List of wealthiest charitable foundations

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This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 43 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations that have disclosed their assets. In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public.

Only nonprofit foundations are included in this list. Organizations that are part of a larger company are excluded, such as holding companies.

The entries are ordered by the size of the organization's financial endowment (that is, the value of assets net of liabilities, or invested donations). The endowment value is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the exchange rates on December 31, 2016.[1] Due to fluctuations in holdings, currency exchange and asset values, this list only represents the valuation of each foundation on a single day.

Wealthiest foundations by endowment value[]

Rank Organisation / country / by individual Country / region Headquarters Endowment
(USD) 		Endowment
(home currency) 		Founded /
donations 		References
1 Novo Nordisk Foundation  Denmark Copenhagen $73.1 billion 457 billion kr. (DKK) 1989 [2][3][4]
2 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  United States Seattle $46.8 billion 1994 [5][6]
3 Stichting INGKA Foundation  Netherlands Leiden $36 billion [note 1] €34.3 billion (EUR) 1982 [7]
4 Wellcome Trust  United Kingdom London $32.9 billion £25.9 billion (GBP) 1936 [8]
6 Howard Hughes Medical Institute  United States Chevy Chase, Maryland $23.8 billion 1953 [9]
7 Azim Premji Foundation  India Bangalore $21.0 billion 2001 [10][11]
8 Open Society Foundations  United States New York City $19.6 billion 1993 [12]
9 Garfield Weston Foundation  United Kingdom London $15.7 billion £12.7 billion (GBP) 1958 [13]
10 Lilly Endowment  United States Indianapolis $15.1 billion 1937 [14]
11 Ford Foundation  United States New York City $13.7 billion 1936 [15]
12 Silicon Valley Community Foundation  United States San Jose, California $13.6 billion 2007 [16]
13 Kamehameha Schools  United States Honolulu $11.5 billion 1887 [17]
14 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  United States Princeton, New Jersey $11.4 billion 1972 [18]
15 J. Paul Getty Trust  United States Los Angeles $10.4 billion 1982 [19]
16 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation  United Arab Emirates Dubai $10.08 billion 37 billion د.إ (AED) 2007 [20]
17 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  United States Menlo Park, California $8.74 billion 1967 [21]
18 Li Ka Shing Foundation  Hong Kong Hong Kong $8.3 billion $64.4 billion (HKD) 1980 [22]
19 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust  United States Battle Creek, Michigan $8.2 billion 1930 [23]
20 The Church Commissioners for England  United Kingdom London $7.5 billion £6.1 billion (GBP) 1948 [24]
21 The Mastercard Foundation  Canada Toronto $7.1 billion 2006 [25]
22 The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation  Germany Bad Homburg $7 billion €6.2 billion (EUR) 1983 [26]
23 Children's Investment Fund Foundation  United Kingdom London $6.6 billion £5.2 billion (GBP) 2002 [27]
24 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation  United States Palo Alto, California $6.4 billion 2000 [16]
25 David and Lucile Packard Foundation  United States Los Altos, California $6.3 billion 1964 [16]
26 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation  United States New York City $6.18 billion 1969 [16]
27 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation  United States Chicago $6.0 billion 1975 [16]
28 Robert Bosch Foundation  Germany Stuttgart $6 billion €5.3 billion (EUR) 1964 [28]
29 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation  United States Westlake Village, California $5.89 billion 1944 [29]
30 The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust  United States New York City $5.548 billion 1999 [30]
31 Nemours Foundation  United States Jacksonville, Florida $4.6 billion 1936 [31]
32 Bloomberg Philanthropies  United States New York City $4.24 billion 2004 [16]
33 The Volkswagen Foundation  Germany Hannover $3.93 billion €3.5 billion (EUR) 1961 [32]
34 Tulsa Community Foundation  United States Tulsa, Oklahoma $3.8 billion 1998 [16]
35 Rockefeller Foundation  United States New York City $3.7 billion 1913 [16]
36 The Kresge Foundation  United States Troy, Michigan $3.6 billion 1924 [16]
37 Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation  Sweden Stockholm $3.60 billion 32.7 billion kr (SEK) 1917 [33]
38 California Health Care Foundation  United States Los Angeles $3.56 billion 1996 [16]
39 The Duke Endowment  United States Charlotte, North Carolina $3.37 billion 1924 [16]
40 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation  Portugal Lisbon $3.2 billion €2.93 billion (EUR) 1956 [34]
41 Realdania  Denmark Copenhagen $2.9 billion €2.8 billion (EUR) 2000 [35]
42 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation  United States Kansas City, Missouri $2.7 billion 1978 [36]
43 Simons Foundation  United States New York City $2.6 billion 1994 [37]
  1. ^ 2006 estimate from The Economist

See also[]

References[]

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  3. ^ "Novo Holdings annual report 2018" (PDF).
  4. ^ 2020 Annual report: https://www.novoholdings.dk/wp-content/uploads/Novo-Holdings-Annual-Report-2020.pdf
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  17. ^ "Report on Financial Activities July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017" (PDF). Kamehameha Schools. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  18. ^ "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Financial Statements 2017" (PDF). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  19. ^ "J. Paul Getty Trust Report 2017" (PDF). J. Paul Getty Trust. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  20. ^ "About Us". Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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  22. ^ Flannery, Russell (March 7, 2012). "Li Ka-Shing's Midas Touch". Forbes. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
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  29. ^ https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/about/financials-investments
  30. ^ http://www.helmsleytrust.org/financials
  31. ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Nemours Foundation. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  32. ^ "VolkswagenStiftung - Wer wir sind, was wir tun". Volkswagenstiftung. 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  33. ^ "The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation". Wallenberg. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  34. ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. p. 295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  35. ^ "Overview". Realdania. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  36. ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  37. ^ "Annual Report 2015". The Simmons Foundation. 2015-12-31. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

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