Private foundation giving in 2022

Grants paid in tax year 2022 by foundations whose return gives an address in each State, with each State’s share of all giving. The money may have gone anywhere.

1. New Jersey3,834 foundations · 15.3% · 85% from patient-assistance foundations $17,628,057,078
2. California11,818 foundations · 14.2% · 19% from patient-assistance foundations $16,345,283,603
3. New York11,922 foundations · 13.8% $15,891,116,276
4. Washington1,856 foundations · 11.5% · 47% passed to another foundation $13,224,239,823
5. Texas10,508 foundations · 4.7% $5,451,693,889
6. Illinois6,007 foundations · 3.8% $4,362,411,755
7. Pennsylvania7,458 foundations · 3.3% · 20% from patient-assistance foundations $3,777,433,987
8. Florida8,603 foundations · 2.6% $3,019,208,256
9. Massachusetts3,899 foundations · 2.4% $2,812,455,607
10. Michigan2,884 foundations · 2.2% · 16% passed to another foundation $2,580,701,093
11. Connecticut1,821 foundations · 2.0% $2,283,641,485
12. Indiana1,668 foundations · 1.7% $1,958,395,401
13. Minnesota1,702 foundations · 1.7% $1,904,716,602
14. Georgia2,405 foundations · 1.5% $1,733,375,387
15. Delaware2,581 foundations · 1.5% $1,694,871,948
16. Ohio4,514 foundations · 1.4% $1,647,951,659
17. North Carolina2,116 foundations · 1.3% $1,460,299,916
18. Maryland2,065 foundations · 1.2% $1,396,398,821
19. Nebraska699 foundations · 1.1% $1,289,800,219
20. Arkansas585 foundations · 1.1% $1,279,986,875
21. Colorado2,159 foundations · 1.0% $1,186,092,451
22. Wisconsin2,965 foundations · 1.0% $1,131,746,260
23. Missouri1,842 foundations · 0.9% $1,020,646,324
24. Virginia2,382 foundations · 0.9% $983,974,846
25. District of Columbia585 foundations · 0.8% $918,664,375
26. Oklahoma1,166 foundations · 0.8% $877,176,702
27. Nevada3,755 foundations · 0.8% $871,466,247
28. Utah1,155 foundations · 0.7% $819,279,948
29. Oregon1,009 foundations · 0.6% $668,023,464
30. Tennessee1,412 foundations · 0.5% $615,485,268
31. Kansas1,035 foundations · 0.5% $529,674,667
32. Arizona1,581 foundations · 0.4% $502,608,908
33. Kentucky959 foundations · 0.3% $377,251,095
34. Iowa1,148 foundations · 0.2% $280,740,446
35. Maine573 foundations · 0.2% $269,956,457
36. South Carolina972 foundations · 0.2% $257,202,483
37. Alabama1,398 foundations · 0.2% $253,008,864
38. Wyoming382 foundations · 0.2% $241,364,823
39. Louisiana889 foundations · 0.2% $208,972,494
40. Rhode Island443 foundations · 0.2% $187,446,043
41. Idaho498 foundations · 0.1% $163,993,317
42. New Mexico442 foundations · 0.1% $153,729,287
43. Montana469 foundations · 0.1% $151,987,631
44. New Hampshire670 foundations · 0.1% $150,157,001
45. Hawaii593 foundations · 0.1% $146,627,723
46. Mississippi447 foundations · 0.1% $108,695,415
47. South Dakota258 foundations · 0.1% $99,291,165
48. West Virginia447 foundations · 0.1% $82,875,334
49. Vermont325 foundations · 0.1% $78,277,309
50. Alaska129 foundations · 0.0% $56,993,966
51. North Dakota168 foundations · 0.0% $31,150,648
52. Puerto Rico66 foundations · 0.0% $11,387,492
53. U.S. Virgin Islands12 foundations · 0.0% $1,236,195
54. American Samoa2 foundations · 0.0% $128,314
55. Northern Mariana Islands2 foundations · 0.0% $0

Foundations in US territories, abroad or without a State on the return: 809 foundations, $1,092,995,363. They count in the total above, not in a State.

Grant lines to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by that organization’s category: $48,798,210,608 of the $85,295,885,140 listed to organizations (57.2%).

Some returns list their grants only in an attachment the e-file doesn’t include: 2,629 lines on 2,476 returns say only “see attached” or “various”, for $7.3 billion. Those dollars count in the grants paid above, not in the cause figures.

1. Philanthropy and grantmaking52,269 grants from 17,269 foundations · median $5,000 $12,643,048,752
2. Education171,675 grants from 33,491 foundations · median $4,500 $10,298,024,293
3. Arts and culture107,896 grants from 22,029 foundations · median $5,000 $3,913,415,955
4. Human services126,203 grants from 26,677 foundations · median $4,000 $3,133,527,495
5. Health72,898 grants from 22,501 foundations · median $3,143 $2,933,349,694
6. International aid43,471 grants from 13,806 foundations · median $4,000 $2,929,127,997
7. Environment41,435 grants from 11,701 foundations · median $5,000 $2,542,519,929
8. Community development22,759 grants from 7,375 foundations · median $10,000 $1,778,201,488
9. Medical research8,488 grants from 4,181 foundations · median $2,000 $1,035,734,140
10. Youth development29,706 grants from 9,791 foundations · median $5,000 $864,284,574
11. Religion47,297 grants from 11,107 foundations · median $2,000 $815,847,089
12. Civil rights15,040 grants from 5,950 foundations · median $5,000 $755,462,705
13. Animals50,764 grants from 10,803 foundations · median $1,000 $676,286,067
14. Public affairs9,612 grants from 3,934 foundations · median $5,000 $589,729,254
15. Housing and shelter19,156 grants from 7,843 foundations · median $5,000 $580,142,053
16. Science and technology3,049 grants from 1,353 foundations · median $10,000 $528,781,659
17. Food and agriculture25,740 grants from 9,726 foundations · median $3,000 $520,056,206
18. Sports and recreation30,624 grants from 9,008 foundations · median $2,000 $476,153,178
19. Crime and legal aid15,656 grants from 6,412 foundations · median $5,000 $468,752,045
20. Jobs and employment6,978 grants from 3,112 foundations · median $10,000 $376,582,791
21. Mental health15,803 grants from 6,339 foundations · median $4,000 $354,608,790
22. Social science2,447 grants from 1,214 foundations · median $29,300 $351,254,600
23. Disaster relief and public safety8,489 grants from 2,817 foundations · median $1,000 $182,511,672
24. Veterans and military3,097 grants from 1,303 foundations · median $1,500 $30,058,891
25. Mutual benefit783 grants from 516 foundations · median $2,500 $20,749,291

Returns

Every Form 990-PF return for tax year 2022 in the IRS e-file data we have read: 121,536 returns from 121,425 foundations. When a foundation filed an amended return, it replaces the original. 294 returns with a figure larger than the foundation’s assets plus its revenue are held back for a check and not counted.

Tax year

The year the foundation’s accounting year began. A return for a year that ended in June 2023 is tax year 2022. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year ends, so a few for 2022 can still arrive.

Grants paid

The total of grants paid in the year that each return reports. When a return leaves the total blank, we add up its grant lines. Money one foundation gives another is counted on both returns.

State

The State in the foundation’s own address on its return, not where the grants went. Most of New Jersey’s total comes from drug companies’ patient-assistance foundations, which report the medicines they give patients as grants: Johnson & Johnson Patient Assistance ($4.6 billion), Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation ($2.9 billion), Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance ($2.9 billion) and 6 more. 19% of California’s total comes from drug companies’ patient-assistance foundations, which report the medicines they give patients as grants: Genentech Patient Foundation ($3.2 billion). 47% of Washington’s total is money the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust passed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ($6.2 billion), which reports it again as its own grants. 20% of Pennsylvania’s total comes from drug companies’ patient-assistance foundations, which report the medicines they give patients as grants: GlaxoSmithKline Patient Access ($763.5 million). 16% of Michigan’s total is money the WK Kellogg Foundation Trust - No 5315 passed to the WK Kellogg Foundation ($402.3 million), which reports it again as its own grants.

Cause

Each grant line names its recipient. We match recipients to the IRS list of exempt organizations by name and address, and a grant counts toward the category of the organization it matched, grouped into 25 causes. Only exact and strong matches count; grants to people (scholarships, hardship grants) and to organizations we could not match are left out of this part.

Median grant

Grants to organizations of $100 or more. Smaller amounts are often placeholders, and lines that only say “see attached” or “various” are left out of every grant-line figure.