Grant Making
at 100 Big Foundations
Total assets of the foundations
in The Chronicle’s survey $183.3-billion
Ahmanson Foundation (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1
480
Number of
grants approved
in 2011*
$43,382,350
Amount of
2011 grants*
– 5.7%
Percent change
in amount of
grants approved
from 2010
Same
Estimated 2012 giving†
$938,000,000
2011 assets
– 1.1%
Percent change
in assets
from 2010
Annenberg Foundation (Los Angeles) †† 2
383
154,778,059
240.7
Same
1,720,105,771
6. 4
Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
153
48,884,484
87.8
Decrease
166,792,463
– 6. 9
Laura and John Arnold Foundation (Houston)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
796,249,000
11. 9
S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation (San Francisco)
489
82,047,336
148.0
Increase
267,884,914
– 0.9
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (Pittsburgh) **
152
15,037,393
– 3. 2
Same
340,000,000
– 7. 3
H.N. & Frances C. Berger Foundation (Palm Desert, Calif.)
150
6,500,000
– 23. 6
Same
500,000,000
– 1. 2
Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.) †† 3
414
10,612,700
– 7. 8
Increase
371,679,000
– 8. 6
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee) **
447
34,950,000
– 10. 2
Unknown
573,320,000
2. 1
Broad Foundations (Los Angeles)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
1,640,000,000
0.0
Howard G. Buffett Foundation (Decatur, Ill.)
83
40,283,720
– 46. 9
Increase
221,073,775
– 2. 3
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (Omaha)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
2,286,215,161
– 11. 5
Bush Foundation (St. Paul)
92
12,567,040
30. 6
Same
750,000,000
– 1. 4
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (Washington) †† 4
430
16,212,500
– 33. 3
Increase
634,908,564
– 2. 2
J. Bulow Campbell Foundation (Atlanta) **
26
21,525,000
14. 8
Same
476,723,704
0.9
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (Eden Prairie, Minn.)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
3,000,000,000
52. 4
Carnegie Corporation of New York 5
258
93,220,058
– 3. 6
Same
2,547,291,494
0.5
Amon G. Carter Foundation (Fort Worth) **
188
21,000,000
– 10. 6
Increase
480,000,000
0.0
Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
2,571,683,990
– 8. 1
Marguerite Casey Foundation (Seattle)
200
25,400,000
5. 1
Same
594,000,000
– 0.1
Champlin Foundations (Cranston, R.I.)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
366,893,590
– 7. 1
Circle of Service Foundation (Northfield, Ill.)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
489,080,691
1. 1
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York) 5
43
37,194,829
2. 6
Increase
831,854,466
2. 3
Colcom Foundation (Pittsburgh) 2
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
457,965,611
18. 3
Commonwealth Fund (New York) 2
135
23,000,000
– 0.2
Same
690,193,069
14. 2
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (Lansdowne, Va.) 6
870
20,500,000
10. 3
Increase
600,752,396
8. 4
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation (Miami) 5
71
91,191,986
—
Decrease
249,082,000
– 21. 7
Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York) **
293
20,838,000
– 6. 1
Decrease
410,000,000
– 4. 4
Daniels Fund (Denver) **
652
35,642,632
– 9.0
Decrease
1,150,000,000
4. 5
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (Austin, Tex.)
152
80,514,000
– 5. 3
Same
860,000,000
– 8.0
Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation (Midland, Mich.) **
156
18,660,176
95.7
Same
380,728,982
– 11. 8
Druckenmiller Foundation (New York)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
875,432,766
1. 3
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York) ††
149
52,200,000
– 18. 2
Same
1,698,839,750
– 1.0
Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.) **
263
108,453,363
10. 4
Same
2,802,185,000
2. 1
El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs) **
738
11,100,000
24. 7
Increase
470,000,000
1. 1
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (Miami) 5
26
5,019,000
19. 5
Decrease
137,391,124
– 25. 8
Ford Family Foundation (Roseburg, Ore.)
435
16,052,758
27. 5
Unknown
670,000,000
– 10. 1
Ford Foundation (New York) 5
1,409
432,093,558
– 11. 6
Increase
10,483,152,410
– 3. 7
Freeman Foundation (New York)
n/a
n/a
—
Same
278,365,147
– 3. 8
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) **
n/a
4,200,000,000
70.0
Same
33,800,000,000
– 9. 7
George Gund Foundation (Cleveland) **
227
16,562,187
– 35. 2
Same
421,521,436
– 5. 8
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco)
209
18,709,250
– 39. 9
Same
478,021,876
0.0
John A. Hartford Foundation (New York) ††
17
2,654,135
– 47. 2
Decrease
472,000,000
– 2. 5
William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York)
n/a
n/a
—
n/a
540,000,000
– 6. 9
Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh) ††
420
67,291,221
40. 8
Increase
1,413,000,000
– 3. 9
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (New York) 7
n/a
n/a
n/a
Increase
4,000,000,000
– 3. 5
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.) **
591
202,844,000
– 1. 2
Same
7,200,000,000
– 2. 4
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Los Angeles)
367
66,231,952
– 1. 1
Decrease
2,100,000,000
– 1. 9
Houston Endowment **
260
100,724,000
43. 2
Same
1,440,000,000
– 5. 7
James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco) **
471
65,000,000
2. 3
Same
1,521,000,000
– 4. 3
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) **
667
337,000,000
24.0
Decrease
8,650,000,000
– 6.0
Note: Many figures for 2011 are estimated or unaudited. Unless otherwise noted, figures cover fiscal years ending December 31. n/a Not available.
* Includes program-related investments. † Changes projected from 2011. Accepts unsolicited proposals.
†† Because of the economic downturn, organization changed grant-making priorities or offered emergency help to hard-hit charities or cities and towns.
