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Rank

Foundation

Grants

Total Given

Gates Foundation

1,378

2,579,354,996

Ford Foundation

1,407

471,403,757

Walton Family Foundation

614

417,696,760

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

268

361,182,906

Kellogg Foundation

741

354,782,649

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Illustrative Foundation Grants

Tippecanoe County Child Care, Inc.
$13,499 From: Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette

Woodstock Institute
$200,000 From: MacArthur Foundation

Visiting Nurse Association of Mercer County
$25,000 From: Bunbury Company

Matrix Theatre Company, Detroit
$80,000 From: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

Association for Psychosocial Help and Development of Voluntary Work
$60,000 From: Mott Foundation

Public Counsel
$200,000 From: California Community Foundation

City on a Hill Ministries
$24,100 From: Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area

Arts & Business Council of Chicago
$30,000 From: Chicago Community Trust

Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte County
$10,000 From: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

ACTION Council
$10,000 From: Community Foundation for Monterey County

Arizona Humanities Council
$20,000 From: Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank
$165,000 From: Rhode Island Foundation

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
$225,000 From: James Irvine Foundation

Marion Youth Development Council/Boys & Girls Club of Marion County
$30,000 From: Marion Community Foundation

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
$100,000 From: Hewlett Foundation

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