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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