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Fiscal Year
End Date

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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