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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
Keeling Frankwaterbury Hosp Dallas, TX $1,026,804 6
Hmc Designing Futures Foundation Ontario, CA $1,026,378 223
Bais Rabaine Charitable Foundation Brooklyn, NY $1,026,345 4
Demco Charitable Foundation Boyden, IA $1,026,244 153
Joseph Persky Foundation Worcester, MA $1,026,175 130
Villchur Foundation Woodstock, NY $1,026,131 274
Esther Gordy Bullock Edwards Foundation Southfield, MI $1,026,123 63
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
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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.

Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,708
Human services 927
Health care 857
Arts, culture & humanities 562
Religion-related 524
Youth development 507
Community improvement 316
Philanthropy & grantmaking 242

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $713.3M
New York, NY $611.2M
Chicago, IL $469.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $431.7M
Wilmington, DE $364.8M
Las Vegas, NV $330.5M
Milwaukee, WI $222.2M
Brooklyn, NY $212.2M
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