Largest Foundation Support for Human Services for 2012

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Rank
Foundation
Grants
Total Given
1
Kellogg Foundation
238

130,480,094
2
Wal-Mart Foundation
718

80,311,627
3
Gates Foundation
117

79,529,515
4
Ford Foundation
220

70,345,234
5
Annie E. Casey Foundation
380

57,543,888
6
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
93

56,407,750
7
The Weinberg Foundation
269

54,888,322
8
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
562

54,810,530
9
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, (NC)
1,205

43,608,783
10
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
54

43,476,000

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11
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
437

38,908,388
12
White Oak Foundation
117

34,109,075
13
The Sherwood Foundation
76

31,857,475
14
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
43

30,749,433
15
Cleveland Foundation
113

30,151,996
16
Irvine Foundation
47

28,820,500
17
Wells Fargo Foundation
1,092

25,783,645
18
California Endowment
308

25,260,741
19
Foundation to Promote Open Society
97

24,735,563
20
NoVo Foundation
45

24,388,805
21
New York Community Trust
395

21,568,343
22
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
29

20,433,825
23
Kresge Foundation
54

19,514,881
24
Ruth Mott Foundation
86

19,476,700
25
J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation
49

19,122,586
26
Otto Bremer Trust
345

19,039,226
27
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
349

17,719,972
28
Druckenmiller Foundation
14

17,060,000
29
Weingart Foundation
200

16,104,403
30
Caterpillar Foundation
107

15,291,953
31
Freddie Mac Foundation
158

14,783,598
32
Houston Endowment Inc.
78

14,733,300
33
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
233

14,497,714
34
Daniels Fund
224

14,477,823
35
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
43

14,432,106
36
Citi Foundation
211

14,355,000
37
Sam L. Cohen Foundation
26

14,292,650
38
Moody Foundation
19

13,978,989
39
MacArthur Foundation
32

13,920,000
40
The Goizueta Foundation
14

13,917,484
41
Lilly Endowment Inc.
95

12,998,133
42
Anschutz Foundation
170

12,781,000
43
Goldman Sachs Foundation
29

12,764,008
44
Einhorn Family Charitable Trust
8

12,670,530
45
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
37

12,439,732
46
Boston Foundation
298

12,141,527
47
San Francisco Foundation
366

12,022,160
48
Duke Endowment
48

11,881,956
49
Marin Community Foundation
111

11,761,790
50
The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations
264

11,603,428


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