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Rank | Name/(state) | Assets | As of |
| 1. | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (WA) | $33,120,381,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 2. | The Ford Foundation (NY) | 12,252,645,528 | 09/30/06 |
| 3. | J. Paul Getty Trust (CA) | 10,133,371,844 | 06/30/06 |
| 4. | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) | 9,367,614,774 | 12/31/05 |
| 5. | The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA) | 8,520,765,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 6. | W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) | 7,799,270,734 | 08/31/06 |
| 7. | Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) | 7,601,664,181 | 12/31/06 |
| 8. | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) | 6,350,664,410 | 12/31/06 |
| 9. | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) | 6,130,848,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 10. | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) | 5,492,269,240 | 12/31/05 |
| 11. | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA) | 5,308,627,945 | 12/31/05 |
| 12. | The California Endowment (CA) | 4,405,938,934 | 02/28/06 |
| 13. | The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) | 3,417,557,613 | 12/31/05 |
| 14. | The Starr Foundation (NY) | 3,344,801,753 | 12/31/05 |
| 15. | The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD) | 3,265,655,271 | 12/31/06 |
| 16. | The Kresge Foundation (MI) | 3,032,422,497 | 12/31/05 |
| 17. | The Duke Endowment (NC) | 2,708,834,085 | 12/31/05 |
| 18. | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MI) | 2,629,297,078 | 12/31/06 |
| 19. | The Annenberg Foundation (PA) | 2,539,268,854 | 06/30/06 |
| 20. | Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY) | 2,530,191,576 | 09/30/06 |
| 21. | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL) | 2,342,624,401 | 12/31/06 |
| 22. | Casey Family Programs (WA) | 2,265,711,291 | 12/31/05 |
| 23. | Tulsa Community Foundation (OK) | 2,264,564,027 | 12/31/05 |
| 24. | Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) | 2,250,689,422 | 12/31/06 |
| 25. | The McKnight Foundation (MN) | 2,213,868,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 26. | The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. (MD) | 2,154,005,108 | 02/28/06 |
| 27. | Richard King Mellon Foundation (PA) | 2,088,186,647 | 12/31/06 |
| 28. | Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO) | 2,067,471,575 | 06/30/06 |
| 29. | The New York Community Trust (NY) | 2,042,798,738 | 12/31/06 |
| 30. | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (NY) | 1,920,145,122 | 12/31/05 |
| 31. | The Cleveland Foundation (OH) | 1,889,098,831 | 12/31/06 |
| 32. | Broad Foundation (CA) | 1,802,485,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 33. | The James Irvine Foundation (CA) | 1,610,480,320 | 12/31/05 |
| 34. | The Wallace Foundation (NY) | 1,586,977,058 | 12/31/06 |
| 35. | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY) | 1,581,350,875 | 12/31/05 |
| 36. | The Chicago Community Trust (IL) | 1,503,994,247 | 09/30/05 |
| 37. | The William Penn Foundation (PA) | 1,428,365,937 | 12/31/06 |
| 38. | W. M. Keck Foundation (CA) | 1,410,261,448 | 12/31/06 |
| 39. | Lumina Foundation for Education, Inc. (IN) | 1,363,176,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 40. | Houston Endowment Inc. (TX) | 1,338,767,885 | 12/31/06 |
| 41. | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 1,337,857,120 | 12/31/06 |
| 42. | Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR) | 1,328,793,250 | 12/31/05 |
| 43. | The California Wellness Foundation (CA) | 1,301,438,867 | 12/31/06 |
| 44. | The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (TX) | 1,226,020,349 | 12/31/05 |
| 45. | The Brown Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 1,223,019,722 | 06/30/06 |
| 46. | Kimbell Art Foundation (TX) | 1,210,790,189 | 12/31/05 |
| 47. | Daniels Fund (CO) | 1,185,701,276 | 12/31/06 |
| 48. | Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (NV) | 1,181,839,935 | 12/31/06 |
| 49. | The Moody Foundation (TX) | 1,158,543,467 | 12/31/05 |
| 50. | California Community Foundation (CA) | 1,152,601,808 | 06/30/06 |
| 51. | Marin Community Foundation (CA) | 1,125,930,427 | 06/30/06 |
| 52. | Freeman Foundation (NY) | 1,105,466,120 | 12/31/05 |
| 53. | John Templeton Foundation (PA) | 1,080,335,362 | 12/31/05 |
| 54. | The Freedom Forum, Inc. (VA) | 1,071,127,819 | 12/31/05 |
| 55. | The Ahmanson Foundation (CA) | 1,036,120,000 | 10/31/06 |
| 56. | Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO) | 1,013,035,000 | 12/31/05 |
| 57. | The Oregon Community Foundation (OR) | 996,491,247 | 12/31/06 |
| 58. | The Joyce Foundation (IL) | 975,275,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 59. | The Meadows Foundation, Inc. (TX) | 974,254,634 | 12/31/06 |
| 60. | The Saint Paul Foundation (MN) | 909,500,000 | 12/31/06 |
| 61. | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (NV) | 889,768,444 | 02/28/06 |
| 62. | The San Francisco Foundation (CA) | 883,443,000 | 06/30/06 |
| 63. | Hall Family Foundation (MO) | 883,436,222 | 12/31/06 |
| 64. | Bush Foundation (MN) | 873,280,162 | 11/30/06 |
| 65. | Surdna Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 859,153,983 | 06/30/06 |
| 66. | The Packard Humanities Institute (CA) | 858,955,029 | 12/31/05 |
| 67. | Open Society Institute (NY) | 858,935,162 | 12/31/05 |
| 68. | Barr Foundation (MA) | 857,054,761 | 12/31/05 |
| 69. | The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations (OH) | 850,089,853 | 12/31/05 |
| 70. | The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (NY) | 846,456,297 | 09/30/06 |
| 71. | Weingart Foundation (CA) | 839,604,507 | 06/30/06 |
| 72. | Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. (NY) | 815,561,407 | 12/31/05 |
| 73. | Longwood Foundation, Inc. (DE) | 795,205,527 | 09/30/06 |
| 74. | The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 792,916,471 | 12/31/05 |
| 75. | Burroughs Wellcome Fund (NC) | 777,620,142 | 08/31/06 |
| 76. | The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc. (OK) | 769,999,802 | 08/31/06 |
| 77. | Boston Foundation, Inc. (MA) | 769,807,869 | 06/30/06 |
| 78. | Community Foundation Silicon Valley (CA) | 760,821,244 | 06/30/05 |
| 79. | M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust (WA) | 758,617,116 | 12/31/05 |
| 80. | Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation (MN) | 752,341,252 | 12/31/05 |
| 81. | The Pittsburgh Foundation (PA) | 742,455,439 | 12/31/06 |
| 82. | Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (CT) | 735,105,228 | 12/31/06 |
| 83. | Marguerite Casey Foundation (WA) | 719,973,982 | 12/31/06 |
| 84. | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. (WI) | 706,076,838 | 12/31/05 |
| 85. | The Commonwealth Fund (NY) | 701,275,427 | 06/30/06 |
| 86. | Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. (TX) | 699,873,000 | 06/30/06 |
| 87. | The AVI CHAI Foundation (NY) | 688,392,372 | 12/31/06 |
| 88. | The Picower Foundation (FL) | 685,672,092 | 12/31/06 |
| 89. | The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. (NY) | 679,770,507 | 12/31/06 |
| 90. | Robertson Foundation (NY) | 659,047,413 | 11/30/05 |
| 91. | The Minneapolis Foundation (MN) | 654,649,964 | 03/31/06 |
| 92. | Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. (GA) | 638,817,268 | 06/30/06 |
| 93. | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (VA) | 637,795,172 | 05/31/06 |
| 94. | Leon Levy Foundation (NY) | 628,514,327 | 03/31/06 |
| 95. | Publix Super Markets Charities (FL) | 625,587,255 | 12/31/06 |
| 96. | The Robert A. Welch Foundation (TX) | 625,127,762 | 08/31/06 |
| 97. | William Randolph Hearst Foundation (NY) | 624,489,259 | 12/31/05 |
| 98. | The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (AZ) | 615,668,089 | 03/31/06 |
| 99. | Peninsula Community Foundation (CA) | 614,336,446 | 12/31/05 |
| 100. | Wayne & Gladys Valley Foundation (CA) | 607,517,865 | 09/30/06 |
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