Finance:List of wealthiest charitable foundations

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This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 53 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations such as charitable trusts that have disclosed their assets. In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public.

Only nonprofit foundations are included in this list. Organizations that are part of a larger company are excluded, such as holding companies.

The entries are ordered by the size of the organization's financial endowment.[1] The endowment value is a rounded estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the exchange rates on December 31, 2024.[2] Due to fluctuations in holdings, currency exchange and asset values, this list only represents the valuation of each foundation on a single day.

Wealthiest foundations by endowment value

Rank Organisation Country Headquarters Endowment
(USD) 		Endowment
(home currency) 		Founded Ref.
1 Novo Nordisk Foundation  Denmark Copenhagen $167 billion kr.1,114 billion 1989 [3][4]
2 Tata Trusts  India Mumbai $100+ billion 1919 [5]
3 Gates Foundation  United States Seattle $70.2 billion 2000 [6]
4 Wellcome Trust  United Kingdom London $42.8 billion £34.6 billion 1936 [7]
5 Stichting INGKA Foundation  Netherlands Leiden $37.3 billion €34.3 billion 1982 [8]
6 Mastercard Foundation  Canada Toronto $31.5 billion 2006 [9]
7 Fundación La Caixa  Spain Palma de Mallorca $28.1 billion €27 billion 1904 [10]
8 Howard Hughes Medical Institute  United States Chevy Chase, Maryland $27.1 billion 1953 [11]
9 RAG-Stiftung (de)  Germany Essen, Germany $24 billion 2007 [12]
10 Azim Premji Foundation  India Bangalore $21 billion 2001 [13][14]
11 Open Society Foundations  United States New York City $19.6 billion 1993 [15]
12 Fondazione Cariplo  Italy Milano $15.4 billion €13.1 billion 1991 [16]
13 Lilly Endowment  United States Indianapolis $15.1 billion 1937 [17]
14 Ford Foundation  United States New York City $13.7 billion 1936 [18]
15 Silicon Valley Community Foundation  United States San Jose, California $13.6 billion 2007 [19]
16 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  United States Menlo Park, California $13.3 billion 1967 [20]
17 Garfield Weston Foundation  United Kingdom London $13.2 billion £9.8 billion 1958 [21]
18 Church Commissioners for England  United Kingdom London $12.4 billion £9.2 billion 1948 [22]
19 Stavros Niarchos Foundation  Greece Athens $12 billion 1996 [23]
20 Kamehameha Schools  United States Honolulu $11.5 billion 1887 [24]
21 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  United States Princeton, New Jersey $11.4 billion 1972 [25]
22 J. Paul Getty Trust  United States Los Angeles $10.4 billion 1982 [26]
23 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation  United Arab Emirates Dubai $10.1 billion AED37 billion 2007 [27]
24 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation  United States Palo Alto, California $9.5 billion 2000 [28]
25 Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies  United States Minneapolis $9.2 billion USD9.2 billion 1991 [29]
26 Li Ka Shing Foundation  Hong Kong Hong Kong $8.3 billion HK$64.4 billion 1980 [30]
27 The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust  United States New York City $8.3 billion 1999 [31]
28 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust  United States Battle Creek, Michigan $8.2 billion 1930 [32]
29 Jacobs Foundation  Switzerland Zürich $7.6 billion CHF7 billion 2001 [33]
30 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation  United States West Lake Hills, Texas $7.5 billion 1999 [34]
31 Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung  Germany Bad Homburg $7 billion €6.2 billion 1983 [35]
32 David and Lucile Packard Foundation  United States Los Altos, California $6.3 billion 1964 [19]
33 Rockefeller Foundation  United States New York City $6.3 billion 1913 [36]
34 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation  United States New York City $6.2 billion 1969 [19]
35 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation  United States Chicago $6 billion 1970 [19]
36 Robert Bosch Foundation  Germany Stuttgart $6 billion €5.3 billion 1964 [37]
37 Children's Investment Fund Foundation  United Kingdom London $5.9 billion £5.2 billion 2002 [38]
38 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation  United States Westlake Village, California $5.9 billion 1944 [39]
39 Nemours Foundation  United States Jacksonville $4.6 billion 1936 [40]
40 Bloomberg Philanthropies  United States New York City $4.2 billion 2004 [19]
41 Carnegie Corporation of New York  United States New York City $4.1 billion 1911 [2]
42 Mother Cabrini Health Foundation  United States New York City $4 billion 2018 [41]
43 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation  Portugal Lisbon $4.0 billion €3.72 billion 1956 [42]
44 Volkswagen Stiftung  Germany Hannover $4 billion €3.5 billion 1961 [43]
45 Tulsa Community Foundation  United States Tulsa $3.8 billion 1998 [19]
46 The Kresge Foundation  United States Troy, Michigan $3.6 billion 1924 [19]
47 Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation  Sweden Stockholm $3.6 billion kr.32.7 billion 1917 [44]
48 California Health Care Foundation  United States Oakland, California $3.6 billion 1996 [19]
49 The Duke Endowment  United States Charlotte $3.4 billion 1924 [19]
50 Realdania  Denmark Copenhagen $3.2 billion €2.8 billion 2000 [45]
51 Cleveland Foundation  United States Cleveland $2.8 billion 1914 [46]
52 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation  United States Kansas City $2.7 billion 1978 [47]
53 Simons Foundation  United States New York City $2.6 billion 1994 [48]
54 Fundus Heritage  Monaco Monte Carlo $1.2 billion 1923 [49]

See also

  • List of charitable foundations
  • List of wealthiest religious organizations

References

  1. ↑ Value of assets net of liabilities, or invested donations 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "OANDA Currency Converter". https://www.oanda.com/currency-converter/en. 
  3. ↑ "2023 Annual Report". https://assets.novoholdings.dk/novo-holdings-2023-performance-report.pdf. 
  4. ↑ Holdings, Novo. "Novo Holdings reports Total Income and Investment Returns of DKK 31 billion (€4.2 billion) for 2023. Total Assets grow by 38% to DKK 1,114 billion (€149 billion)" (in en). https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/novo-holdings-reports-total-income-and-investment-returns-of-dkk-31-billion-4-2-billion-for-2023--total-assets-grow-by-38-to-dkk-1-114-billion-149-billion-302085611.html. 
  5. ↑ "Tata Trusts alliance". http://www.tatatrusts.org. 
  6. ↑ "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/documents/f_331060e-1a_billmelindagatesfoundation_fs.pdf. 
  7. ↑ "Wellcome Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022". Wellcome Trust. https://cms.wellcome.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/Wellcome-Trust-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022.pdf. 
  8. ↑ "Flat-pack accounting". The Economist. 2006-05-11. http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139. 
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  10. ↑ "Fundación "la Caixa"" (in es-ES). https://fundacionlacaixa.org/es/. 
  11. ↑ "FY Audited Financial Statement 2021". Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 2021-08-31. https://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/about/financials/fy_2021_audited_financial_statement.pdf. 
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". RAG Stiftung. https://www.rag-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/RAG-Stiftung_GB21_Gesamt_DE_220530.pdf. 
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  18. ↑ "Ford Foundation 2017 Audited Financial Statements". Ford Foundation. 2017-12-31. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34028-d1527690-Reviews-or10-Kindle-Lewes_Delaware.html. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 "Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 2017". Silicon Valley Community Foundation. https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/documents/financial/2017-independent-auditors-report.pdf. 
  20. ↑ "The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Financial Statements 2016". The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. 2016-12-31. http://www.hewlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Hewlett-Foundation-2016-Audited-Financial-Statements.pdf. 
  21. ↑ "Annual Report 2021". Garfield Weston Foundation. 2021-04-05. https://garfieldweston.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Annual-Report-2021-FINAL.pdf. 
  22. ↑ "Annual Report 2020". Church Commissioners for England. 2020-12-31. https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/Church%20Commissioners%20Annual%20Report%202020.pdf. 
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  24. ↑ "Report on Financial Activities July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017". Kamehameha Schools. 2017-06-30. http://www.ksbe.edu/assets/annual_reports/Financial_Activities_2017.pdf. 
  25. ↑ "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Financial Statements 2017". The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2015-12-31. https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/files/rwjf-web-files/Financials/FY2017-RobertWoodJohnsonFdn-FS.pdf. 
  26. ↑ "J. Paul Getty Trust Report 2017". J. Paul Getty Trust. 2017-06-30. http://www.getty.edu/about/governance/trustreport/trust_report_17.pdf. 
  27. ↑ "About Us". http://www.mbrfoundation.ae/English/Pages/AboutUs.aspx. 
  28. ↑ "Moore Foundation: Financial Information". https://www.moore.org/about/our-finances. 
  29. ↑ "Margaret A. Cargill Foundation to Receive Infusion of Funds". https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/margaret-a.-cargill-foundation-to-receive-infusion-of-funds. 
  30. ↑ Flannery, Russell (March 7, 2012). "Li Ka-Shing's Midas Touch". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0326/billionaires-12-feature-hong-kong-li-ka-shing-horizon-investments-midas-touch_3.html. 
  31. ↑ "About" (in en-US). https://helmsleytrust.org/about/. 
  32. ↑ "W. K. Kellogg Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust Financial Statements 2017". W. K. Kellogg Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust. 2017-08-31. http://2017annualreport.wkkf.org/financials-grantmaking/financials. 
  33. ↑ "Jacobs Foundation Annual Report 2020". Jacobs Foundation. 2020-12-31. https://jacobsfoundation.org/app/uploads/2021/04/Jacobs-Foundation-2020-Annual-Report.pdf. 
  34. ↑ Luscombe, Belinda. "Michael Dell and Susan Dell". TIME. https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286083/michael-dell-susan-dell/. 
  35. ↑ "Liste der größten gemeinwohlorientierten Stiftungen". Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen E. V.. 2019-12-02. https://www.stiftungen.org/stiftungen/zahlen-und-daten/liste-der-groessten-stiftungen.html. 
  36. ↑ Rockefeller Foundation Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  37. ↑ "Bosch Stiftung Balance Sheet 2015". The Robert Bosch Stiftung. 2015-12-31. http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/downloads/EN_1Vermoegensuebersicht.jpg. 
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  39. ↑ "Financials & Investments". https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/about/financials-investments. 
  40. ↑ "Annual Report 2013". Nemours Foundation. http://www.nemours.org/content/dam/nemours/wwwv2/filebox/waystogive/annualreports/2013-annual-donor-report.pdf. 
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  42. ↑ "Annual Report 2021". Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. https://cdn.gulbenkian.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Relato%CC%81rioGLBKN2021_PT_v23_low-2.pdf. 
  43. ↑ "VolkswagenStiftung - Wer wir sind, was wir tun". Volkswagenstiftung. 2020. https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/aktuelles-presse/mediathek/video/video-volkswagenstiftung-wer-wir-sind-was-wir-tun. 
  44. ↑ "The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation". Wallenberg. http://www.wallenberg.org/kaw/in_english/default.asp. 
  45. ↑ "Overview". Realdania. http://www.realdania.dk/english.aspx. 
  46. ↑ "Annual Financial Statements 2022" (in en-US). https://www.clevelandfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/The-Cleveland-Foundation-Audited-Financial-Statements-_2022.pdf. 
  47. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (in en-US). https://www.growyourgiving.org/sites/default/files/2016-Annual-Report.pdf. 
  48. ↑ "Annual Report 2015" (in en-US). 2015-12-31. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/report2015/financials/2015.html. 
  49. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (in en-US). https://www.growyourgiving.org/sites/default/files/2016-Annual-Report.pdf. 



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