Top 40 U.S foundations awarding grants in Virginia (circa 2008)

 

 

Foundation Name

Foundation  state

Total dollars awarded

Number of grants

1

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

WA

$ 63,897,414

19

2

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

CA

50,166,977

20

3

Rupert H. Johnson Jr. Foundation

CA

27,234,000

2

4

Walton Family Foundation Inc.

AR

22,054,202

8

5

Citi Foundation

NY

21,746,500

306

6

Lilly Endowment Inc.

IN

18,353,351

18

7

Foundation for the Carolinas

NC

15,007,799

18

8

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NJ

14,502,736

21

9

Dominion Foundation

PA

10,985,350

212

10

Tosa Foundation

CA

10,736,000

1

11

GE Foundation

CT

10,694,301

6

12

The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust

NY

10,354,639

7

13

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

CA

8,810,000

10

14

Tamias Foundation Inc.

MD

8,800,000

1

15

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

CA

7,568,587

28

16

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

NY

7,327,600

4

17

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

NY

6,088,900

18

18

Omidyar Network Fund Inc.

CA

6,000,000

2

19

The Kresge Foundation

MI

5,922,950

9

20

ExxonMobil Foundation

TX

5,825,000

21

21

The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

NE

5,698,309

6

22

The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation Inc.

NC

5,676,203

127

23

The Annenberg Foundation

CA

5,468,536

10

24

Nanci’s Animal Rights Foundation Inc.

FL

5,000,000

1

25

T. L. L. Temple Foundation

TX

5,000,000

1

26

The Bank of America

Charitable Foundation Inc.

NC

4,942,170

67

27

Richard King Mellon Foundation

PA

4,882,500

8

28

The Ford Foundation

NY

4,827,772

20

29

The Walker Family Foundation

NY

4,543,000

5

30

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

MI

4,370,000

14

31

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

CA

4,338,623

38

32

Harvey W. Peters Research Foundation

SD

4,264,374

2

33

The Community Foundation

for the National Capital Region

DC

4,013,514

136

34

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

MI

3,988,765

14

35

Colcom Foundation

PA

3,916,500

19

36

The Marisla Foundation

CA

3,615,000

6

37

The Bobolink Foundation

IL

3,575,000

4

38

Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation Inc.

NY

3,500,000

4

39

R. B. Terry Charitable Foundation Inc.

NC

3,210,000

2

40

Caterpillar Foundation

IL

3,147,467

9

 

Source: The Foundation Center, 2010. Based on all grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a national sample of 1,490 larger U.S. foundations (including 800 of the 1,000 largest ranked by total giving). For community foundations, only discretionary grants are included. Grants to individuals are not included in the file.

Note: List does not include Virginia foundations.