Grants for foundations

Name: Top 25 grants made to foundations and grantmaking organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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11,067 foundations and grantmaking organizations received at least $4.4 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 15,634 grants made from 7,440 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 7,440 foundations, 72% made just a single grant to foundations, and 5% made grants to four or more foundations. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$4,410,297,993

Total grant dollars given to foundations

15,634

Number of grants made annually to foundations

7,440

Number of grantmakers funding foundations

$1,000

Median grant size to foundations

Foundations that support foundations and grantmaking organizations

Out of all grants made to foundations, 82% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 53% of the dollar-value of grants to foundations. Foundations funding foundations also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, scholarship organizations, youth development programs, religious organizations, and food banks.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	6,134
Medium	747
Large	553

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	150
Private	6,361
Corporate	294
Other	635

Grants made

Grants made to foundations	Number of grantmakers
1	5,426
2-3	1,624
4-10	307
11+	83

Top 10 foundations supporting foundations and grantmaking organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to foundations	Number of grants made to foundations	Median grant size
Baird Foundation	WI	National	7.2%	1,442	$37
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	6.1%	331	$273
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.7%	208	$1,065
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.5%	208	$216
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	1.5%	178	$500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	1.1%	162	$543
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.4%	140	$500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	1.4%	127	$250
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.5%	121	$225
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.3%	91	$1,066

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Foundations and grantmaking organizations grantees

Foundations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 90% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 39% of all foundations.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	15,311
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	323

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,250
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	1,550
California	1,355
Wisconsin	1,336
Florida	965
Other	10,428

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	1,485
Milwaukee	996
Chicago	703
Los Angeles	463
Other	10,409

Top 25 grants made to foundations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Dogwood Health Trust	$800,857,060	Assistance To Local Nonprofit	Anc Healthcare
East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF)	$230,000,000	Grants/donation	Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP)
Harvard Private Capital Realty	$204,301,195	Cash	Harvard University
East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF)	$197,500,000	Project Support	Kaiser Permanente
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation	$144,022,591	Investments, Pledges, Capital Assets and Charitable Gift Annuity.	Cal Poly Pomona Foundation
Adelson Family Foundation	$116,292,396	General Charitable Purposes	Dr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Charitable Trust
The Chicago Community Trust	$100,705,810	General Nonprofit Support	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Mississippi State University	$55,756,772	See Part Iv	Mississippi State University Foundation
California Community Foundation	$50,000,000	Project Support	Kaiser Permanente
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)	$45,365,385	Mbari	David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Casalena Foundation	$43,435,394	FMV	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Casalena Foundation	$43,435,394	General Operations	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Making Waves Foundation (MWF)	$35,875,000	Real Estate Expenses	Scully Memorial Foundation
National Philanthropic Trust	$35,000,000	Support	Zero Zero One
Memorial Foundation	$32,995,846		BJC HealthCare
ClimateWorks Foundation	$32,895,050	Conservation and Science	David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund	$31,162,615	For the Barger Family Fund at Schwab Charitable, for Won/holden Family Fund, To the Hammarskjold Family Fund at the San Francisco Foundation of the Schwab Charitable Fund, for Nancy G. Schaub Donor Advised Fund. for the Hammarskjold Family Fund at Schwab Charitable Fund, for General Operating Support.	San Francisco Foundation (TSFF)
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program	$30,050,000	General Use	The Davis Family Foundation
National Philanthropic Trust	$29,309,952	Grants From Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support	Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF)
Dr Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation	$29,293,459	General Charitable Purposes	Dr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Charitable Trust
The City Fund	$26,340,169	General Nonprofit Support	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Noble Research Institute LLC	$26,000,000	Operating Support	The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas	$25,862,126	Donor Designations	United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
Nature Conservation Trust	$25,216,340	Support for Rwanda Institute of Conservation Agriculture - Rwanda	Howard G Buffett Foundation (HGBF)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation	$25,000,000	Infrastructure - Rehabilitation for Substance Abuse - Us	Howard G Buffett Foundation (HGBF)

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Foundations" category for this page is determined by the "T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.