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    Ranked by total investment assets, in millions, as of Dec. 31, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

     ASSET ALLOCATIONS
    RankFoundationInvestment assetsCorporate stocksU.S. and state government obligationsCorporate bondsOther investments
    1Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation$39,910.7$27,647.4$5,325.0$712.5$6,225.9
    2Ford Foundation$11,950.0$214.3$789.2$83.7$10,862.7
    3Lilly Endowment$10,241.1$9,236.1$0.0$0.0$1,005.0
    4Foundation to Promote Open Society$10,126.3$0.0$0.0$0.0$10,126.3
    5Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$9,644.6$1,741.0$267.1$0.0$7,636.4
    6William and Flora Hewlett Foundation$8,857.1$2,916.9$475.5$413.9$5,050.8
    7Bloomberg Family Foundation$7,817.7$0.0$0.0$0.0$7,817.7
    8W. K. Kellogg Foundation1$7,663.3$4,844.1$170.6$0.9$2,647.6
    9J. Paul Getty Trust2$6,812.7$349.2$0.2$16.6$6,446.7
    10David and Lucile Packard Foundation$6,678.1$0.0$533.8$0.0$6,144.3
    11Andrew W. Mellon Foundation$6,081.4$332.8$258.3$135.4$5,354.9
    12Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation$6,055.6$237.1$729.9$0.0$5,088.6
    13Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust3$5,379.8$469.1$0.0$0.0$4,910.7
    14John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation$5,259.9$2,980.5$105.1$33.4$2,140.9
    15Rockefeller Foundation$3,856.3$361.1$25.9$0.0$3,469.2
    16Walton Family Foundation$3,651.9$0.0$0.0$0.0$3,651.9
    17Kresge Foundation$3,524.2$1,174.3$37.4$166.0$2,146.5
    18California Endowment3$3,465.0$1,287.1$48.0$203.7$1,926.2
    19Open Society Institute$3,411.1$0.0$0.0$0.0$3,411.1
    20JPB Foundation$3,393.2$1,982.1$467.3$0.0$943.8
    21Carnegie Corp. of New York4$3,327.5$95.6$0.0$367.8$2,864.1
    22Duke Endowment$3,301.7$134.8$0.0$0.0$3,167.0
    23Robert W. Woodruff Foundation$2,948.9$2,927.9$0.0$0.0$21.0
    24John Templeton Foundation$2,898.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$2,898.0
    25Margaret A. Cargill Foundation$2,776.9$600.2$99.9$139.7$1,937.0
    26Simons Foundation$2,696.5$0.0$0.0$0.0$2,696.5
    27Charles Stewart Mott Foundation$2,625.1$533.0$55.4$96.6$1,940.1
    28Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$2,580.8$2,197.3$383.4$0.0$0.0
    29Conrad N. Hilton Foundation$2,569.6$250.0$334.0$0.0$1,985.7
    30Annie E. Casey Foundation$2,437.7$1,226.2$115.4$58.8$1,037.2
    31Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation$2,382.5$1,619.6$0.0$0.0$763.0
    32William Penn Foundation$2,256.3$989.1$140.4$113.3$1,013.5
    33Richard King Mellon Foundation$2,165.7$1,156.8$17.0$365.0$627.0
    34Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation$2,146.2$0.0$0.0$0.0$2,146.2
    35Wyss Foundation$2,102.5$491.1$0.0$0.0$1,611.3
    36James Irvine Foundation$2,083.0$299.4$65.4$61.4$1,656.9
    37John S. and James L. Knight Foundation$2,051.3$688.5$64.8$151.2$1,146.8
    38Casey Family Programs$2,038.2$1,296.5$59.1$257.2$425.3
    39Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation$1,996.0$955.0$27.6$0.0$1,013.4
    40Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation5$1,924.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$1,924.0
    41Laura and John Arnold Foundation$1,893.1$532.6$0.0$305.1$1,055.4
    42McKnight Foundation$1,853.9$997.8$75.4$82.6$698.1
    43Alfred P. Sloan Foundation$1,740.3$152.3$85.0$52.0$1,451.0
    44Doris Duke Charitable Foundation$1,684.7$390.6$0.0$48.9$1,245.2
    45Barr Foundation$1,621.5$165.9$0.0$0.0$1,455.6
    46Houston Endowment$1,593.0$9.2$45.3$0.0$1,538.5
    47Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation$1,592.8$0.0$0.0$0.0$1,592.8
    48Moody Foundation$1,555.4$1,122.0$237.8$194.6$0.9
    49Michael and Susan Dell Foundation$1,550.4$78.7$0.0$0.0$1,471.7
    50Annenberg Foundation$1,448.2$462.3$48.3$126.7$810.9
    Top 50 Total$229,621.4$75,145.4$11,087.6$4,187.2$139,201.2

    Notes: 1 Data are as of Aug. 31, 2017;2 Data are as of June 30, 2017;3 Data are as of March 31, 2017;4 Data are as of Sept. 30, 2016;5 Data are as of Feb. 28, 2017. Source: IRS tax filings

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