Average grant size at major philanthropy & grantmaking foundations
The typical grant from the twenty largest philanthropy & grantmaking foundations is about $95K. Across all 1,237 philanthropy & grantmaking funders on file, the typical grant is about $5K. Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation Inc gives the most in this field.
Every figure comes from the foundations’ own IRS filings. The largest funders in a field usually give far more per grant than the field as a whole, because they make fewer, larger awards to organizations and projects big enough to absorb that much money at once. Check before you ask. Open any foundation to see how much it gives and where its grants went.
The twenty largest philanthropy & grantmaking funders
| Foundation | State | Typical grant | Grants a year | Total giving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation Inc | NY | $3K | 45 | $1.5B |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | CA | $150K | 1,029 | $350M |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | MI | $100K | 1,819 | $304M |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | CA | $76K | 1,339 | $288M |
| Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc | GA | $2.0M | 26 | $190M |
| O’Donnell Foundation | TX | $1.0M | 33 | $187M |
| The Sunderland Foundation | KS | $400K | 96 | $177M |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | FL | $85K | 513 | $148M |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | MI | $100K | 413 | $141M |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | IL | $55K | 897 | $115M |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | AR | $435K | 148 | $114M |
| The Heinz Endowments | PA | $70K | 550 | $85M |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | MA | $100K | 260 | $82M |
| Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation | OH | $11K | 284 | $77M |
| Stanley M Herzog Charitable Foundation | MO | $6K | 71 | $68M |
| Otto Bremer Trust | MN | $150K | 180 | $57M |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | NY | $90K | 397 | $57M |
| The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation | OK | $5K | 153 | $54M |
| Esther and Harold Mertz Foundation | SD | $15K | 9 | $54M |
| The Bush Foundation | MN | $150K | 148 | $54M |
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