Assets and Grant Making at 91 Big Foundations

March 6, 2003 | Read Time: 7 minutes

Ninety-one of the nation’s 229 biggest foundations did not respond to The Chronicle‘s repeated requests for information about their grant making and assets in 2001 and their plans for the year ahead. Following are data from those foundations’ informational tax returns and from the Foundation Center.

	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation (Boise, Idaho)	$26,214,814	$634,056,282	Education
Andersen Foundation (Bayport, Minn.)	$22,175,600	$440,540,879	Arts and culture, education, government and public policy, health, medical research and education
John W. Anderson Foundation (Valparaiso, Ind.)	$10,111,745	$192,906,913	Arts and culture, children and youth, community and economic development, education, human services
Anschutz Foundation (Denver)¹	$24,292,561	$620,762,084	Arts and culture, public policy
Ted Arison Family Foundation USA (Miami)	$10,151,522	$250,771,018	Arts and culture, human services, Jewish causes
Atlantic Foundation of New York	$36,036,295	$69,299,233	Education, nonprofit development
AVI CHAI Foundation (New York)	$23,644,963	$475,050,185	Jewish causes
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Irvine, Calif.) ²	$22,399,144	$400,843,343	Education, medical research and education, science and technology
H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation (Palm Desert, Calif.)	$13,500,000	$450,000,000	Children and youth, education, medical research and education
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.)	$15,418,132	$389,600,831	Community and economic development, education, environment and conservation, housing, local and regional causes
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (Atlanta)	$14,594,572	$28,125,995	Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation
Bradley-Turner Foundation (Columbus, Ga.)	$22,967,886	$219,789,628	Arts and culture, children and youth, education, human services, religion
Burnett Foundation (Fort Worth)	$13,880,745	$268,115,338	Children and youth, community and economic development, employment and training, violence prevention
E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation (Philadelphia)	$11,277,057	$208,212,715	Arts and culture, education, health, religion
Carson Family Charitable Trust (New York)	$12,192,874	$30,463,935	Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation, health
Case Foundation (McLean, Va.)	$18,401,687	$83,032,991	Community and economic development, education, health
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Eugene B. Casey Foundation (Gaithersburg, Md.) ²	$20,342,685	$220,984,146	Arts and culture, community and economic development, education, medical research and education
James H. Clark Charitable Foundation (Reno, Nev.) ³	$37,360,000	$64,117,404	Education
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation (Miami) ⁴	$13,940,368	$456,418,911	Medical research and education, science and technology
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial (Chicago)	$9,215,605	$195,673,485	Children and youth, education, health, human services, Jewish causes
Cullen Foundation (Houston)	$14,001,667	$241,072,159	Arts and culture, education, health, human services, medical research and education
D & DF Foundation (San Francisco) ⁵	$16,571,596	$78,722,738	Arts and culture, education, health
Charles A. Dana Foundation (New York)	$18,404,096	$305,072,890	Education, health
Beatrice P. Delany Charitable Trust (New York) ⁶	$13,900,000	$143,431,113	Arts and culture, education, health
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation (West Palm Beach, Fla.)	$36,078,266	$444,341,972	International, religion
Irene Diamond Fund (New York)	$12,534,944	$24,472,002	Arts and culture, medical research and education
Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation (Midland, Mich.)	$23,721,967	$446,515,000	Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation, local and regional causes, science and technology
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation (Salt Lake City)	$35,968,790	$586,134,060	Arts and culture, children and youth, education, human services, medical research and education
Eden Hall Foundation (Pittsburgh)	$9,659,150	$168,592,653	Education, health, human services, poverty
Sherman Fairchild Foundation (Chevy Chase, Md.)	$18,955,435	$435,835,204	Arts and culture, education, human services, medical research and education
William Stamps Farish Fund (Houston) ⁵	$10,300,000	$192,913,382	Education, human services, local and regional causes, medical research and education
Florik Charitable Trust (Chicago) ⁷	$16,138,221 ^*	$29,028,296^*	Education, human services, religion
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Freeman Foundation (New York)	$86,714,475	$1,619,093,718	Education, environment and conservation, international, local and regional causes
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.)	$10,519,606	$215,101,585	Arts and culture, children and youth, community and economic development, education, human services
Goizueta Foundation (Atlanta)	$41,651,301	$511,564,220	Education, families, employment and training
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation (New York)	$40,112,467	$864,590,763	Arts and culture, education, Jewish causes, medical research and education
William T. Grant Foundation (New York)	$11,464,123	$245,087,187	Children and youth, social-science research
Henry L. Guenther Foundation (Los Angeles)	$9,517,000	$161,863,809	Health, human services, medical research and education
Charles Hayden Foundation (New York) ⁵	$14,153,447	$311,558,536	Arts and culture, capital projects, children and youth, education, recreation
Herrick Foundation (Troy, Mich.) ⁴	$11,384,885	$209,098,025	Aging, children and youth, education, health, human services
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation (New York) ⁴	$10,541,563	$191,167,107	Arts and culture, education
Edward C. Johnson Fund (Boston)	$20,987,524	$280,101,038	Arts and culture, children and youth, health, historic preservation, medical research and education
Peter Kiewit Foundation (Omaha) ⁵	$28,735,420	$462,612,397	Arts and culture, community and economic development, education, human services, local and regional causes
Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation (San Antonio)	$10,197,255	$190,605,075	Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation, medical research and education, welfare of animals
Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.)	$19,143,090	$2,415,971,841	Capital projects, equipment purchases, real-estate acquisitions
Lannan Foundation (Santa Fe, N.M.)	$9,717,701	$223,109,486	American Indians, arts and culture, diversity
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation (Los Angeles)	$6,007,839	$235,640,669	Education, health, medical research and education, religion
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Lied Foundation Trust (Las Vegas)	$$14,757,274	$$110,342,004	Arts and culture, children and youth, education
Lincy Foundation (Beverly Hills, Calif.) ⁴	$20,742,765	$44,231,951	Aging, arts and culture, international, medical research and education, religion
J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation (Tulsa, Okla.) ²	$28,550,263	$735,208,451	Children and youth, education, health, human services
Marcus Foundation (Atlanta)	$25,406,988	$648,073	Education, health, human services, Jewish causes
J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation (Washington)	$11,374,675	$300,931,000	Children and youth, disabilities, education, health, human services
G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)	$10,717,674	$160,727,300	Science and technology
Mathile Family Foundation (Dayton, Ohio) ¹	$15,471,325	$289,593,560	Children and youth, education, human services
McConnell Foundation (Redding, Calif.)	$8,773,820	$344,147,636	Aging, arts and culture, community and economic development, education, nonprofit development
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
John P. McGovern Foundation (Houston) ²	$9,451,286	$197,269,019	Children and youth, community and economic development, education, families, health
Meijer Foundation (Grand Rapids, Mich.) ⁴	$18,003,222	$80,697,568	Environment and conservation
Richard King Mellon Foundation (Pittsburgh)	$58,608,007	$1,661,153,320	Children and youth, community and economic development, education, environment and conservation, human services
Orville D. and Ruth A. Merillat Foundation (Adrian, Mich.) ⁸	$10,309,650	$85,298,952	Education, human services, religion
Milken Family Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.) ¹	$24,369,289	$245,929,697	Children and youth, education, Jewish causes, medical research and education
Ambrose Monell Foundation (New York)	$11,177,500	$217,722,530	Arts and culture, education, health, human services, medical research and education
Monterey Fund (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ⁷	$11,262,530	$14,576,923	Children and youth, education, health, human services, Jewish causes
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Moriah Fund (Washington)	$32,686,944	$170,111,239	Government and public policy, human rights, international, poverty
Dan Murphy Foundation (Los Angeles)	$11,531,744	$222,565,955	Education, health, human services, religion
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation (New York) ⁶	$12,625,952	$113,230,118	Arts and culture, children and youth, education, Jewish causes, media and journalism
Oberkotter Foundation (Philadelphia) ¹	$27,325,735	$152,736,260	Disabilities, medical research and education
John R. Oishei Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.)	$10,617,886	$245,467,978	Arts and culture, community and economic development, education, health, medical research and education
F.W. Olin Foundation (Sarasota, Fla.)	$60,581,090	$402,872,035	Education
Bernard Osher Foundation (San Francisco)	$18,531,762	$55,902,955	Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation
Jane B. Pettit Foundation (Milwaukee) ⁵	$14,575,848	$7,474,339	Aging, arts and culture, children and youth, education, health
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
PLACE Fund (Mayfield Village, Ohio)	$38,093,997	$17,084,699	Arts and culture, civil rights, education, Jewish causes
Pritzker Foundation (Chicago)	$11,155,783	$618,823,133	Education, human services, Jewish causes, medical research and education, religion
Robertson Foundation (New York) ¹	$18,914,140	$352,277,669	Children and youth, education, medical research and education, nonprofit development, religion
Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation (Modesto, Calif.)	$19,972,464	$76,928,351	Children and youth, education, human services, religion
Sarah Scaife Foundation (Pittsburgh)	$18,331,500	$323,029,669	Criminal justice, economics, education, government and public policy, international
Peter Jay Sharp Foundation (New York)	$17,204,837	$111,471,837	Arts and culture
Shubert Foundation (New York) ⁹	$13,192,500 ^*	$258,644,597 ^*	Arts and culture
Sierra Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) ⁶	$32,609,560	$11,175,778	Education
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation (New York)¹⁰	$13,597,795	$284,894,121	Aging, arts and culture, education, health, human services
Skirball Foundation (New York)	$22,204,211	$67,051,060	Arts and culture, education, human services, Jewish causes, media and journalism
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust (San Francisco)	$8,689,113	$307,821,479	Education, health, human services
Theodore & Vada Stanley Foundation (Norwalk, Conn.)	$194,783,770	$17,710,284	Mental health
Starr Foundation (New York)	$219,755,392	$4,813,709,640	Arts and culture, education, health, human services
Summit Charitable Foundation (Washington)	$12,392,151	$74,439,452	Environment and conservation, international, population, teenage-pregnancy prevention
Teagle Foundation (New York) ⁹	$11,074,031	$184,414,596	Education
T.L.L. Temple Foundation (Lufkin, Tex.) ¹	$15,014,915	$319,332,383	Community and economic development, education, health, human services, mental health
	2001 grants paid	2001 assets	Program areas
Tisch Foundation (New York)	$16,721,968	$122,028,377	Arts and culture, education, international, Jewish causes, medical research and education
Turner Foundation (Atlanta)	$68,089,432	$148,222,535	Energy, environment and conservation, population
Jay and Betty Van Andel Foundation (Grand Rapids, Mich.)	$15,082,631	$106,597,084	Arts and culture, education, religion
Walton Family Foundation (Bentonville, Ark.)	$102,173,593	$948,658,074	Education
Wege Foundation (Grand Rapids, Mich.)	$12,936,158	$172,176,781	Children and youth, community and economic development, education, environment and conservation, human services
Note: Unless otherwise noted, figures cover fiscal year ending December 31. * Figure is for fiscal 2002. 1. Fiscal year ends November 30. 2. Fiscal year ends August 31. 3. Figures are for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2002. 4. Fiscal year ends September 30. 5. Fiscal year ends June 30. 6. Fiscal year ends October 31. 7. Fiscal year ends April 30. 8. Figures are for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2002. 9. Fiscal year ends May 31. 10. Fiscal year ends July 31.