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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
The Sykora Family Charitable Foundation Glassboro, NJ $1,058,360 572
Robert E Fellers And Leona L Zanesville, OH $1,058,332 195
Whitecross Foundation Newport Beach, CA $1,058,167 223
Edwin M Johnston Jr Family Foundation Buffalo, NY $1,058,147 97
The Schwartz Family Foundation Montvale, NJ $1,058,125 14
Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation New York, NY $1,058,000 32
Fash Foundation Hurst, TX $1,058,000 333
Gatewood-hawkins Foundation Tyler, TX $1,057,994 19
Frelinghuysen Foundation New York, NY $1,057,964 173
Harold Kammet Foundation Pennington, NJ $1,057,805 5
Junius B Carnes Charitable Trust Acct 26 00 0080 0 Dg North Canton, OH $1,057,805 6
Frieda C Fox Family Foundation Studio City, CA $1,057,751 159
Piper William D For Hahnemann-tr Pittsburgh, PA $1,057,732 4
Shethar Foundation Incorporated Boxford, MA $1,057,701 195
Samuel D Cozen Memorial Fund Philadelphia, PA $1,057,700 182
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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 1,738
Human services 936
Health care 878
Arts, culture & humanities 581
Religion-related 540
Youth development 519
Community improvement 320
Philanthropy & grantmaking 253

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $734.3M
New York, NY $620.3M
Chicago, IL $484.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $445.5M
Wilmington, DE $376.5M
Las Vegas, NV $334.7M
Milwaukee, WI $230.0M
Brooklyn, NY $213.5M
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