland Museum of Art
510,372,000
3/31/2009
– 30.7
736,944,000
– 10.2
June 30
Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia 2
495,000,000
3/31/2009
– 2.6
508,018,563
– 23.8
December 31
Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.)
460,000,000
1/31/2009
– 13.8
533,427,295
3.8
June 30
Pittsburgh Foundation
435,000,000
4/3/2009
– 4.4
455,000,000
– 28.5
December 31
Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix)
420,000,000
3/31/2009
– 17.8
511,000,000
9.9
March 31
Denver Foundation 3
409,581,730
2/28/2009
8.6
377,184,642
– 9.4
December 31
Children’s Hospital Foundation and Guild Association (Seattle)
350,282,950
3/31/2009
– 20.1
438,386,229
– 31.6
September 30
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York)
335,634,000
12/31/2008
– 22.2
431,390,000
9.1
June 30
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
330,000,000
12/31/2008
– 28.1
458,843,716
– 5.0
June 30
Minneapolis Foundation 4
325,742,396
4/1/2009
– 38.8
532,595,305
– 5.4
March 31
Saint Paul Foundation
275,042,176
3/31/2009
– 10.0
305,750,000
– 33.2
December 31
Indianapolis Museum of Art
270,100,000
4/1/2009
– 2.5
277,000,000
– 29.0
December 31
National Academy of Sciences (Washington)
268,183,613
4/1/2009
– 7.1
288,716,778
– 34.1
December 31
Nemours Foundation (Jacksonville, Fla.)
248,205,778
3/31/2009
– 31.2
360,524,184
– 31.3
December 31
United Jewish Foundation and Jewish Federation Metropolitan Detroit (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
248,000,000
2/28/2009
– 38.5
403,370,000
0.3
May 31
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (N.Y.)
222,000,000
3/31/2009
0.0
222,000,000
– 27.6
December 31
Dayton Foundation (Ohio) 5
220,000,000
3/31/2009
– 20.4
276,309,577
– 6.9
June 30
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, Calif.)
201,206,000
4/30/2009
– 24.2
265,270,000
8.4
June 30
Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis)
166,726,430
3/31/2009
– 33.0
248,711,053
– 5.3
June 30
Rochester Area Community Foundation (N.Y.) 4
166,000,000
4/1/2009
– 5.9
176,481,791
– 22.1
March 31
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
164,000,000
3/31/2009
– 29.2
231,592,000
– 0.6
June 30
San Francisco Symphony
164,000,000
1/31/2009
– 30.6
236,370,039
– 4.4
August 31
World Wildlife Fund (Washington)
156,200,000
3/31/2009
– 24.9
207,945,253
– 4.4
June 30
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
153,836,000
3/31/2009
– 26.4
208,934,748
– 3.0
June 30
National Audubon Society (New York)
$152,000,000
3/31/2009
– 22.8%
197,000,000
– 1.0
June 30
RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, Calif.)
150,000,000
3/31/2009
– 18.4
183,752,000
– 10.6
September 30
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
$147,639,221
4/1/2009
– 24.4
195,326,857
– 8.8
August 31
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif.)
132,887,794
3/31/2009
– 5.2
140,217,872
– 18.9
December 31
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (Evanston, Ill.)
131,500,000
3/31/2009
– 30.1
188,000,000
– 6.0
June 30
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
120,900,000
3/31/2009
– 2.3
123,800,000
– 23.1
December 31
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
105,000,000
12/31/2008
– 29.1
148,060,293
– 13.0
June 30
United Way of King County (Seattle)
101,932,235
12/31/2008
– 14.7
119,493,688
19.4
June 30
Saint Louis Symphony (St. Louis)
99,138,000
3/31/2009
– 24.0
130,372,000
– 5.3
August 31
Save the Children (Westport, Conn.)
94,290,261
3/31/2009
– 10.0
104,773,891
16.9
September 30
Mennonite Board of Education (Elkhart, Ind.)
92,561,987
3/31/2009
– 41.5
158,244,052
– 11.3
June 30
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
80,500,000
4/1/2009
– 31.0
116,733,000
– 10.2
August 31
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
79,485,527
3/1/2009
– 24.1
104,741,078
4.0
June 30
United Way of Greater Rochester (N.Y.)
78,167,056
3/31/2009
– 35.5
121,249,755
– 8.9
March 31
San Francisco Ballet
68,654,294
3/31/2009
– 21.5
87,451,612
– 1.1
June 30
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York)
67,628,000
3/31/2009
– 2.9
69,670,000
– 27.2
December 31
National Jewish Health (Denver)
67,498,000
3/31/2009
– 28.7
94,701,000
– 0.7
June 30
Natural Resources Defense Council (New York)
65,805,569
3/31/2009
– 24.3
86,950,000
3.1
June 30
Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
64,316,000
3/31/2009
– 17.1
77,544,000
3.1
September 30
International Rescue Committee (New York)
61,436,770
3/31/2009
– 23.4
80,251,000
– 8.0
September 30
Young Life (Colorado Springs)
60,434,999
3/31/2009
45.7
41,475,929
– 7.8
September 30
National Wildlife Federation (Reston, Va.)
55,756,492
3/31/2009
– 25.8
75,138,442
– 6.5
August 31
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky (Louisville)
42,036,000
4/1/2009
– 5.6
44,531,717
– 26.5
December 31
Orange County Community Foundation (Irvine, Calif.)
36,000,000
3/31/2009
– 22.0
46,130,000
5.8
June 30
National Constitution Center (Philadelphia)
32,362,892
3/31/2009
– 4.5
33,890,598
– 14.3
September 30
Direct Relief International (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 6
31,242,000
4/1/2009
– 31.7
45,727,450
3.6
March 31
East Bay Community Foundation (Oakland, Calif.)
31,161,454
4/1/2009
– 33.4
46,796,305
– 10.6
June 30
Heifer International Foundation (Little Rock, Ark.)
29,624,565
4/1/2009
– 7.8
32,131,241
– 27.4
December 31
American Heart Association (Dallas)
28,600,000
3/31/2009
– 24.4
37,847,263
– 13.1
June 30
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
24,500,000
3/31/2009
– 2.1
25,017,493
– 25.2
December 31
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation (Triangle, Va.)
23,643,688
4/1/2009
– 1.2
23,934,140
92.6
December 31
WTTW/Window to the World Communications (Chicago)
21,000,000
3/31/2009
– 28.4
29,311,044
– 6.9
June 30
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
19,409,619
4/1/2009
– 25.4
26,006,265
– 1.3
June 30
Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.)
17,073,439
3/31/2009
– 29.2
24,130,246
– 10.2
June 30
Dallas Foundation
16,062,687
4/1/2009
– 1.7
16,337,677
– 22.3
December 31
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation (Great Neck, N.Y.)
16,042,553
3/31/2009
– 3.5
16,628,000
– 10.4
December 31
Advocate Charitable Foundation (Park Ridge, Ill.)
15,496,000
3/31/2009
– 7.6
16,771,519
– 29.7
December 31
Northern California Public Broadcasting (San Francisco)
14,935,135
3/31/2009
– 25.7
20,099,912
– 19.8
September 30
St. Labre Indian School (Ashland, Mont.)
12,894,901
3/31/2009
– 31.0
18,675,445
7.0
June 30
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.)
11,500,000
3/31/2009
– 4.0
11,980,000
– 14.3
December 31
CARE (Atlanta)
11,123,000
3/30/2009
– 29.1
15,695,000
– 7.5
June 30
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
11,093,951
4/1/2009
– 18.8
13,654,452
– 8.6
June 30
United Way of Central Alabama (Birmingham)
9,841,948
3/31/2009
– 2.2
10,067,743
– 13.0
December 31
Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix)
9,725,781
4/1/2009
– 9.7
10,765,713
22.6
June 30
United Way of Central Maryland (Baltimore)
9,640,913
4/1/2009
– 32.3
14,244,982
– 20.9
June 30
United Way Central and Northeastern Connecticut (Hartford)
9,484,157
3/31/2009
– 33.9
14,337,761
– 7.9
June 30
Girls Incorporated (New York)
9,254,151
3/31/2009
– 18.6
11,364,295
– 10.8
March 31
Pacific Northwest Ballet (Seattle)
8,203,162
2/28/2009
– 31.8
12,033,894
– 10.9
June 30
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole (Wyo.)
6,727,800
4/1/2009
– 6.1
7,167,000
– 23.8
December 31
Ensworth School (Nashville)
6,000,000
4/1/2009
– 33.3
9,000,000
12.9
May 31
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region (Appleton, Wis.)
5,293,260
12/31/2008
– 23.8
6,944,676
– 10.1
June 30
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Missoula, Mont.)
4,872,835
4/1/2009
– 7.4
5,264,000
– 15.8
December 31
United Cerebral Palsy (Washington)
4,512,570
4/1/2009
– 26.0
6,098,383
– 20.6
September 30
City Year (Boston)
4,314,266
3/31/2009
– 41.5
7,370,669
– 10.0
June 30
Houston Food Bank
3,936,863
4/1/2009
– 32.2
5,802,355
– 13.2
June 30
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (White Plains, N.Y.)
3,898,140
2/28/2009
– 25.5
5,235,262
– 3.5
June 30
NOTE: Figures may be estimated or unaudited.
1.Figures include nine affiliates.
2. Figures include seven affiliates.
3. Figures include affiliates.
4. Figures include one affiliate.
5. Figures include 11 affiliates.
6. Figures are for Direct Relief International and Direct Relief Foundation.


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