Here's What We Found From A Look At the Largest Foundations' Overhead Numbers


Foundation: Gates Foundation, Initiative Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Dell Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation

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Chan Zuckerberg's foundation has a higher degree of overhead than the trust's numbers indicate.

Michael Bloomberg, Michael Dell and Bill Gates are near the top of Seitz's list.

With the exceptions of the Robert Wood Johnson and the Michael and Susan Dell foundations, the figures went down.

The data raises a host of interesting questions about the impact of Silicon Valley philanthropy.

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