Largest Foundation Support for Arts and Culture for 2012

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Rank
Foundation
Grants
Total Given
1
Richard King Mellon Foundation
287

150,050,783
2
McKnight Foundation
187

71,206,000
3
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
19

62,583,771
4
Ford Foundation
156

53,855,928
5
Edward C. Johnson Fund
37

43,307,119
6
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
242

36,855,845
7
MacArthur Foundation
62

33,923,500
8
Kresge Foundation
123

27,121,227
9
Freedom Forum
2

26,652,008
10
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
83

25,049,413

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11
William Penn Foundation
72

22,036,491
12
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
443

20,330,000
13
Brown Foundation
176

19,681,009
14
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
36

19,341,618
15
Robina Foundation
1

18,000,000
16
Irvine Foundation
93

17,803,600
17
New York Community Trust
422

17,487,576
18
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
209

17,030,271
19
The Manton Foundation
9

16,891,140
20
Houston Endowment Inc.
70

16,762,000
21
Richard King Mellon Foundation
22

16,251,000
22
Windgate Charitable Foundation, Inc.
148

16,163,776
23
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
261

15,971,190
24
Heinz Endowments
93

15,039,319
25
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, (NC)
294

14,778,500
26
Hewlett Foundation
86

14,522,075
27
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
112

14,522,059
28
The Wyncote Foundation
145

14,437,667
29
Lilly Endowment Inc.
37

14,005,485
30
San Francisco Foundation
323

13,378,740
31
Hess Foundation, Inc.
43

12,904,265
32
Moody Foundation
7

12,900,799
33
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, (GA)
9

12,860,000
34
The Grainger Foundation Inc.
28

12,398,539
35
The PNC Foundation
296

12,397,947
36
Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust
10

12,222,828
37
Barr Foundation
40

12,027,500
38
Broad Foundations
13

12,025,100
39
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
170

11,805,994
40
Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation
70

11,060,625
41
Foundation to Promote Open Society
38

11,026,321
42
The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation
5

10,894,871
43
Mt. Cuba Center, Inc.
2

10,672,235
44
O'Donnell Foundation
6

10,555,000
45
David H. Koch Charitable Foundation
2

10,500,000
46
Fidelity Foundation
36

10,402,585
47
Hall Family Foundation (MO)
50

10,361,566
48
The Rees-Jones Foundation
3

10,087,500
49
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
39

9,965,000
50
Weingart Foundation
37

9,560,500


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