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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
Stephen B Smith Charitable Foundation Brentwood, TN $1,026,025 34
Sw Wilcox Trust Honolulu, HI $1,026,000 62
Chrisman Family Foundation Richmond, VA $1,026,000 137
The Harold T Southern Family Foundation Winston Salem, NC $1,026,000 24
Lacy Foundation Inc Atlanta, GA $1,026,000 267
Timberlane Farm Museum Loveland, CO $1,025,851 1
R E Stouffer Tuw Orlando, FL $1,025,690 10
The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation Lancaster, PA $1,025,556 304
Nemacheck Family Foundation Inc Aptos, CA $1,025,500 126
Beacon Of Hope Foundation Columbia, MO $1,025,445 130
June And Arthur Goldfarb Family Tenafly, NJ $1,025,426 38
Nina Abrams Fund Los Angeles, CA $1,025,400 245
Grace C Jordan Tua Dallas, TX $1,025,398 95
Countybank Foundation Greenwood, SC $1,025,350 217
Boucher Family Foundation West Harford, CT $1,025,267 33
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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 1,711
Human services 928
Health care 857
Arts, culture & humanities 562
Religion-related 524
Youth development 506
Community improvement 316
Philanthropy & grantmaking 243

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $712.2M
New York, NY $611.5M
Chicago, IL $469.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $431.7M
Wilmington, DE $364.8M
Las Vegas, NV $330.5M
Milwaukee, WI $222.2M
Brooklyn, NY $211.2M
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