Foundations and grantmaking organizations

There are 146,686 foundations in the United States. Combined, these foundations employ 52,652 people, earn more than $189 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 trillion.

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Subcategories within foundations and grantmaking organizations:

Private foundations(112,322)
Public foundations(18,809)
- Community foundations (4,435)

Types of foundations

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Private foundations	112,331	8,343	$122,983,252,373	$945,102,513,404
Grantmaking public charity foundations	18,809	21,702	$60,071,310,754	$276,073,933,295
Community foundations	4,435	12,667	$26,195,433,480	$137,269,717,223
Organizations supporting multiple foundations	3,098	414	$175,061,599	$165,749,123
Organizations supporting a single foundation	723	1,016	$426,005,110	$1,086,973,299
Foundation alliances and advocates	179	2,785	$849,919,560	$796,359,882
Foundation professional societies	121	11	$2,460,322	$3,516,063
Foundation technical and management assistance providers	94	919	$215,471,995	$318,070,801
Foundation research and public policy institutes	15	89	$11,562,163	$10,497,527

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Job trends for Foundations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	10,065
1-10	2,487
11-25	503
26-100	346
101 to 1,000	87
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, The Viaquest Foundation, and National Community Renaissance of Northern California.
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	81,952
$250k to $1M	17,346
$1M to $5M	9,318
$5M to $25M	2,912
$25M to $100M	664
$100M+	231

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (BMGF), Schwab Charitable Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) 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 49.8% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be private foundations, public foundations, community foundations, foundations, and foundation advocates.

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Skoll Foundation

The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world's most pressing problems.

Revenue

$24.1m

Assets

$579.8m

Employees

N/A

EIN

11-3659133

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Greater Washington Community Foundation

The mission of the community foundation for the national capital region is to strengthen the Washington metropolitan region by encouraging and supporting effective giving and by providing leadership on critical issues in our community. Through our deep ...

Revenue

$96.7m

Assets

$343.5m

Employees

EIN

23-7343119

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bainum Family Foundation

Bainum Family Foundation operates and supports educational programs and projects assisting underserved children and youth, from early childhood through post-secondary education.

Revenue

$31.1m

Assets

$605.0m

Employees

N/A

EIN

23-7000192

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Eugene and Agnes E Meyer Foundation

The Meyer Foundation pursues and invests in solutions that build an equitable Greater Washington community in which economically disadvantaged people thrive.

Revenue

$24.5m

Assets

$198.2m

Employees

N/A

EIN

53-0241716

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Seed Foundation

The seed foundation is a national nonprofit that partners with urban communities to provide innovative educational opportunities that prepare underserved students for success in college and beyond. The SEED Foundation is a national nonprofit that partne...

Revenue

$3.4m

Assets

$5.5m

Employees

EIN

54-1850819

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Freedom Forum

The Freedom Forum -- dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people -- is a nonpartisan foundation that champions the five freedoms of the First Amendment.

Revenue

$30.9m

Assets

$704.2m

Employees

N/A

EIN

54-1604427

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Gcf creates a prosperous Greater Cincinnati by investing in thriving people and vibrant places. An effective steward of The communitys charitable resources since 1963, The Foundation inspires philanthropy in eight counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana....

Revenue

$98.2m

Assets

$608.2m

Employees

EIN

31-0669700

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Stuart Foundation

The Stuart Foundation is dedicated to improving life outcomes for young people through education. They work to ensure that effective education systems in California and Washington provide opportunities for all students to learn, achieve, and thrive.

Revenue

$37.2m

Assets

$398.7m

Employees

N/A

EIN

20-0882784

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Kresge Foundation

To expand opportunities in America's cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Detroit.

Revenue

$253.9m

Assets

$3.7b

Employees

N/A

EIN

38-1359217

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)

CEP's mission is to provide data and create insight so philanthropic funders can better define, assess, and improve their effectiveness - and, as a result, their intended impact.

Revenue

$8.9m

Assets

$8.3m

Employees

EIN

04-3523528

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Foundations and grantmaking organizations

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Eugene and Agnes E Meyer Foundation

The Seed Foundation

Freedom Forum

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Stuart Foundation

Kresge Foundation

Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)

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