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    Top foundations

    Ranked by total assets, in millions, as of Dec.31, 2003, unless otherwise noted.







































































































    RANKFoundationAssets
    1Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $26,811
    2Lilly Endowment$10,849
    3The Ford Foundation $10,0161
    4J. Paul Getty Trust $8,6242
    5The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $7,934
    6The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $5,982
    7W. K. Kellogg Foundation $5,7293
    8The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $5,1444
    9The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation$4,720
    10John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $3,8374
    11The Pew Charitable Trusts $3,7534
    12The Starr Foundation $3,3224
    13The Annie E. Casey Foundation $3,107
    14The Rockefeller Foundation $2,801
    15The California Endowment $2,7635
    16The Annenberg Foundation $2,6766
    17The Kresge Foundation $2,505
    18Robert W. Woodruff Foundation $2,464
    19Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2,376
    20The Duke Endowment $2,308
    21John S. and James L. Knight Foundation$1,846
    22Carnegie Corporation of New York$1,8241
    23The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation$1,7935
    24The New York Community Trust $1,776
    25Richard King Mellon Foundation $1,623
    26Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation $1,5756
    27The McKnight Foundation $1,5504
    28The Cleveland Foundation $1,521
    29Houston Endowment $1,383
    30Alfred P. Sloan Foundation$1,376
    31Doris Duke Charitable Foundation $1,2754
    32W.M. Keck Foundation $1,261
    33The Wallace Foundation $1,255
    34The Chicago Community Trust and Affiliates $1,2001
    35The Freeman Foundation $1,177
    36Donald W. Reynolds Foundation $1,177
    37The Brown Foundation $1,1556
    38The James Irvine Foundation $1,133
    39The William Penn Foundation $1,101
    40The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation $1,034
    41Marin Community Foundation $9932
    42Kimbell Art Foundation $9724
    43The California Wellness Foundation $968
    44The Moody Foundation $9674
    45Freedom Forum $939
    46Lumina Foundation for Education $8764
    47Howard Heinz Endowment $862
    48The Ahmanson Foundation $8327
    49Daniels Fund $8074
    50Walton Family Foundation $7924
    51The Joyce Foundation $753
    52The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. $734
    53Hall Family Foundation $731
    54Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation $7204
    55Barr Foundation $7154
    56The Packard Humanities Institute $7154
    57The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation $7093
    58The Meadows Foundation. $6954
    59 The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and Affiliated Trusts $6864
    60Weingart Foundation $6786
    61The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation $6711
    62The San Francisco Foundation $6646
    63Bush Foundation $6518
    64Longwood Foundation$6451
    65J. Bulow Campbell Foundation $644
    66Smith Richardson Foundation $638
    67 The Oregon Community Foundation $631
    68The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations $6284
    69Rockefeller Brothers Fund$6234
    70Surdna Foundation$6056
    71Burroughs Wellcome Fund $6013
    72Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $5925
    73Wayne & Gladys Valley Foundation $5911
    74William Randolph Hearst Foundation $589
    75 Hartford Foundation for Public Giving $588
    76Boston Foundation$5726
    77Communities Foundation of Texas$5626
    78The John A. Hartford Foundation$561
    79California Community Foundation $5606
    80The Robert A. Welch Foundation$5413
    81M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust$541
    82Community Foundation Silicon Valley $5402
    83The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation $5284
    84Marguerite Casey Foundation $5254
    85The Commonwealth Fund $5246
    86McCune Foundation $5211
    87The AVI CHAI Foundation $4904
    88The Minneapolis Foundation $4889
    89The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation$4854
    90The Picower Foundation $4824
    91Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust $4773
    92The Saint Paul Foundation$4734
    93J. Seward Johnson, Sr. Charitable Trusts $4674
    94The Pittsburgh Foundation $4674
    95The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation$4644
    96Andersen Foundation $4644
    97The Goizueta Foundation $4584
    98H. N. & Frances C. Berger Foundation $4564
    99The Anschutz Foundation $45410
    100The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation $4524

    1Data as of Sept. 30, 2003; 2Data as of June 30, 2002; 3Data as of Aug. 31, 2003; 4Data as of Dec. 31, 2002; 5Data as of Feb. 28, 2003; 6Data as of June 30, 2003; 7Data as of Oct. 31, 2003; 8Data as of Nov. 30, 2003; 9Data as of March 31, 2003; Source: The Foundation Center, New York
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