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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 Foundation For Dreamers Austin, TX $1,077,240 73
The Lloyd R Wallace Charitable Foundation Braymer, MO $1,077,049 222
The Rodney Dirpacific Capital Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,077,000 12
Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation Washington, DC $1,077,000 352
The Popocatepetl Foundation Dallas, TX $1,076,955 46
Bettenhausen Family Foundation Lincoln, NE $1,076,850 389
Ema Family Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,076,831 2
Tw Robert Henry Hughes Fund Xxxxx6000 Chicago, IL $1,076,825 69
Jim & Mary Barnes Foundation Tulsa, OK $1,076,770 66
John And Sarah Freeman Foundation Inc Washington, DC $1,076,750 49
Mayim Tovim Foundation Brooklyn, NY $1,076,732 242
H T Ewald Foundation West Bloomfield, MI $1,076,696 117
The Deborah & Ronald Eisenberg Foundation Springfield, NJ $1,076,670 285
Sunrise Charitable Foundation Inc New York, NY $1,076,629 156
Brette Petway Foundation Inc Atlantic Beach, FL $1,076,607 31
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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 1,762
Human services 940
Health care 893
Arts, culture & humanities 588
Religion-related 549
Youth development 519
Community improvement 332
Philanthropy & grantmaking 264

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $737.3M
New York, NY $630.3M
Chicago, IL $489.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $447.7M
Wilmington, DE $384.2M
Las Vegas, NV $333.9M
Milwaukee, WI $231.1M
Brooklyn, NY $222.6M
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