Foundations and grantmaking organizations
There are 190,624foundations in the United States. Combined, these foundationsemploy 238,611 people, earn more than $302 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 trillion.
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Subcategories within foundations and grantmaking organizations:
- Private foundations(149,484)
- Corporate foundations(3,346)
- Public foundations(17,185)
- Community foundations(4,511)
Types of foundations
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
149,484 | $143,878,807,169 | |
17,185 | $115,741,241,059 | |
4,511 | $24,503,909,245 | |
4,490 | $1,779,213,435 | |
3,346 | $16,864,280,044 | |
925 | $29,580,230,889 | |
312 | $346,398,994 | |
304 | $242,910,280 | |
131 | $161,975,542 | |
24 | $18,118,822 |
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Job trends for Foundations
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 86,042 |
1-10 | 7,755 |
11-25 | 905 |
26-100 | 561 |
101 to 1,000 | 167 |
1,000+ | 21 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Foundations is driven by large organizations like The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return, Apella Health Management, Prime Healthcare Foundation, THE Carle Foundation Hospital, and Providence Medical Foundation.
- The largest employers tend to be public foundations, foundations, private foundations, community foundations, and corporate foundations.
Sizes of foundations
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 101,312 |
$250k to $1M | 17,189 |
$1M to $5M | 9,741 |
$5M to $25M | 3,281 |
$25M to $100M | 812 |
$100M+ | 330 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return, National Philanthropic Trust, and Schwab Charitable Fund earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Foundations.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 3.4% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Foundations with more than $100 million account for 66.0% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be private foundations, public foundations, organizations supporting a foundation, community foundations, and corporate foundations.
Directory of foundations
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1-20 of 190,624
Meyer Foundation
Revenue
$463.4k
Assets
$210.7m
Employees
15
EIN
53-0241716
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Skoll Foundation
Revenue
$53.8m
Assets
$785.7m
Employees
61
EIN
11-3659133
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Freedom Forum
Revenue
$6.6m
Assets
$568.8m
Employees
52
EIN
54-1604427
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Kresge Foundation
Revenue
$245.0m
Assets
$4.0b
Employees
117
EIN
38-1359217
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Bainum Family Foundation
Revenue
$50.0m
Assets
$745.9m
Employees
39
EIN
23-7000192
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Stuart Foundation
Revenue
$19.5m
Assets
$461.5m
Employees
15
EIN
20-0882784
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Revenue
$93.5m
Assets
$477.3m
Employees
41
EIN
23-7343119
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Revenue
$105.4m
Assets
$820.4m
Employees
56
EIN
31-0669700
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Madison Community Foundation
Revenue
$36.9m
Assets
$272.4m
Employees
17
EIN
39-6038248
IRS type
501(c)(3)
De Beaumont Foundation
Revenue
$10.4m
Assets
$181.7m
Employees
32
EIN
04-3467074
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Citybridge Foundation
Revenue
$128.5k
Assets
$7.8m
Employees
0
EIN
52-1870074
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
Revenue
$218.6m
Assets
$2.4b
Employees
189
EIN
52-1951681
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
Revenue
$13.7m
Assets
$22.2m
Employees
73
EIN
04-3523528
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Revenue
$14.7b
Assets
$56.7b
Employees
0
EIN
11-0303001
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Koret Foundation
Revenue
$11.0m
Assets
$392.5m
Employees
17
EIN
94-1624987
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Council on Foundations
Revenue
$11.5m
Assets
$37.6m
Employees
44
EIN
13-6068327
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Philanthropy Roundtable
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$15.9m
Employees
46
EIN
13-2943020
IRS type
501(c)(3)
United Way of New York City
Revenue
$65.2m
Assets
$51.6m
Employees
112
EIN
13-2617681
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TR
Revenue
$129.3m
Assets
$320.3m
Employees
162
EIN
13-3441066
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
Revenue
$63.4m
Assets
$1.4b
Employees
15
EIN
20-3672969
IRS type
501(c)(3)