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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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Showing 15 of 20,030 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
The Bahramzadeh Family Foundation Wilmington, DE $105,495 105
Ernest O Guertin Trust Dallas, TX $105,467 24
Cambridge Band Boosters Cambridge, OH $105,450 7
Isabel Wallace Pittsburgh, PA $105,448 16
Mt Zion United Meth Ch Tuw #2 Xxx-xx-xxxx Indiana, PA $105,448 4
Kids Can Foundation Cooper City, FL $105,446 56
Sheldon & Denise Schiller Foundation Inc Louisville, KY $105,431 63
Core Virtues Foundation Hanover, NH $105,428 3
Inez C Frey Ta Charitable Church Amherst, NY $105,422 7
Zacchaeus Foundation Dublin, OH $105,421 10
Broken Point Foundation Shaw Island, WA $105,419 4
The Frances And Everett Johnston Foundation Burr Ridge, IL $105,416 30
Levine Family Of Laporte Foundation Michigan City, IN $105,413 192
Thomas R Boggs Ann Fd Irr (Iii) Pittsburgh, PA $105,410 8
Gratz Family Foundation Inc New York, NY $105,400 61
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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 1,475
Human services 506
Health care 478
Religion-related 353
Arts, culture & humanities 235
Youth development 227
Community improvement 120
Philanthropy & grantmaking 70

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $54.8M
Pittsburgh, PA $49.8M
Las Vegas, NV $42.2M
New York, NY $31.0M
Chicago, IL $28.8M
Wilmington, DE $20.7M
Milwaukee, WI $19.3M
Saint Louis, MO $15.0M
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