The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations
March 4, 2004 | Read Time: 1 minute
| 2003 assets | Percentage change from 2002 | |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) | $26,810,508,062 | + 11.33% |
| Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis)1 | 10,830,820,000 | + 7.73 |
| Ford Foundation (New York) | 10,603,912,000 | + 9.32 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) | 7,800,000,000 | – 2.73 |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.) | 6,259,000,000 | + 10.66 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.) | 5,983,443,000 | + 24.81 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.) | 5,975,044,000 | + 16.15 |
| Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation (San Francisco) | 4,850,786,130 | + 5,097.85 |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) | 4,500,000,000 | + 17.29 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia)2 | 4,100,000,000 | + 7.46 |
| Note: Assets are as of December 31, 2003, and changes are based on assets as of December 31, 2002. | ||
| 1 The asset figure for 2003 is based on holdings of Eli Lilly and Company stock, as listed in the foundation’s federal Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 2 Organization has gained IRS approval to convert to charity status. |
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