Foundations and grantmaking organizations
There are 165,350 foundations in the United States. Combined, these foundations employ 53,828 people, earn more than $184 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 trillion.
Subcategories within foundations and grantmaking organizations:
- Private foundations(127,526)
- Corporate foundations (1,014)
- Public foundations(20,030)
- Community foundations (4,621)
Types of foundations
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
127,531 | $109,178,097,863 | |
20,030 | $68,755,648,368 | |
4,621 | $26,811,451,777 | |
3,494 | $150,539,113 | |
1,014 | $4,434,732,123 | |
783 | $401,628,709 | |
199 | $769,223,212 | |
137 | $2,698,195 | |
106 | $343,672,860 | |
17 | $11,548,283 |
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Job trends for Foundations
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 10,627 |
1-10 | 2,515 |
11-25 | 527 |
26-100 | 343 |
101 to 1,000 | 92 |
1,000+ | 2 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Foundations is driven by large organizations like The Carle Foundation, John L Santikos Charitable Foundation, Goodwill Works of the Chesapeake, Playworks Education Energized, and The Viaquest Foundation.
- The largest employers tend to be foundations, community foundations, public foundations, private foundations, and foundation advocates.
Sizes of foundations
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 91,368 |
$250k to $1M | 16,718 |
$1M to $5M | 9,272 |
$5M to $25M | 2,871 |
$25M to $100M | 646 |
$100M+ | 205 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Schwab Charitable Fund, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (BMGF), Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund (GSPF), and National Philanthropic Trust earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Foundations.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 6.6% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Foundations with more than $100 million account for 49.6% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be private foundations, public foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, and foundations.
Directory of foundations
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The Seed Foundation
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$9.4m
Employees
31
EIN
54-1850819
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Freedom Forum
Revenue
$30.9m
Assets
$704.2m
Employees
N/A
EIN
54-1604427
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Stuart Foundation
Revenue
$37.2m
Assets
$398.7m
Employees
N/A
EIN
20-0882784
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Skoll Foundation
Revenue
$24.1m
Assets
$579.8m
Employees
N/A
EIN
11-3659133
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Revenue
$78.1m
Assets
$338.1m
Employees
56
EIN
23-7343119
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Revenue
$98.2m
Assets
$608.2m
Employees
56
EIN
31-0669700
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Eugene and Agnes E Meyer Foundation
Revenue
$24.5m
Assets
$198.2m
Employees
N/A
EIN
53-0241716
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
Revenue
$11.3m
Assets
$9.6m
Employees
55
EIN
04-3523528
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Revenue
$13.8m
Assets
$21.4m
Employees
N/A
EIN
26-4129153
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
Revenue
$55.2m
Assets
$1.3b
Employees
N/A
EIN
20-3672969
IRS type
501(c)(3)