| From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001 |
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Big Funds See a Dip in Assets
How The Chronicle Conducted Its Survey on Foundations
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2000 assets |
Percentage change from 1999 |
| 1. |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)1 |
$21,124,000,000 |
+ 25.4% |
| 2. |
Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis)2 |
$15,241,442,000 |
+ 36.1% |
| 3. |
Ford Foundation (New York) |
$14,212,000,000 |
+ 8.5% |
| 4. |
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.) |
$9,800,000,000 |
– 24.6% |
| 5. |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) |
$8,700,000,000 |
+ 4.8% |
| 6. |
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.) |
$5,018,000,000 |
– 12.4% |
| 7. |
Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia) |
$4,800,776,253 |
– 1.7% |
| 8. |
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York) |
$4,750,000,000 |
+ 2.8% |
| 9. |
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) |
$4,500,000,000 |
– 4.3% |
| 10. |
Rockefeller Foundation (New York) |
$3,674,000,000 |
– 2.3% |
Note: Unless otherwise noted, assets are as of December 31, 2000, and changes are based on December 31, 1999.
1. 1999 assets included the Gates Learning Foundation, which merged with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on January 1, 2000.
2. 1999 and 2000 assets are from the foundation’s filing with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission and include only the value of stock held in Eli Lilly and Company. The 1999 annual report listed total assets of $11,538,225,323, which includes unspecified holdings in addition to Lilly stock. |
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