Top 20 US Foundations Ranked by Expenditure - as of October 2006

 

Rank	Name (Country)	Year	Total Assets in € billion
1.	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (WA)	$1,356,327,000	12/31/05
2.	Merck Patient Assistance Program, Inc. (NJ)	519,998,639	12/31/04
3.	The Ford Foundation (NY)	516,907,177	09/30/05
4.	The Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ)	506,639,972	12/31/04
5.	Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN)	427,465,199	12/31/05
6.	The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ)	372,500,000	12/31/05
7.	The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA)	319,916,093	12/31/05
8.	Janssen Ortho Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ)	289,783,393	12/31/04
9.	The Annenberg Foundation (PA)	251,663,628	06/30/05
10.	Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA)	225,986,140	12/31/04
11.	W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI)	219,862,847	08/31/05
12.	The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY)	199,340,000	12/31/05
13.	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL)	194,500,000	12/31/05
14.	The Roche Patient Assistance Foundation (NJ)	174,463,465	12/31/05
15.	The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD)	171,354,926	12/31/04
16.	The Starr Foundation (NY)	168,167,773	12/31/04
17.	Wal-Mart Foundation (AR)	154,537,406	01/31/05
18.	The California Endowment (CA)	153,242,789	02/28/05
19.	The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA)	150,115,645	12/31/05
20.	Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Inc. (CT)	147,996,554	12/31/05

The list includes the 20 largest U. S. grantmaking foundations ranked by total giving, based on the most current audited financial data in the Foundation Center's database as of October 12, 2006. Total giving figures include grants, scholarships, employee matching gifts, and other amounts reported as"grants and contributions paid during the year" on the 990-PF tax form. Total giving does not include all qualifying distributions under the tax law, e.g., loans, program-related investments, and program or other administrative expenses. Fiscal records will be updated when more recent audited financial information is obtained.