The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Big Grants from Foundations: a Snapshot From History

While the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's $500-million commitment to combat childhood obesity is one of the largest made for a single cause, it is not the biggest in history.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle — by far the nation's wealthiest philanthropy — has allocated several larger grants for...

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