Who funds The Barack Obama Foundation?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 46-4950751 · NTEE A80 · 501(c)(3)

129 private foundations paid The Barack Obama Foundation 212 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $87.7M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE A80) places it in arts & culture.

Foundations that funded it

Largest total first.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation · 2024 - To support the obama presidential center$10,000,000
• Gates Foundation · 2024 - Community engagement grantmaking$5,000,000
• Hutchins Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - To support the charity's mission.$5,000,000
• Knight Foundation · 2023 - This gift has been designated for general operating support.$5,000,000
• Hutchins Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - To support the charity's mission.$4,000,000
• Open Society Institute · 2024 - To support the foundations efforts to scale up their international programs and in particular, obama foundation leaders, scholars and…$3,000,000
• Open Society Institute · 2023 - To support the foundations efforts to scale up their international programs and in particular, obama foundation leaders, scholars and…$3,000,000
• The Kresge Foundation · 2024 - Project support grant to support the obama foundation$2,400,000
• Gates Foundation · 2024 - Community engagement grantmaking$2,000,000
• Mitchell Kapor Foundation · 2023 - General support$2,000,000
• The Hearthland Foundation · 2023 - Civic engagement$2,000,000
• Gates Foundation · 2023 - Community engagement grantmaking$2,000,000
• Mansueto Foundation · 2023 - General support$1,904,203
• The Prudential Foundation · 2023 - A more inclusive america museum exhibit, the obama presidential center$1,677,689
• The Ford Foundation · 2023 - Core support for the obama presidential center capital campaign$1,600,000
• The Prudential Foundation · 2025 - To sponsor a core exhibit called "A more inclusive america" at the obama presidential center.$1,300,000
• The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2024 - To support the obama presidential center museums plans for art programming$1,250,000
• Suntrust Bank Charitable-Irr Tr(1071 · 2024 - General operating$1,100,000
• The Prudential Foundation · 2024 - A more inclusive america museum exhibit, the obama presidential center$1,030,957
• Sacks Family Foundation · 2025 - To further the exempt purpose of the organization$1,000,000
• The M5 Rodriguez Legacy Foundation Inc · 2025 - General support$1,000,000
• Sacks Family Foundation · 2024 - General operating support$1,000,000
• The Hearthland Foundation · 2024 - Civic engagement$1,000,000
• Dhanam Foundation · 2024 - US leaders program$1,000,000
• Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund · 2024 - General operating support$1,000,000

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY · 20 shared funders
• The Aspen Institute IncWashington, DC · 25 shared funders
• New Venture FundWashington, DC · 22 shared funders
• United States Fund for UnicefNew York, NY · 16 shared funders
• Trustees of Boston UniversityOxford, OH · 15 shared funders
• CandidNew York, NY · 14 shared funders
• Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund IncNew York, NY · 18 shared funders
• The Carter Center IncAtlanta, GA · 24 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

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How this page is made

Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 46-4950751
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

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