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Largest Foundation Support for Public Affairs and Society Benefit for 2012
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Rank
Foundation
Grants
Total Given
1
Ford Foundation
480
181,432,514
2
MacArthur Foundation
134
64,421,500
3
Kellogg Foundation
100
58,234,373
4
Foundation to Promote Open Society
238
52,605,120
5
Gates Foundation
31
46,506,682
6
McKnight Foundation
47
26,835,071
7
Carnegie Corporation of New York
54
26,651,900
8
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
61
26,542,748
9
Hewlett Foundation
73
26,126,175
10
Bloomberg Philanthropies
11
22,710,005
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11
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
42
17,574,158
12
Omidyar Network Fund, Inc.
30
15,395,761
13
Annie E. Casey Foundation
120
14,768,289
14
Open Society Institute
80
14,115,420
15
Ruth Mott Foundation
92
13,495,308
16
Irvine Foundation
59
13,335,973
17
Colcom Foundation
32
12,139,500
18
Kresge Foundation
33
11,886,154
19
California Endowment
59
10,138,526
20
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
122
9,175,000
21
Dunn's Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking
87
9,020,000
22
The JPB Foundation
15
8,285,299
23
Broad Foundations
6
8,255,000
24
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
6
7,971,713
25
Sarah Scaife Foundation, Inc.
51
7,654,500
26
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
54
7,219,903
27
Nathan Cummings Foundation
63
6,966,170
28
Walton Family Foundation
43
6,879,237
29
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
9
6,598,960
30
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.
17
6,416,858
31
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
92
6,227,217
32
Annie E. Casey Foundation
39
5,844,252
33
Oak Foundation
13
5,658,910
34
Joyce Foundation
35
5,231,563
35
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
50
5,212,500
36
John Templeton Foundation
39
5,101,222
37
Wal-Mart Foundation
12
5,054,500
38
Aurora Foundation
1
5,000,000
39
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
63
4,969,500
40
Pittsburgh Foundation
24
4,909,416
41
ExxonMobil Foundation
6
4,872,000
42
John William Pope Foundation
51
4,802,508
43
Packard Foundation
31
4,792,331
44
Winthrop Rockefeller Trust
2
4,790,084
45
Bush Foundation
24
4,744,997
46
NoVo Foundation
11
4,666,200
47
Stephen Bechtel Fund
34
4,498,700
48
Lilly Endowment Inc.
17
4,475,000
49
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
8
4,400,973
50
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, (NC)
41
4,336,650
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