List of wealthiest charitable foundations

This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 53 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations such as charitable trusts that have disclosed their assets. 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 financial endowment.^[1] The endowment value is a rounded estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the exchange 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

Rank	Organisation	Country	Headquarters	Endowment (USD)	Endowment (home currency)	Founded	Ref.
1	Novo Nordisk Foundation	Denmark	Copenhagen	$167 billion	kr.1,114 billion	1989	[3][4]
2	Tata Trusts	India	Mumbai	$100+ billion		1919	[5]
3	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	United States	Seattle	$50.2 billion		2000	[6]
4	Wellcome Trust	United Kingdom	London	$42.8 billion	£34.6 billion	1936	[7]
5	Stichting INGKA Foundation	Netherlands	Leiden	$37.3 billion	€34.3 billion	1982	[8]
6	Mastercard Foundation	Canada	Toronto	$31.5 billion		2006	[9]
7	Fundación La Caixa	Spain	Palma de Mallorca	$28.1 billion	€27 billion	1904	[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 billion	1958	[20]
17	Church Commissioners for England	United Kingdom	London	$12.4 billion	£9.2 billion	1948	[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	AED37 billion	2007	[26]
23	Fondazione Cariplo	Italy	Milano	$9.6 billion	€8.4 billion	1991	[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	USD9.2 billion	1991	[29]
26	William and Flora Hewlett Foundation	United States	Menlo Park, California	$13.3 billion		1967	[30]
27	Li Ka Shing Foundation	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	$8.3 billion	HK$64.4 billion	1980	[31]
28	The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust	United States	New York City	$8.3 billion		1999	[32]
29	W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust	United States	Battle Creek, Michigan	$8.2 billion		1930	[33]
30	Jacobs Foundation	Switzerland	Zürich	$7.6 billion	CHF7 billion	2001	[34]
31	Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung	Germany	Bad Homburg	$7 billion	€6.2 billion	1983	[35]
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	[36]
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 billion	1964	[37]
37	Children's Investment Fund Foundation	United Kingdom	London	$5.9 billion	£5.2 billion	2002	[38]
38	Conrad N. Hilton Foundation	United States	Westlake Village, California	$5.9 billion		1944	[39]
39	Nemours Foundation	United States	Jacksonville	$4.6 billion		1936	[40]
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	[41]
43	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation	Portugal	Lisbon	$4.0 billion	€3.72 billion	1956	[42]
44	Volkswagen Stiftung	Germany	Hannover	$4 billion	€3.5 billion	1961	[43]
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 billion	1917	[44]
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 billion	2000	[45]
51	Cleveland Foundation	United States	Cleveland	$2.8 billion		1914	[46]
52	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation	United States	Kansas City	$2.7 billion		1978	[47]
53	Simons Foundation	United States	New York City	$2.6 billion		1994	[48]

See also

• List of charitable foundations
• List of wealthiest religious organizations