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Share of Total Giving, 2018

19.11% $43,710,796 198 Grants

Top Funders

The Brown Foundation, Inc. $5.5 M
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $4.8 M
W.K. Kellogg Foundation $3.6 M
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $3.3 M
Houston Endowment $2.5 M
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee $1.9 M
Foundation to Promote Open Society $1.8 M
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $1.7 M
Greater Houston Community Foundation $1.5 M
The Moody Foundation $1.1 M
Carnegie Corporation of New York $1.1 M
The George Foundation $1.0 M
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation $1.0 M
Community Foundation Sonoma County $874.0 K
The Wallace Foundation $650.0 K
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $620.0 K
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $595.1 K
Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation $560.0 K
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $500.0 K
The Rockefeller Foundation $500.0 K

Top Recipients

Alley Theatre $4.1 M
Genesee Area Focus Fund $2.6 M
Puerto Rico Community Foundation $2.3 M
Center for Disaster Philanthropy $2.0 M
Texas Children's Hospital $1.7 M
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc. $1.2 M
Team Rubicon $1.1 M
Center for the New Economy $1.1 M
YMCA of Greater Houston Area $1.0 M
United Way of Greater Houston $1.0 M
Sonoma County Department of Health Services $1.0 M
Sonoma County Transportation Authority $1.0 M
Bay Area Council Foundation $925.8 K
Houston Ballet Foundation $890.0 K
United Way of Galveston, Inc/Galveston County Recovery Fund $860.0 K
Center for Popular Democracy $795.0 K
Centre for Policy Research and Development Solutions $595.1 K
Community Foundation of Greater Flint $550.0 K
Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma County $520.0 K
Asian University for Women Support Foundation $500.0 K

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Breakdown by Region

About the Data: U.S. Foundations — Top 1,000

Data include all grants of $10,000 or more reported by 1,000 of the largest U.S. foundations. The dataset accounts for approximately half of the total grant dollars awarded by the universe of independent, corporate, community, and grantmaking operating foundations. The data do not include gifts by corporate giving programs or public charities. The data also exclude grants, fellowships, or awards directly to individuals; grants paid by private foundations to U.S. community foundations (to avoid double-counting of dollars); and loans or program-related investments.

Funding by region includes double-counting of grants that benefited multiple regions. Some funding is not directed for a specific region but rather provides a global benefit; these grants are not reflected in the regional graphic.