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Look up any U.S. private foundation by name, EIN, city, or state. Pull total giving, grant counts, median grant size, trustees, and asset base from the most recent IRS Form 990 filings. No login. Updated daily.

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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Esther B Kahn Charitable Foundation Boston, MA $1,001,000 70
Kc People's Fund Kansas City, MO $1,001,000 2
Logjam Foundation Missoula, MT $1,000,975 33
Emmons-bradlee Family Foundation 2210896 Boston, MA $1,000,864 33
Ann K & Doug S Brown Family Foundation Jupiter, FL $1,000,720 265
Phyllis And Irving Smith Foundation San Diego, CA $1,000,618 17
The Weindel Foundation Grandville, MI $1,000,574 272
Busch Family Foundation Fort Pierce, FL $1,000,518 200
Wilcox Family Foundation Pennington, NJ $1,000,500 50
The Frier Foundation Inc Baltimore, MD $1,000,457 100
Donald E Dau Charitable Trust Pennington, NJ $1,000,450 5
Rc Smith Tw Montgomery Hospital Philadelphia, PA $1,000,383 8
M H & J H Ryman Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $1,000,338 37
The Dan And Mila Reaser Family Foun North Ridgeville, OH $1,000,257 20
Powell Family Foundation Carol P Heller Philadelphia, PA $1,000,220 70
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Foundations file 990s in the state where they hold legal domicile. Explore where private foundations are most concentrated across the U.S.

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U.S. territories

American Samoa (AS) 3 Guam (GU) 0 Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 4 Puerto Rico (PR) 94 U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) 21
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Foundations by category and city

Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,694
Human services 918
Health care 866
Arts, culture & humanities 568
Religion-related 527
Youth development 496
Community improvement 318
Philanthropy & grantmaking 245

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $694.8M
New York, NY $602.8M
Chicago, IL $463.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $421.8M
Wilmington, DE $359.5M
Las Vegas, NV $326.2M
Milwaukee, WI $218.7M
Brooklyn, NY $206.1M
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