List of wealthiest charitable foundations
Wealthiest foundations by endowment value
2006 estimate from The Economist

List of wealthiest charitable foundations

Section Title: Wealthiest foundations by endowment value
Table Section Text: 2006 estimate from The Economist

Rank	Organisation / Country / by individual	Country	Headquarters	Endowment (USD)	Endowment (home currency)	Founded / Donations	References

1	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	United States	Seattle, Washington	$51.6 billion	1994

2	Novo Nordisk Foundation	Denmark	Copenhagen	$49.1 billion	DKK 331.1 billion (Danish Kroner)	1989

3	Stichting INGKA Foundation	Netherlands	Leiden	$36 billion	€34.3 billion (EUR)	1982

4	Wellcome Trust	United Kingdom	London	$27.1 billion	£20.9 billion (GBP)	1936

5	Howard Hughes Medical Institute	United States	Chevy Chase, Maryland	$23.8 billion	1953

6	Azim Premji Foundation	India	Bangalore	$21.0 billion	2001

7	Garfield Weston Foundation	United Kingdom	London	$15.7 billion	£12.7 billion (GBP)	1958

8	Ford Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$13.7 billion	1936

9	Silicon Valley Community Foundation	United States	San Jose, California	$13.6 billion	2007

10	Lilly Endowment	United States	Indianapolis, Indiana	$11.7 billion	1937

11	Kamehameha Schools	United States	Honolulu, Hawaii	$11.5 billion	1887

12	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	United States	Princeton, New Jersey	$11.4 billion	1972

13	J. Paul Getty Trust	United States	Los Angeles, California	$10.4 billion	1982

14	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	$10.08 billion	37 billion د.إ (AED)	2007

15	William and Flora Hewlett Foundation	United States	Menlo Park, California	$8.74 billion	1967

16	Li Ka Shing Foundation	China	Hong Kong	$8.3 billion	$64.4 billion (HKD)	1980

17	W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust	United States	Battle Creek, Michigan	$8.2 billion	1930

18	The Church Commissioners for England	United Kingdom	London	$7.5 billion	£6.1 billion (GBP)	1948

19	The MasterCard Foundation	Canada	Toronto	$7.1 billion	2006

20	The Pew Charitable Trusts	United States	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$6.6 billion	1948

21	Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation	United States	Palo Alto, California	$6.4 billion	2000

22	David and Lucile Packard Foundation	United States	Los Altos, California	$6.3 billion	1964

23	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$6.18 billion	1969

24	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation	United States	Chicago, Illinois	$6.0 billion	1975

25	The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust	United States	New York City, New York	$5.548 billion	1999

26	Robert Bosch Foundation	Germany	Stuttgart	$5.5 billion	€5.3 billion (EUR)	1964

27	Nemours Foundation	United States	Jacksonville, Florida	$4.6 billion	1936

28	Bloomberg Philanthropies	United States	New York City, New York	$4.24 billion	2004

29	Tulsa Community Foundation	United States	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$3.8 billion	1998

30	Rockefeller Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$3.7 billion	1913

31	The Kresge Foundation	United States	Troy, Michigan	$3.6 billion	1924

32	Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation	Sweden	Stockholm	$3.60 billion	kr 32.7 billion (SEK)	1917

33	California Health Care Foundation	United States	Los Angeles, California	$3.56 billion	1996

34	The Duke Endowment	United States	Charlotte, North Carolina	$3.37 billion	1924

35	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation	Portugal	Lisbon	$3.2 billion	€2.93 billion (EUR)	1956

36	Realdania	Denmark	Copenhagen	$2.9 billion	€2.8 billion (EUR)	2000

37	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation	United States	Kansas City, Missouri	$2.7 billion	1978

38	Simons Foundation	United States	New York City, New York	$2.6 billion	1994

39	The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation	United States	Los Angeles, California	$1.8 billion	1967

40	W. M. Keck Foundation	United States	Los Angeles, California	$1.1 billion	1954

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One of the wealthiest charitable foundations in the world, the Gulbenkian Foundation, was founded in 1956.

final_sentence: One of the wealthiest charitable foundations in the world, the Gulbenkian Foundation, was founded in 1956.