Someone's Gotta Give

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San Diego’s Top 10 Philanthropic Foundations

The San Diego Foundation:  $386 million
Waitt Family Foundation:  $157 million
Jewish Community Foundation:  $150 million
Price Family Charitable Fund:  $85 million
Charles Lee Powell Foundation:  $48 million
Jacobs Family Foundation:  $41 million
Legler Benbough Foundation:  $41 million
Dave Rickey & Daughters Foundation:  $35 million
Linden Root Dickinson Foundation:  $34 million
Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickenson Foundation:  $34 million

Approximate Assets (as of 2003)

Top Five U.S. Philanthropic Foundations by Assets*

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:  $60 billion**
The Ford Foundation:  $10.7 billion
J. Paul Getty Trust:  $9.6 billion
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:  $9 billion
Lilly Endowment:  $8.5 billion
*Approximate values, according to the U.S. Department of State
**Total includes a $30 billion donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by Warren Buffet
in June 2006.

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