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Size of Median Grants at Big Foundations

March 6, 2003 | Read Time: 2 minutes

2002 2001
J. Bulow Campbell Foundation $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation $750,000 $545,000
W.M. Keck Foundation $639,000 $791,000
John A. Hartford Foundation $467,132 $1,398,373
Colorado Trust $300,000 n/a
Spencer Foundation 1 $300,000 $300,000
Henry Luce Foundation $250,000 $204,000
Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation $250,000 n/a
Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation $250,000 $150,000
Longwood Foundation 2 $219,000 $316,783
Carnegie Corporation of New York 2 $200,000 $250,000
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation $200,000 $100,000
Bush Foundation 3 $194,954 $173,000
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation $176,305 $100,000
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations $175,000 $175,000
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $175,000 $200,000
Ellison Medical Foundation $162,500 n/a
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $157,344 $174,120
Barr Foundation 3 $150,000 $125,000
California Endowment 4 $150,000 $263,750
Lettie Pate Evans Foundation $150,000 $250,000
Joyce Foundation $150,000 $150,000
Sid W. Richardson Foundation $150,000 $150,000
Commonwealth Fund 5 $146,565 $122,275
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation 4 $145,000 $83,000
Whitaker Foundation $132,032 $114,998
Lewis B. & Dorothy Cullman Foundation 3 $130,000 n/a
James Irvine Foundation $130,000 $150,000
Pew Charitable Trusts $130,000 $300,000
Jessie Ball duPont Fund $125,000 $133,500
Ford Foundation 2 $123,000 $100,000
W.K. Kellogg Foundation 6 $110,240 $51,126
James S. McDonnell Foundation $104,405 $101,610
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust $102,000 $100,000
Booth Ferris Foundation $100,000 $100,000
France-Merrick Foundation 7 $100,000 $100,000
Hall Family Foundation $100,000 $60,000
William Randolph Hearst Foundation $100,000 $100,000
Lumina Foundation for Education $100,000 $64,000
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $100,000 $90,000
Meyer Memorial Trust 1 $100,000 $100,000
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $100,000 $100,000
John Templeton Foundation $100,000 $100,000
Danforth Foundation 7 $92,000 $75,000
Educational Foundation of America $91,000 $100,000
Skillman Foundation $90,000 $100,000
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust 6 $84,273 $93,893
William Penn Foundation $82,500 $82,500
Kronkosky Charitable Foundation $80,000 $100,000
McCune Foundation 2 $80,000 $75,000
Smith Richardson Foundation $80,000 $100,000
Meadows Foundation $76,500 $87,500
Hearst Foundation $$75,000 $$75,000
Kohlberg Foundation $75,000 $80,000
Rockefeller Foundation $75,000 $66,700
Surdna Foundation 5 $75,000 $87,000
John Merck Fund $74,500 $72,000
California Wellness Foundation $74,000 $50,000
Altman Foundation $71,922 $67,794
McKnight Foundation $70,000 $70,000
Ahmanson Foundation 8 $61,605 $66,186
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust 9 $60,000 $40,000
Koret Foundation $57,756 $70,740
Ford Family Foundation 1 $57,000 $65,555
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation $55,172 $67,203
David and Lucile Packard Foundation $54,280 $100,000
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation $51,522 $51,522
Stuart Foundation $50,554 $79,000
Champlin Foundations $50,000 $50,000
Miriam and Peter Haas Fund $50,000 $50,000
Heinz Endowments $50,000 $110,000
F.B. Heron Foundation $50,000 $50,000
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 5 $50,000 $50,000
Picower Foundation $50,000 $50,000
Polk Brothers Foundation 6 $50,000 $50,000
Abell Foundation $46,532 $68,270
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation $45,000 $60,000
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation $45,000 $46,000
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation $45,000 $50,000
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation $40,000 $40,000
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation 9 $40,000 $25,000
Callaway Foundation 12. $39,873 n/a
Amon G. Carter Foundation $35,000 $45,000
Public Welfare Foundation 8 $35,000 $35,000
Otto Bremer Foundation $25,112 $23,318
The Paul G. Allen Foundations $25,000 $25,000
Charles Engelhard Foundation $25,000 $25,000
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $25,000 $35,000
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 8 $25,000 $25,000
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation 5 $25,000 n/a
Dyson Foundation $22,400 $25,000
William T. Kemper Foundation 8 $21,163 $33,033
Burroughs Wellcome Fund 6 $20,000 $14,400
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund $20,000 $25,000
F.M. Kirby Foundation $20,000 n/a
Libra Foundation $17,000 $10,000
Helen Bader Foundation 6 $15,000 $53,811
Park Foundation $15,000 $15,000
Frist Foundation $12,500 $12,500
Annenberg Foundation 5 $10,000 $5,000
Joukowsky Family Foundation 8 $10,000 $8,000
Moody Foundation $10,000 n/a
Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation 10 $10,000 $10,000
Connelly Foundation $7,850 $8,200
Note: Foundations listed in this table provided specific figures for the median size of their grants; the other 34 surveyed by The Chronicle did not provide such figures. Unless otherwise noted, figures cover fiscal years ending December 31.
n/a Not available.
1. Figures are for the fiscal years ending March 31, 2002, and March 31, 2003.
2. Fiscal year ends September 30.
3. Fiscal year ends November 30.
4. Figures are for the fiscal years ending February 28, 2002, and February 28, 2003.
5. Fiscal year ends June 30.
6. Fiscal year ends August 31.
7. Fiscal year ends May 31.
8. Fiscal year ends October 31.
9. Fiscal year ends April 30.
10. Fiscal year ends July 31.


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