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Private foundations

There are 149,676 private foundations in the United States. Combined, these private foundations employ 31,595 people, earn more than $168 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 trillion.
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Types of private foundations

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
149,676
 
$168,000,308,943
Corporate foundations
 
2,235
 
$31,381,502,307
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Sizes of private foundations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
87,817
$250k to $1M
 
16,007
$1M to $5M
 
8,700
$5M to $25M
 
2,779
$25M to $100M
 
567
$100M+
 
200
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1-20 of 149,676

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
$6.5m
Assets
$224.8m
Employees
14
EIN
53-0241716
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
$46.0m
Assets
$606.5m
Employees
55
EIN
54-1604427
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
$33.8m
Assets
$731.8m
Employees
44
EIN
23-7000192
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
$93.7m
Assets
$518.1m
Employees
20
EIN
20-0882784
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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
$35.3m
Assets
$807.1m
Employees
58
EIN
11-3659133
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
$279.7m
Assets
$4.1b
Employees
119
EIN
38-1359217
IRS type
501(c)(3)

De Beaumont Foundation

The de Beaumont Foundation believes that a strong public health system is essential. They work to transform the practice of public health through strategic and engaged grantmaking.
Revenue
$-2,824,650
Assets
$167.6m
Employees
42
EIN
04-3467074
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Citybridge Foundation

Citybridge Foundation is a private foundation in Washington, DC whose mission is: CityBridge Foundation is the private family foundation of Katherine and David Bradley.
Revenue
$516.9k
Assets
$5.6m
Employees
0
EIN
52-1870074
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Koret Foundation

The Koret Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco, committed to strengthening the Bay Area community and nurturing the continuity of the Jewish people worldwide.
Revenue
$34.4m
Assets
$315.5m
Employees
7
EIN
94-1624987
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.
Revenue
$122.7m
Assets
$2.3b
Employees
203
EIN
52-1951681
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

To promote entrepreneurship, self-reliance, global understanding, free enterprise, and to enhance the quality of life by supporting the arts, education, health advancements, and preservation of the environment.
Revenue
$47.9m
Assets
$1.3b
Employees
14
EIN
20-3672969
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bloomberg Family Foundation

The Bloomberg Family Foundation, based in New York, funds clean energy, digital programs, and K-12 education while supporting other charities through grants and advisory services.
Revenue
$1.5b
Assets
$11.8b
Employees
0
EIN
20-5602483
IRS type
501(c)(3)

John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
Revenue
$613.8m
Assets
$8.7b
Employees
195
EIN
23-7093598
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Meyer Foundation

The Meyer Foundation is a private foundation that made seven grants last year. Its trustees are Vincent Meyer, Elizabeth Meyer, Francois Voss. It is located in New York, NY.
Revenue
$740.5k
Assets
$56.2m
Employees
0
EIN
13-3317912
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

To help raise the health of everyone in the United States to the level that a great nation deserves, by placing well-being at the center of every aspect of life.
Revenue
$898.5m
Assets
$13.7b
Employees
328
EIN
22-6029397
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust supports a wide range of organizations with a major focus on health and medical research, in addition to conservation, education, social services, and cultural access.
Revenue
$385.2m
Assets
$7.3b
Employees
117
EIN
13-7184401
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Altman Foundation

To support institutions that enrich the quality of life in NY, with a particular focus on initiatives that help individuals, families, and communities benefit from the services and opportunities that will enable them to achieve their full potential.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$283.3m
Employees
8
EIN
13-1623879
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF)

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children living in urban poverty around the world.
Revenue
$4.3b
Assets
$5.4b
Employees
115
EIN
36-4336415
IRS type
501(c)(3)

ZOOM Foundation

The ZOOM Foundation focuses its philanthropic investments on innovative change efforts that have the high potential for sustainable, scalable impact, especially in the areas of education and the environment.
Revenue
$97.3m
Assets
$840.9m
Employees
0
EIN
06-1600601
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Glenstone Foundation

Glenstone Foundation is a private foundation in Potomac, MD whose mission is: Glenstone Foundation awards grants to various organizations, including the National Gallery of Art.
Revenue
$266.8m
Assets
$2.9b
Employees
85
EIN
20-5938416
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "T20: Private Foundations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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