This is alist of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 53 largestcharitable foundations ,private foundations engaged inphilanthropy , and othercharitable organizations such ascharitable trusts that have disclosed theirassets . In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public.
Onlynonprofit foundations are included in this list. Organizations that are part of a larger company are excluded, such asholding companies .
The entries are ordered by the size of the organization'sfinancial endowment .[ 1] The endowment value is a rounded estimate measured inUnited States dollars , based on theexchange rates on[update] 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 [ edit ] Rank Organisation Country Headquarters Endowment(USD) Endowment(home currency) Founded Ref. 1 Novo Nordisk Foundation Denmark Copenhagen $167 billion kr .1,114 billion1989 [ 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 billion1936 [ 7] 5 Stichting INGKA Foundation Netherlands Leiden $37.3 billion € 34.3 billion1982 [ 8] 6 Mastercard Foundation Canada Toronto $31.5 billion 2006 [ 9] 7 FundaciónLa Caixa Spain Palma de Mallorca $28.1 billion € 27 billion1904 [ 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 Lilly Endowment United States Indianapolis $15.1 billion 1937 [ 16] 13 Ford Foundation United States New York City $13.7 billion 1936 [ 17] 14 Silicon Valley Community Foundation United States San Jose, California $13.6 billion 2007 [ 18] 15 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation United States Menlo Park, California $13.3 billion 1967 [ 19] 16 Garfield Weston Foundation United Kingdom London $13.2 billion £ 9.8 billion1958 [ 20] 17 Church Commissioners for England United Kingdom London $12.4 billion £ 9.2 billion1948 [ 21] 18 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Greece Athens $12 billion 1996 [ 22] 19 Kamehameha Schools United States Honolulu $11.5 billion 1887 [ 23] 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation United States Princeton, New Jersey $11.4 billion 1972 [ 24] 21 J. Paul Getty Trust United States Los Angeles $10.4 billion 1982 [ 25] 22 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation United Arab Emirates Dubai $10.1 billion AED 37 billion2007 [ 26] 23 Fondazione Cariplo Italy Milano $9.6 billion € 8.4 billion1991 [ 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 USD 9.2 billion1991 [ 29] 26 Li Ka Shing Foundation Hong Kong Hong Kong $8.3 billion HK$ 64.4 billion1980 [ 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 CHF 7 billion2001 [ 33] 31 Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Germany Bad Homburg $7 billion € 6.2 billion1983 [ 34] 32 David and Lucile Packard Foundation United States Los Altos, California $6.3 billion 1964 [ 18] 33 Rockefeller Foundation United States New York City $6.3 billion 1913 [ 35] 34 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation United States New York City $6.2 billion 1969 [ 18] 35 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation United States Chicago $6 billion 1970 [ 18] 36 Robert Bosch Foundation Germany Stuttgart $6 billion € 5.3 billion1964 [ 36] 37 Children's Investment Fund Foundation United Kingdom London $5.9 billion £ 5.2 billion2002 [ 37] 38 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation United States Westlake Village, California $5.9 billion 1944 [ 38] 39 Nemours Foundation United States Jacksonville $4.6 billion 1936 [ 39] 40 Bloomberg Philanthropies United States New York City $4.2 billion 2004 [ 18] 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 [ 40] 43 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Portugal Lisbon $4.0 billion € 3.72 billion1956 [ 41] 44 Volkswagen Stiftung Germany Hannover $4 billion € 3.5 billion1961 [ 42] 45 Tulsa Community Foundation United States Tulsa $3.8 billion 1998 [ 18] 46 The Kresge Foundation United States Troy, Michigan $3.6 billion 1924 [ 18] 47 Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Sweden Stockholm $3.6 billion kr .32.7 billion1917 [ 43] 48 California Health Care Foundation United States Oakland, California $3.6 billion 1996 [ 18] 49 The Duke Endowment United States Charlotte $3.4 billion 1924 [ 18] 50 Realdania Denmark Copenhagen $3.2 billion € 2.8 billion2000 [ 44] 51 Cleveland Foundation United States Cleveland $2.8 billion 1914 [ 45] 52 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation United States Kansas City $2.7 billion 1978 [ 46] 53 Simons Foundation United States New York City $2.6 billion 1994 [ 47] 54 Fundus Heritage Monaco Monte Carlo $1.2 billion 1923 [ 48]
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