ALSO SEE:
Grants Grew by 17% Last Year
State and Regional Data, 1998
One-Year Changes
| |
1997 |
1998 |
| ALL FOUNDATIONS |
| Foundations |
41,146 |
46,832 |
| Total grants |
$15,985,000,000 |
$19,457,000,000 |
| Total assets |
$329,910,000,000 |
$385,052,000,000 |
| Gifts received |
$15,833,000,000 |
$22,574,000,000 |
| INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS |
| Foundations |
39,248 |
41,751 |
| Total grants |
$12,375,000,000 |
$14,934,000,000 |
| Total assets |
$282,618,000,000 |
$326,949,000,000 |
| Gifts received |
$11,013,000,000 |
$16,270,000,000 |
| CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS |
| Foundations |
2,029 |
2,022 |
| Total grants |
$2,066,000,000 |
$2,446,000,000 |
| Total assets |
$10,886,000,000 |
$13,109,000,000 |
| Gifts received |
$1,873,000,000 |
$2,654,000,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS |
| Foundations |
403 |
437 |
| Total grants |
$1,192,000,000 |
$1,458,000,000 |
| Total assets |
$19,699,000,000 |
$22,955,000,000 |
| Gifts received |
$2,224,000,000 |
$2,582,000,000 |



Foundations That Awarded the Most Money, 1998
| |
Foundation |
1997 grants |
1998 grants |
Percentage change% |
| 1. |
Ford Foundation (N.Y.) |
$390,559,000 |
$440,400,000 |
+12.8% |
| 2. |
Lilly Endowment (Ind.) |
$254,113,000 |
$425,189,000 |
+67.3% |
| 3. |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (N.J.) |
$241,544,000 |
$289,144,000 |
+19.7% |
| 4. |
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Calif.) |
$173,074,000 |
$263,929,000 |
+52.5% |
| 5. |
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Mich.) |
$260,838,000 |
$202,920,000 |
-22.2% |
| 6. |
Pew Charitable Trusts (Pa.) |
$211,880,000 |
$161,412,000 |
-23.8% |
| 7. |
New York Community Trust |
$87,804,000 |
$144,912,000 |
+65.0% |
| 8. |
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (N.Y.) |
$118,541,000 |
$142,216,000 |
+20.0% |
| 9. |
Open Society Institute (N.Y.) |
$96,843,000 |
$124,624,000 |
+28.7% |
| 10. |
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Ill.) |
$156,977,000 |
$123,517,000 |
-21.3% |
| 11. |
Annenberg Foundation (Pa.) |
$105,218,000 |
$118,025,000 |
+12.2% |
| 12. |
Rockefeller Foundation (N.Y.) |
$99,263,000 |
$113,751,000 |
+14.6% |
| 13. |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Wash.) |
$18,899,000 |
$113,409,000 |
+500.1% |
| 14. |
Soros Charitable Foundation (N.Y.) |
$37,842,000 |
$108,850,000 |
+187.6% |
| 15. |
California Endowment |
$68,577,000 |
$103,551,000 |
+51.0% |
| 16. |
Starr Foundation (N.Y.) |
$74,932,000 |
$102,786,000 |
+37.2% |
| 17. |
Moody Foundation (Tex.) |
$32,084,000 |
$101,451,000 |
+216.2% |
| 18. |
Annie E. Casey Foundation (Md.) |
$81,730,000 |
$91,719,000 |
+12.2% |
| 19. |
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation (Ga.) |
$45,875,000 |
$86,658,000 |
+88.9% |
| 20. |
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Calif.) |
$38,649,000 |
$85,406,000 |
+121.0% |
| SOURCE: Foundation Center |
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