List of wealthiest foundations
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List of wealthiest foundations is an annotated list of the largest foundations and other charitable organizations, organised by country and size of financial endowment.
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[edit] Denmark
- Realdania of Copenhagen DKK 31.8B (approx. USD 5.6B)
- A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal of Copenhagen ca DKK 9B (approx. USD 1.5B)
- Carlsberg Foundation of Copenhagen DKK 8.8B (approx. USD 1.4B)
[edit] Germany
- Robert Bosch Foundation EUR 5.1B (approx. USD 6B)
- Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg EUR 2.7B (aprox. USD 3.3B)
- Volkswagen Foundation EUR 2.2B (approx. USD 2.7B)
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt EUR 1.7B (approx. USD 2.1B)
[edit] Netherlands
- Stichting INGKA Foundation, more than $36B (status disputed - see article)
[edit] Norway
- Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR of Oslo NOK 11B (approx. USD 1.8B)
- Institusjonen Fritt Ord of Oslo NOK 2.3B (approx. USD 0.4B)
- Cultiva - Kristiansand Kommunes Energiverksstiftelse of Kristiansand NOK 1.6B (approx. USD 0.3B)
- UNIFOR - Foundation of the University of Oslo of Oslo NOK 1.3B (approx. USD 0.2B)
[edit] Spain
- La Caixa - Fundació La Caixa EUR 0.25B (approx. USD 0.32B) (budget for 2005)
[edit] Sweden
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation of Stockholm SEK 30.1B (approx. USD 3.9B)
- Nobel Foundation of Stockholm SEK 3.0B (approx. USD 0.4B)
[edit] United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust of London £11.6B ($22.6B) as of 30 September 2005.
[edit] United States
The wealthiest foundations in the United States. Dollar values list assets calculated in 2004 in USD.
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Washington $26.8B (~$40B in 2007)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Chevy Chase, Maryland $14.8B
- Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis, Indiana $10.8B
- Ford Foundation of New York City, New York $10.6B
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton, New Jersey $9.4B
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan $6.3B
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation of Los Altos, California $6.0B
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation of Menlo Park, California $6.0B
- Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation [1] of San Francisco, California $4.9B
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago, Illinois $4.5B
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City, New York $4.5B
- Pew Charitable Trusts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $4.1B
- Rockefeller Foundation of New York City, New York $3.2B
- The Kresge Foundation of Detroit, Michigan $2.7B
- Brian and Catherine Kinney Foundation of Los Angeles, California $2.6B
- Onassis Foundation [2] of New York City, New York $2.1B
