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The 25 richest nonprofits in America

Lilly Endowment Inc is #1 with $105.7 billion in net assets.

#1 · Lilly Endowment Inc
$105.7 billion
All America nonprofits combined
$7.14 trillion
713,816 e-filed returns

The list

Net assets (fund balance) at the end of the year: what the organization owns minus what it owes.

  1. 1Lilly Endowment IncINDIANAPOLIS, IN · 990-PF, year ended Dec 2025$105.7B
  2. 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundBOSTON, MA · 990, year ended Jun 2025$85.9B
  3. 3Gates Foundation TrustKIRKLAND, WA · 990-PF, year ended Dec 2024$77.2B
  4. 4Gates FoundationSEATTLE, WA · 990-PF, year ended Dec 2024$72.7B
  5. 5President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCAMBRIDGE, MA · 990, year ended Jun 2025$66.5B
  6. 6Uaw Retiree Medical Benefits TRDETROIT, MI · 990, year ended Dec 2024$60.2B
  7. 7The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityREDWOOD CITY, CA · 990, year ended Aug 2025$55.8B
  8. 8National Philanthropic TRJENKINTOWN, PA · 990, year ended Jun 2025$55.8B
  9. 9Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOAKLAND, CA · 990, year ended Dec 2024$52.1B
  10. 10Harvard Management Private Equity CorporationBOSTON, MA · 990, year ended Jun 2025$50.7B
  11. 11Yale UniversityNEW HAVEN, CT · 990, year ended Jun 2025$48.5B
  12. 12Donor Advised Charitable GivingLONE TREE, CO · 990, year ended Jun 2025$47.4B
  13. 13Princeton UniversityPRINCETON, NJ · 990, year ended Jun 2025$38.1B
  14. 14Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCAMBRIDGE, MA · 990, year ended Jun 2025$37.7B
  15. 15Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPHILADELPHIA, PA · 990, year ended Jun 2025$28.9B
  16. 16Howard Hughes Medical InstituteCHEVY CHASE, MD · 990, year ended Aug 2025$27.6B
  17. 17Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramMALVERN, PA · 990, year ended Jun 2025$27.2B
  18. 18University of Notre Dame Du LacNOTRE DAME, IN · 990, year ended Jun 2025$24.5B
  19. 19Milton Hershey School & School TrustHERSHEY, PA · 990, year ended Jul 2025$23.3B
  20. 20Mass General Brigham Incorporated and Affiliates Group RTNSOMERVILLE, MA · 990, year ended Sep 2025$23.2B
  21. 21Trustees of Columbia UniversityNEW YORK, NY · 990, year ended Jun 2025$20.5B
  22. 22Johns Hopkins UniversityBALTIMORE, MD · 990, year ended Jun 2025$20.2B
  23. 23Cleveland Clinic FoundationINDEPENDENCE, OH · 990, year ended Dec 2024$18.3B
  24. 24MGB Pooled Holdings LLCSOMERVILLE, MA · 990, year ended Sep 2025$18.2B
  25. 25Washington UniversityST LOUIS, MO · 990, year ended Jun 2025$17.8B

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