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wealthiest foundation

Wealthiest foundations[edit]

RankOrganizationCountryHeadquartersEndowment (USD)Endowment
(home currency)
FoundedReferences
1Stichting INGKA Foundation NetherlandsLeiden, Netherlands$36.0 billion1982[1]
2Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United StatesSeattle, Washington$34.6 billion1994[2]
3Wellcome Trust United KingdomLondon$22.1 billion£14.2 billion (GBP)1936[3]
4Howard Hughes Medical Institute United StatesChevy Chase, Maryland$16.1 billion1953[4]
5Ford Foundation United StatesNew York City, New York$11.0 billion1936[2]
6J. Paul Getty Trust United StatesLos Angeles, California$10.5 billion1982[2]
7Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation United Arab EmiratesDubai$10.0 billion$36.7 billion (AED)2007[5]
8Robert Wood Johnson Foundation United StatesPrinceton, New Jersey$9.0 billion1972[2]
9Li Ka Shing Foundation Hong KongHong Kong$8.3 billion$64.4 billion (HKD)1980[6]
10The Church Commissioners for England United KingdomLondon$8.1 billion£5.2 billion (GBP)1948[7]
11William and Flora Hewlett Foundation United StatesMenlo Park, California$7.4 billion1967[2]
12Kamehameha Schools United StatesHonolulu, Hawaii$7.3 billion1887[8]
13Lilly Endowment United StatesIndianapolis, Indiana$7.28 billion1937[2]
14W.K. Kellogg Foundation United StatesBattle Creek, Michigan$7.26 billion1930[2]
15Robert Bosch Foundation GermanyStuttgart$6.9 billion€4.5 billion (EUR)1964[9]
16Garfield Weston Foundation United KingdomLondon$6.5 billion£4.2 billion (GBP)1958[10]
17David and Lucile Packard Foundation United StatesLos Altos, California$5.8 billion1964[2]
18John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation United StatesChicago, Illinois$5.7 billion1975[2]
19The Pew Charitable Trusts United StatesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$5.6 billion1948[11]
20Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation United StatesPalo Alto, California$5.4 billion2000[2]
21Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation SwedenStockholm$5.3 billionkr 32.7 billion (SEK)1917[12]
22Andrew W. Mellon Foundation United StatesNew York City, New York$5.26 billion1969[2]
23The MasterCard Foundation CanadaToronto, Canada$4.9 billion2006[13]
24William Penn Foundation United StatesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$4.4 billion1945[2]
25The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust United StatesNew York City, New York$4.1 billion1999[2]
26Tulsa Community Foundation United StatesTulsa, Oklahoma$3.8 billion1998[2]
27The California Endowment United StatesLos Angeles$3.7 billion1996[2]
28Rockefeller Foundation United StatesNew York City, New York$3.51 billion1913[2]
29Realdania DenmarkCopenhagen$3.5 billion€2.8 billion (EUR)2000[14]
30Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation PortugalLisbon$3.5 billion€2.8 billion (EUR)1956[15]
31The Kresge Foundation United StatesTroy, Michigan$3.0 billion1924[2]

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