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Funding received

Who funds Smithsonian Institution?

Smithsonian Institution has received $530 million across 1,687 grants from 597 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is Lilly Endowment INC.

Total received
$530.4M
Funders
597
Grants
1,687
Years
2018–2025

Funders of this organization

Each funder's grants to this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 597 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
Lilly Endowment INC $82.7M192020–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $75.7M72019–20242024
W Wem Foundation $75.2M42020–20232023
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $24.5M182020–20242024
Johns Hopkins University $20.4M62019–20242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $13.4M152020–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $12.8M62019–20242024
Anne Ray Foundation $12.3M112020–20242024
A Alice L Walton Foundation $11.2M62020–20232023
Jewish Communal Fund $10.3M62019–20242024
T The Hillside Foundation INC $9.5M72020–20242024
Ford Foundation $9.2M172020–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $9.1M42020–20222022
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $7.5M52020–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $6.6M62019–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $5.8M42020–20232023
Foundation for the Carolinas $5.2M32020–20232023
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $5.2M52020–20242024
T Thomas W Haas Foundation $5.0M32020–20232023
California Community Foundation $4.6M52019–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $4.0M72019–20242024
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy INC $3.8M52019–20232023
National Academy of Sciences $3.7M120202020
American Endowment Foundation $3.7M142020–20242024
AARP $3.3M62019–20242024
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $2.7M62019–20252025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $2.7M142019–20242024
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $2.5M120222022
Catmosphere Foundation INC $2.5M120252025
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation $2.2M52020–20242024
M Mark and Rachel Rohr Foundation $2.1M92020–20242024
John Templeton Foundation $2.1M52021–20242024
Seedlings Foundation $2.0M22022–20232023
Daniels Fund $1.8M120212021
Revive & Restore $1.8M42020–20232023
D Dagmar Dolby Fund $1.6M22022–20232023
Tides Foundation $1.5M420222022
The Pew Charitable Trusts $1.5M82019–20242024
Yale University $1.5M22019–20242024
T The Rutledge Family Foundation $1.5M120192019
The Chicago Community Trust $1.5M62019–20232023
Greater Hartford Gives Foundation $1.4M32022–20242024
Conrad N Hilton Foundation $1.3M120232023
The San Francisco Foundation $1.3M62019–20242024
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation $1.3M62019–20242024
Long Beach Community Foundation $1.2M32020–20222022
Rockefeller Foundation $1.1M52020–20232023
W K Kellogg Foundation $1.1M122019–20232023
The Brown Foundation INC $1.1M42021–20222022
C Clay Fellowship Charitable Tr $1.1M32019–20212021
St Louis Community Foundation Incorporated $1.0M120232023
Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation $1.0M120212021
T The Karsh Family Foundation $1.0M22020–20212021
T Thdf II INC DBA the Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund $1.0M120242024
La Clippers Foundation $1.0M120202020
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $999K212020–20242024
Greater Washington Community Foundation $977K132019–20242024
The Nature Conservancy $957K72019–20242024
Marin Community Foundation $942K62019–20242024
T Taubman Foundation for the Arts $906K120232023
L Leon Levy Foundation $900K120222022
The Lebron James Family Foundation $900K32020–20222022
President and Fellows of Harvard College $861K120242024
The Winston-Salem Foundation $807K42020–20232023
R Robert & Lynda Altman Family Foundation $801K42022–20242024
S Southern Company Charitable Foundation INC $800K42020–20242024
Mastercard Impact Fund $800K42021–20242024
D Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation $799K32022–20232023
T The Hearthland Foundation $788K32021–20242024
T The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson Foundation $774K32020–20222022
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation INC $750K32022–20242024
Americana Corner LLC $750K32023–20252025
Simons Foundation INC $750K120242024
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums INC $699K42020–20242024
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $675K52021–20242024
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $670K22023–20242024
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority INC $653K120232023
The Council for Canadian American Relations INC $643K52020–20252025
T The Brooklyn Nets & New York Liberty Foundation $600K32021–20232023
H Hollywood Foreign Press Association $600K42019–20232023
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority INC $590K120202020
Fractured Atlas INC $563K82019–20242024
T The James Bond Fund $557K52020–20242024
L Lunder Foundation C/O Kenilworth INC $551K162020–20222022
Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund $527K22023–20242024
The J Paul Getty Trust $510K62020–20222022
Boston Foundation INC $508K112019–20242024
B Bradford M Freeman Foundation $500K22022–20232023
H Hintz Family Fund INC $480K72020–20232023
East Bay Community Foundation $475K120242024
S Sage Foundation $475K22020–20232023
M Michael and Catherine Podell Fund $464K32020–20222022
Walton Family Foundation INC $437K220222022
Simple Generosity Foundation $403K120202020
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation $401K42021–20242024
V Visa Foundation $400K22022–20232023
Greater Miami Jewish Federation INC $400K22019–20202020
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund $398K32022–20242024
B BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund $394K52020–20242024
Lehigh University $377K52020–20242024

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