Largest Foundation Support for Education for 2012

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Rank
Foundation
Grants
Total Given
1
Gates Foundation
446

344,568,841
2
Walton Family Foundation
287

283,532,017
3
Richard King Mellon Foundation
233

119,128,015
4
Kellogg Foundation
249

119,079,321
5
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
927

110,863,883
6
Ford Foundation
209

85,099,791
7
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, (GA)
17

82,260,011
8
Starr Foundation
46

71,740,000
9
Duke Endowment
22

69,188,114
10
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
171

61,433,729

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11
John Templeton Foundation
466

61,007,724
12
Simons Foundation
85

60,937,297
13
Wallace Foundation
77

58,970,887
14
Foundation to Promote Open Society
159

57,784,719
15
Lilly Endowment Inc.
72

56,782,018
16
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
272

56,364,282
17
Open Knowledge Foundation
475

53,337,899
18
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
43

53,238,999
19
Hewlett Foundation
152

52,277,484
20
The Goizueta Foundation
30

51,541,168
21
Robertson Foundation
56

48,864,216
22
Carnegie Corporation of New York
90

48,403,700
23
Lumina Foundation
176

46,573,425
24
Wal-Mart Foundation
183

45,040,664
25
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
96

42,959,559
26
Omaha Community Foundation
183

40,767,367
27
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
31

38,700,822
28
Broad Foundations
91

38,588,515
29
New York Community Trust
672

36,769,003
30
Kresge Foundation
74

34,907,101
31
Tosa Foundation
53

34,584,562
32
Packard Foundation
142

33,725,043
33
Druckenmiller Foundation
15

33,595,000
34
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
208

32,759,855
35
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
475

31,672,513
36
AVI CHAI Foundation
50

31,144,601
37
MacArthur Foundation
72

31,082,160
38
Ruth Mott Foundation
105

30,801,693
39
Cleveland Foundation
151

30,375,443
40
McKnight Foundation
51

30,103,979
41
Irvine Foundation
43

28,520,500
42
Heinz Endowments
102

27,890,751
43
Daniels Fund
320

27,699,773
44
New Mighty Foundation
89

27,373,209
45
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
280

27,371,087
46
Shimon ben Joseph Foundation
50

27,330,339
47
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
227

26,951,779
48
Greater Houston Community Foundation
273

26,129,949
49
San Francisco Foundation
438

26,030,104
50
Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation
31

24,976,430


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