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This is a '''list of wealthiest charitable foundations''' worldwide. It consists of the 49 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other [[Organization:Charitable organization|charitable organization]]s such as [[Organization:Charitable trust|charitable trust]]s that have disclosed their [[Finance:Asset|asset]]s. 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 [[Finance:Financial endowment|financial endowment]].<ref>{{Citation|title= Value of assets net of liabilities, or invested donations}}</ref> The endowment value is a rounded estimate measured in {{wipe|United States dollar}}s, based on the [[Finance:Exchange rate|exchange rate]]s {{As of|alt=on|2016|12|31}} December 31, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=OANDA Currency Converter|url=https://www.oanda.com/currency-converter/en|access-date=|website=|archive-date=2022-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523173510/https://www.oanda.com/currency-converter/en/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank<br /><br /><br />
! Organisation<br /><br /><br />
! Country<br /><br /><br />
! Headquarters<br /><br /><br />
! Endowment<br /><small>in USD</small><br /><br/>
! Endowment<br /><small>in home currency</small>
! Founded<br /><br /><br />
! References<br /><br /><br />
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| Novo Nordisk Foundation
| {{DEN}}
| [[Place:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]
| style="text-align:right;"| $120.2&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;"| [[Finance:Danish krone|kr]].805&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;"| 1989
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.novoholdings.dk/wp-content/uploads/Novo-Holdings-Annual-Report-2022.pdf|title=2022 Annual Report|website=novoholdings.dk|access-date=2023-04-30|archive-date=2023-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804061639/http://www.novoholdings.dk/wp-content/uploads/Novo-Holdings-Annual-Report-2022.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
| {{USA}}
| Seattle
| style="text-align:right;"| $50.2&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 1994
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="BMGF">{{cite web |date= |title=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements |url=https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/documents/f_331060e-1a_billmelindagatesfoundation_fs.pdf |access-date=2023-04-01 |publisher=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401142141/https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/documents/f_331060e-1a_billmelindagatesfoundation_fs.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| Wellcome Trust
| {{GBR}}
| [[Place:London|London]]
| style="text-align:right;"| $42.8&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;"| [[Finance:Pound sterling|£]]34.6&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;"| 1936
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Wellcome Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021">{{cite web |date= |title=Wellcome Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022 |url=https://cms.wellcome.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/Wellcome-Trust-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022.pdf |access-date=2023-04-01 |publisher=Wellcome Trust |archive-date=2023-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315175500/https://cms.wellcome.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/Wellcome-Trust-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| Stichting INGKA Foundation
| {{NLD}}
| Leiden
| style="text-align:right;" | $37.3&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Euro|€]]34.3&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1982
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="flatpack">{{cite news| url=http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139| title=Flat-pack accounting| access-date=2007-01-02| newspaper=[[Finance:The Economist|The Economist]]| date=2006-05-11| archive-date=2012-05-24| archive-url=https://archive.ph/20120524/http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| [[Organization:Mastercard Foundation|Mastercard Foundation]]
| {{CAN}}
| Toronto
| style="text-align:right;" | $31.5&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2006
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The MasterCard Foundation Financial Statements">{{cite web|date=2020-12-31|title=Financial Statements 2020|url=https://mastercardfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mastercard-Foundation-Dec-2020-Final-FS-1.pdf|access-date=2021-01-04|publisher=The [[Organization:Mastercard Foundation|Mastercard Foundation]]|archive-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802031732/https://mastercardfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mastercard-Foundation-Dec-2020-Final-FS-1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
|[[Organization:Howard Hughes Medical Institute|Howard Hughes Medical Institute]]
| {{USA}}
| Chevy Chase, Maryland
| style="text-align:right;" | $27.1&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1953
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Howard Hughes Medical Institute Consolidated Financial Statements 2018">{{cite web|date=2021-08-31|title=FY Audited Financial Statement 2021|url=https://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/about/financials/fy_2021_audited_financial_statement.pdf|access-date=2021-01-04|publisher=Howard Hughes Medical Institute|archive-date=2022-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104090529/https://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/about/financials/fy_2021_audited_financial_statement.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
|{{ill|RAG-Stiftung|de}}
| {{GER}}
| Essen, Germany
| style="text-align:right;" | $24&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2007
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="RAG Stiftung Geschäftsbericht 2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.rag-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/RAG-Stiftung_GB21_Gesamt_DE_220530.pdf|access-date=2023-05-31|publisher=RAG Stiftung|title=Archived copy|archive-date=2023-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616095046/https://www.rag-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/RAG-Stiftung_GB21_Gesamt_DE_220530.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|Azim Premji Foundation
| {{IND}}
| Bangalore
| style="text-align:right;" | $21&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2001
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/6fd1boxRbPYAuRoeNk852L/Azim-Premji-quietly-gives-away-more-to-charity.html| title=Azim Premji quietly gives away more to charity| last=Mishra| first=Pankaj| date=March 7, 2018| newspaper=Mint| location=New Delhi| access-date=March 7, 2018| archive-date=June 22, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622005329/https://www.livemint.com/Companies/6fd1boxRbPYAuRoeNk852L/Azim-Premji-quietly-gives-away-more-to-charity.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Azim Premji raises philanthropy bar with $21 billion total pledge| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/azim-premji-raises-philanthropy-bar-with-21-billion-total-pledge/videoshow/68404606.cms| access-date=2020-04-23| date=2019-03-14| newspaper=The Economic Times| location=Mumbai| archive-date=2020-10-31| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031205743/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/azim-premji-raises-philanthropy-bar-with-21-billion-total-pledge/videoshow/68404606.cms| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|Open Society Foundations
|{{USA}}
|{{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $19.6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1993
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |title=IRS Form 990 2013 |url=http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/137/029/2013-137029285-0b088bdf-F.pdf |publisher=[[Finance:Internal Revenue Service|Internal Revenue Service]] |access-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515234119/https://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/137/029/2013-137029285-0b088bdf-F.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
| Lilly Endowment
| {{USA}}
|[[Place:Indianapolis|Indianapolis]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $15.1&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1937
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Lilly Endowment saw huge jump in assets in 2018">{{cite news| url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/74216-lilly-endowment-saw-huge-jump-in-assets-in-2018| title=Lilly Endowment saw huge jump in assets in 2018| date=2019-06-17| newspaper={{wipe|American City Business Journals}}| access-date=2019-06-17| archive-date=2019-06-17| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617151742/https://www.ibj.com/articles/74216-lilly-endowment-saw-huge-jump-in-assets-in-2018| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |11
| Ford Foundation
| {{USA}}
| {{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $13.7&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1936
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Ford Foundation 2015 Audited Financial Statements">{{cite web| url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34028-d1527690-Reviews-or10-Kindle-Lewes_Delaware.html| title=Ford Foundation 2017 Audited Financial Statements| date=2017-12-31| publisher=Ford Foundation| access-date=2018-10-24| archive-date=2018-10-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064459/https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34028-d1527690-Reviews-or10-Kindle-Lewes_Delaware.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
|Silicon Valley Community Foundation
| {{USA}}
| San Jose, California
| style="text-align:right;" | $13.6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2007
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us">{{cite web| url=https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/documents/financial/2017-independent-auditors-report.pdf| title=Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 2017| publisher=Silicon Valley Community Foundation| access-date=2018-10-25| archive-date=2018-11-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113022009/https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/documents/financial/2017-independent-auditors-report.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| Garfield Weston Foundation
| {{GBR}}
| [[Place:London|London]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $13.2&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Pound sterling|£]]9.8&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1958
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Garfield Weston Foundation Annual Report 2016">{{cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=Annual Report 2021|url=https://garfieldweston.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Annual-Report-2021-FINAL.pdf|access-date=2021-01-04|publisher=Garfield Weston Foundation|archive-date=2021-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209044034/https://garfieldweston.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Annual-Report-2021-FINAL.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
|Church Commissioners for England
| {{GBR}}
| [[Place:London|London]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $12.4&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |  [[Finance:Pound sterling|£]]9.2&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1948
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The Church Commissioners Annual Report 2016">{{cite web|date=2020-12-31|title=Annual Report 2020|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/Church%20Commissioners%20Annual%20Report%202020.pdf|access-date=2021-01-04|publisher=Church Commissioners for England|archive-date=2021-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616121007/https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/Church%20Commissioners%20Annual%20Report%202020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
|Stavros Niarchos Foundation
| {{GRE}}
| [[Place:Athens|Athens]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $12&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1996
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Inside Philanthropy">{{cite web|date=2022-07-01|title=Article in Inside Philanthropy (payewall)|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/7/1/heres-how-the-stavros-niarchos-foundation-is-growing-three-partnerships-to-boost-global-health|access-date=2023-04-01|publisher=Inside Philanthropy|archive-date=2023-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401151453/https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/7/1/heres-how-the-stavros-niarchos-foundation-is-growing-three-partnerships-to-boost-global-health|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| Kamehameha Schools
| {{USA}}
| Honolulu
| style="text-align:right;" | $11.5&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1887
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Kamehameha Schools Report on Financial Activities July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017">{{cite web| access-date=2018-05-20| url=http://www.ksbe.edu/assets/annual_reports/Financial_Activities_2017.pdf| title=Report on Financial Activities July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017| publisher=Kamehameha Schools| date=2017-06-30| archive-date=2018-11-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113022544/https://www.ksbe.edu/assets/annual_reports/Financial_Activities_2017.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
| {{USA}}
| Princeton, New Jersey
| style="text-align:right;" | $11.4&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1972
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Financial Statements">{{cite web| url=https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/files/rwjf-web-files/Financials/FY2017-RobertWoodJohnsonFdn-FS.pdf| title=The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Financial Statements 2017| date=2015-12-31| publisher=The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation| access-date=2018-10-25| archive-date=2019-05-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507140655/https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/files/rwjf-web-files/Financials/FY2017-RobertWoodJohnsonFdn-FS.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| J. Paul Getty Trust
| {{USA}}
| {{wipe|Los Angeles}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $10.4&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1982
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="J. Paul Getty Trust Report 2016">{{cite web| url=http://www.getty.edu/about/governance/trustreport/trust_report_17.pdf| title=J. Paul Getty Trust Report 2017| date=2017-06-30| publisher=J. Paul Getty Trust| access-date=2018-10-25| archive-date=2018-10-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064711/http://www.getty.edu/about/governance/trustreport/trust_report_17.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation
| {{UAE}}
| Dubai
| style="text-align:right;" | $10.1&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:United Arab Emirates dirham|AED]]37&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 2007
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mbrfoundation.ae/English/Pages/AboutUs.aspx | title=About Us| website=Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation| access-date=May 27, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419004203/http://www.mbrfoundation.ae/English/Pages/AboutUs.aspx| archive-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
|Fondazione Cariplo
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|Milano
| style="text-align:right;" | $9.6&nbsp;billion
|style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Euro|€]]8.4&nbsp;billion
|style="text-align:right;" |1991
|style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Fondazione Cariplo Financial Statements 2020">{{cite web |title=Fondazione Cariplo Financial Statements 2021 |url=https://www.fondazionecariplo.it/static/upload/bil/bilancio-di-esercizio-2021_lowres.pdf |access-date=2023-02-17 |archive-date=2023-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217134844/https://www.fondazionecariplo.it/static/upload/bil/bilancio-di-esercizio-2021_lowres.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| [[Organization:Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation|Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation]]
| {{USA}}
| Palo Alto, California
| style="text-align:right;" | $9.5&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=finances>{{cite web|url=https://www.moore.org/about/our-finances|title=Moore Foundation: Financial Information|access-date=2023-09-21|archive-date=2023-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927184005/https://www.moore.org/about/our-finances|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
|Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
|{{Flag|USA}}
|Minneapolis
| style="text-align:right;" | $9.2&nbsp;billion
|style="text-align:right;" | USD9.2&nbsp;billion
|style="text-align:right;" |1991
|style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="https://www.macphilanthropies.org/resources/annual-reports/">{{cite web |title= https://www.macphilanthropies.org/resources/financials/ |url= https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/margaret-a.-cargill-foundation-to-receive-infusion-of-funds |access-date= 2023-04-06 |archive-date= 2015-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150516122152/http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/margaret-a.-cargill-foundation-to-receive-infusion-of-funds |url-status= live }}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 23
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
| {{USA}}
| Menlo Park, California
| style="text-align:right;" | $8.7&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1967
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Financial Statements">{{cite web| access-date=2017-05-30| url=http://www.hewlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Hewlett-Foundation-2016-Audited-Financial-Statements.pdf| title=The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Financial Statements 2016| publisher=The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation| date=2016-12-31| archive-date=2018-11-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113022550/https://hewlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Hewlett-Foundation-2016-Audited-Financial-Statements.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 24
|[[Organization:Li Ka Shing Foundation|Li Ka Shing Foundation]]
|{{HKG}}
| [[Place:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $8.3&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]64.4&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1980
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news| access-date=June 24, 2012| url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0326/billionaires-12-feature-hong-kong-li-ka-shing-horizon-investments-midas-touch_3.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028132015/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0326/billionaires-12-feature-hong-kong-li-ka-shing-horizon-investments-midas-touch_3.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 28, 2012| title=Li Ka-Shing's Midas Touch| journal={{wipe|Forbes}}| first=Russell| last=Flannery| date=March 7, 2012}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 25
| The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
| {{USA}}
| {{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $8.3&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1999
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://helmsleytrust.org/about/|access-date=2022-10-23|website=Helmsley Charitable Trust|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306021900/https://helmsleytrust.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 26
| W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust
| {{USA}}
| Battle Creek, Michigan
| style="text-align:right;" | $8.2&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1930
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="W. K. Kellogg Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust Financial Statements">{{cite web| url=http://2017annualreport.wkkf.org/financials-grantmaking/financials| title=W. K. Kellogg Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust Financial Statements 2017| date=2017-08-31| publisher=W. K. Kellogg Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust| access-date=2018-10-25| archive-date=2018-10-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026104233/http://2017annualreport.wkkf.org/financials-grantmaking/financials| url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 27
| Jacobs Foundation
| {{SWI}}
| [[Place:Zürich|Zürich]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $7.6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | CHF7&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2001
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Jacobs Foundation Annual Resort 2020">{{cite web|date=2020-12-31|title=Jacobs Foundation Annual Report 2020|url=https://jacobsfoundation.org/app/uploads/2021/04/Jacobs-Foundation-2020-Annual-Report.pdf|access-date=2017-05-30|publisher=Jacobs Foundation|archive-date=2021-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511065439/https://jacobsfoundation.org/app/uploads/2021/04/Jacobs-Foundation-2020-Annual-Report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | 28
| Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung
| {{GER}}
|Bad Homburg
| style="text-align:right;" | $7&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Euro|€]]6.2&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1983
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Liste der größten gemeinwohlorientierten Stiftungen">{{cite web| access-date=2020-06-05| url=https://www.stiftungen.org/stiftungen/zahlen-und-daten/liste-der-groessten-stiftungen.html| title=Liste der größten gemeinwohlorientierten Stiftungen| publisher=Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen E. V.| date=2019-12-02| archive-date=2020-06-15| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615192052/https://www.stiftungen.org/stiftungen/zahlen-und-daten/liste-der-groessten-stiftungen.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 29
| Children's Investment Fund Foundation
| {{GBR}}
| [[Place:London|London]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $5.9&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Pound sterling|£]]5.2&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2002
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web|url =https://ciff.org/news/2018-annual-report/|title =CIFF 2018 Annual Report|date =30 August 2019|publisher =CIFF|access-date =2 March 2020|archive-date =28 February 2020|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200228212414/https://ciff.org/news/2018-annual-report/|url-status =live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 30
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation
| {{USA}}
|Los Altos, California
| style="text-align:right;" | $6.3&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1964
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
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| style="text-align:center;" | 31
| [[Organization:Andrew W. Mellon Foundation|Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]]
| {{USA}}
| {{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $6.2&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1969
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
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| style="text-align:center;" | 32
|John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
| {{USA}}
| {{wipe|Chicago}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1970
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
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| style="text-align:center;" | 33
|Robert Bosch Foundation
| {{GER}}
| [[Place:Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Euro|€]]5.3&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1964
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Bosch Stiftung Balance Sheet 2015">{{cite web | access-date=2017-05-30 | url=http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/downloads/EN_1Vermoegensuebersicht.jpg | title=Bosch Stiftung Balance Sheet 2015 | publisher=The Robert Bosch Stiftung | date=2015-12-31 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 34
| Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
| {{USA}}
|Westlake Village, California
| style="text-align:right;" | $5.9&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1944
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Financials and Investments">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/about/financials-investments|title=Financials & Investments|access-date=2020-01-16|archive-date=2020-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919145338/https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/about/financials-investments|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 35
| Nemours Foundation
| {{USA}}
|Jacksonville
| style="text-align:right;" | $4.6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1936
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web | access-date=January 15, 2015 | url=http://www.nemours.org/content/dam/nemours/wwwv2/filebox/waystogive/annualreports/2013-annual-donor-report.pdf | title=Annual Report 2013 | publisher=Nemours Foundation | archive-date=November 13, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113022111/https://www.nemours.org/content/dam/nemours/wwwv2/filebox/waystogive/annualreports/2013-annual-donor-report.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 36
|Bloomberg Philanthropies
| {{USA}}
| {{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $4.2&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2004
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37
|Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
|{{USA}}
|{{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $4&nbsp;billion
|
| style="text-align:right;" | 2018
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cabrinihealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Form-990-PF-PICpp.pdf|title=Annual Tax Return|website=Mother Cabrini Health Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2022-03-29|archive-date=2022-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419214116/https://cabrinihealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Form-990-PF-PICpp.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 38
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
| {{POR}}
| [[Place:Lisbon|Lisbon]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $4.0&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Euro|€]]3.72&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1956
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-03-24 |url=https://cdn.gulbenkian.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Relato%CC%81rioGLBKN2021_PT_v23_low-2.pdf |title=Annual Report 2021 |publisher=Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation |archive-date=2023-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324135014/https://cdn.gulbenkian.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Relato%CC%81rioGLBKN2021_PT_v23_low-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 39
| [[Organization:Volkswagen Foundation|VolkswagenStiftung&nbsp;]]
| {{GER}}
| Hannover
| style="text-align:right;" | $4&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Euro|€]]3.5&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1961
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VolkswagenStiftung - Wer wir sind, was wir tun">{{cite web| access-date=2020-06-05| url=https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/aktuelles-presse/mediathek/video/video-volkswagenstiftung-wer-wir-sind-was-wir-tun| title=VolkswagenStiftung - Wer wir sind, was wir tun| publisher=Volkswagenstiftung| date=2020| archive-date=2020-06-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629222721/https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/aktuelles-presse/mediathek/video/video-volkswagenstiftung-wer-wir-sind-was-wir-tun| url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| Tulsa Community Foundation
| {{USA}}
|Tulsa
| style="text-align:right;" | $3.8&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 1998
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 41
| Rockefeller Foundation
| {{USA}}
| {{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $3.7&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1913
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 42
| The Kresge Foundation
| {{USA}}
| Troy, Michigan
| style="text-align:right;" | $3.6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1924
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 43
| Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
| {{SWE}}
| [[Place:Stockholm|Stockholm]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $3.6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | kr.32.7&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 1917
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| access-date=2008-03-04| url=http://www.wallenberg.org/kaw/in_english/default.asp| title=The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation| publisher=Wallenberg| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303131550/http://wallenberg.org/kaw/in_english/default.asp| archive-date=2008-03-03}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 44
| California Health Care Foundation
| {{USA}}
| Oakland, California
| style="text-align:right;" | $3.6&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1996
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 45
| The Duke Endowment
| {{USA}}
| Charlotte
| style="text-align:right;" | $3.4&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1924
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="us" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 46
|Realdania
| {{DEN}}
| [[Place:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $3.2&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Euro|€]]2.8&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web | access-date=June 24, 2012 | url=http://www.realdania.dk/english.aspx | title=Overview | publisher=Realdania | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904041536/http://www.realdania.dk/English.aspx | archive-date=September 4, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 47
|[https://www.clevelandfoundation.org/ Cleveland Foundation]
|{{USA}}
|Cleveland
| style="text-align:right;" | $2.8&nbsp;billion
|
| style="text-align:right;" | 1914
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.clevelandfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/The-Cleveland-Foundation-Audited-Financial-Statements-_2022.pdf| title=Annual Financial Statements 2022| website=The Cleveland Foundation| language=en-US| access-date=2023-11-27| archive-date=2023-07-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701074235/https://www.clevelandfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/The-Cleveland-Foundation-Audited-Financial-Statements-_2022.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
|[https://www.growyourgiving.org/ Greater Kansas City Community Foundation]
|{{USA}}
|Kansas City
| style="text-align:right;" | $2.7&nbsp;billion
|
| style="text-align:right;" | 1978
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.growyourgiving.org/sites/default/files/2016-Annual-Report.pdf| title=Annual Report 2016| website=The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation| language=en-US| access-date=2018-02-08| archive-date=2018-11-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113021951/https://www.growyourgiving.org/sites/default/files/2016-Annual-Report.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 49
|Simons Foundation
|{{USA}}
|{{wipe|New York City}}
| style="text-align:right;" | $2.6&nbsp;billion
|
| style="text-align:right;" | 1994
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/report2015/financials/2015.html|title=Annual Report 2015| website=The Simmons Foundation| language=en-US| access-date=2017-08-22| date=2015-12-31| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822222713/https://www.simonsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/report2015/financials/2015.html| archive-date=2017-08-22| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 50
|Bridge House Estates
|{{GBR}}
|[[Place:London|London]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $2.2&nbsp;billion
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Finance:Pound sterling|£]]1.65&nbsp;billion 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1092
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s183402/ITEM%207A%20-%20BHEB%20-%20BHE%20Budget%202023-24%20-%20FINAL.pdf| title=Annual Report 2023| website=City of London Corporation| language=en-US| access-date=2023-06-02| date=2023-02-22| archive-date=2023-06-02| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602132823/https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s183402/ITEM%207A%20-%20BHEB%20-%20BHE%20Budget%202023-24%20-%20FINAL.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
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==See also==
* List of charitable foundations
* List of wealthiest organizations

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://data.foundationcenter.org/ Top US Foundations]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/mastylecare/list-of-wealthiest-foundations-globally Top 10 Wealthiest Charitable Foundations]
* [http://foundationguide.org/ List of Foundations]

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[[Category:Financial endowments]]

{{Sourceattribution|List of wealthiest charitable foundations}}