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Rank

Foundation

Grants

Total Given

Gates Foundation

1,378

2,579,354,996

Ford Foundation

1,407

471,403,757

Walton Family Foundation

614

417,696,760

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

268

361,182,906

Kellogg Foundation

741

354,782,649

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Illustrative Foundation Grants

Community Voices Heard
$60,000 From: New York Community Trust

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
$225,000 From: James Irvine Foundation

Janesville Performing Arts Center
$5,000 From: Alliant Energy Foundation

City on a Hill Ministries
$24,100 From: Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area

Center for Teaching Quality Inc.
$199,500 From: Ford Foundation

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
$100,000 From: Hewlett Foundation

Association for Psychosocial Help and Development of Voluntary Work
$60,000 From: Mott Foundation

Arizona Humanities Council
$20,000 From: Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte County
$10,000 From: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

Arts & Business Council of Chicago
$30,000 From: Chicago Community Trust

ACTION Council
$10,000 From: Community Foundation for Monterey County

GRACE (GR Area Center for Ecumenism)
$100,000 From: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Visiting Nurse Association of Mercer County
$25,000 From: Bunbury Company

Environmental Defense
$1,891,251 From: Moore Foundation

Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Joseph County
$16,000 From: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

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