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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Morley Charles Tw Painesville, OH $1,006,515 10
Timothy Mcelroy Foundation Milford, MI $1,006,505 19
Trust Under Article Sixth Of The Laguna Woods, CA $1,006,500 70
William Penn Bank Community Foundation Bristol, PA $1,006,500 233
Happy Difference Foundation Montchanin, DE $1,006,200 161
Sam And Judith Freier Foundation Brooklyn, NY $1,006,147 119
Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc Washington, DC $1,006,084 142
Beacon Light Foundation Inc Peconic, NY $1,006,066 466
Plant Memorial Home Bath, ME $1,005,997 7
Moscicki Family Foundation Inc Newton, MA $1,005,984 20
Seline Family Foundation Omaha, NE $1,005,850 172
Twelve Twenty-one Fund Denver, CO $1,005,806 225
The Ligon Foundation Marietta, GA $1,005,786 108
Li Jiang Shan Family Foundation Stanford, CA $1,005,780 8
Porteous Family Foundation Culver City, CA $1,005,729 83
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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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Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,702
Human services 921
Health care 864
Arts, culture & humanities 566
Religion-related 527
Youth development 500
Community improvement 315
Philanthropy & grantmaking 241

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $699.1M
New York, NY $602.3M
Chicago, IL $463.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $423.0M
Wilmington, DE $360.0M
Las Vegas, NV $326.4M
Milwaukee, WI $219.7M
Brooklyn, NY $205.6M
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