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Foundations that fund education in New York

11,161 private foundations gave $3.1 billion for education to organizations in New York in their latest year. The largest was Gates Foundation, with $138 million in 130 grants.

Foundations ranked by education grants to recipients in New York, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
Gates Foundation (Washington)130$138 millionYes
Open Society Institute173$92.8 millionYes
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc11$68.7 millionNo
Foundation to Promote Open Society57$62.5 millionNo
The Pindaros Foundation Inc2$59.7 millionNo
The Marianthi Foundation Inc2$53.8 millionNo
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc157$51.0 millionYes
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)12$44.5 millionYes
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation58$40.5 millionYes
The Gottesman Fund12$40.1 millionNo
Sequoia Climate Foundation (California)16$39.0 millionNo
Walton Family Foundation Inc (Arkansas)40$37.6 millionNo
Gray Foundation37$32.5 millionNo
The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc9$30.4 millionNo
The Simons Foundation Inc165$29.2 millionNo
Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture Inc1$28.9 millionNo
The Laurie M Tisch Foundation Inc84$28.3 millionNo
Priem Family Foundation (California)1$27.6 millionNo
Freedom Together Foundation37$26.3 millionNo
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc23$25.2 millionNo
The Ford Foundation148$21.9 millionYes
The Jonathan M Tisch Family Foundation14$20.1 millionNo
The Rockefeller Foundation11$20.1 millionNo
Carnegie Corporation of New York65$19.7 millionYes
Saul Brandman Foundation (California)2$18.5 millionNo

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches education, paid to recipients in New York. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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