The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations
March 6, 2011 | Read Time: 1 minute
| 2010 assets | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) | $36,700,000,000 | |
| Ford Foundation (New York) | 10,881,598,073 | |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) | 8,850,000,000 | |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.) 1 | 7,309,516,689 | |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.) | 7,090,000,000 | |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.) | 5,900,000,000 | |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) | 5,600,000,000 | |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.) | 5,500,000,000 | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York) | 5,200,000,000 | |
| Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis) 2 | 4,753,904,972 | |
| Note: Figures are for the year ending December 31, 2010 and are estimated. | ||
| 1 Figures are for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust. | ||
| 2 Asset figure for 2010 is based on holdings of Eli Lilly and Company stock, as listed in the foundation’s federal Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and represents approximately 95 percent of the foundation’s assets. | ||
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