IRS data refreshed daily · Cited by the Library of Congress

Form 990 Finder: search 30,066 private foundation IRS filings, free.

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.

30,066 Foundations indexed
2.4M+ Grants parsed
Daily IRS refresh
Live database

Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

Clear filters

Showing 15 of 30,066 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Bingham Edwin H Est Tr Uw Dallas, TX $1,078,727 103
Nadine N Moseley Foundation Calabasas, CA $1,078,600 67
Erath Family Foundation Portland, OR $1,078,585 74
Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation Boston, MA $1,078,359 113
The Dickey Fund Seattle, WA $1,078,199 80
Keyes Foundation Friday Harbor, WA $1,078,150 144
Scott Family Educational Foundation Inc Boca Raton, FL $1,078,140 7
J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation Houston, TX $1,078,132 115
The David And Karen Pecker Foundation Greenwich, CT $1,078,100 27
The Larsen Foundation Xxxxx8007 Chicago, IL $1,078,000 118
Rk Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,077,970 179
Henlopen Foundation Inc Seattle, WA $1,077,900 101
Salt And Light Foundation Darien, IL $1,077,884 26
Kaneta Foundation Las Vegas, NV $1,077,854 10
The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund San Antonio, TX $1,077,688 55
Browse by location

Foundations by state

Foundations file 990s in the state where they hold legal domicile. Explore where private foundations are most concentrated across the U.S.

Foundation density Fewer More

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
Browse the database

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 895
Arts, culture & humanities 593
Religion-related 548
Youth development 521
Community improvement 333
Philanthropy & grantmaking 263

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $737.8M
New York, NY $632.1M
Chicago, IL $489.8M
Pittsburgh, PA $447.4M
Wilmington, DE $385.3M
Las Vegas, NV $335.0M
Milwaukee, WI $230.9M
Brooklyn, NY $222.1M
Why GrantBay

Four reasons grantseekers switch to GrantBay

Candid and ProPublica both serve U.S. Form 990 data. GrantBay parses the same IRS source faster, opens the data without a login, and layers analysis on top.

01

Daily IRS refresh

The pipeline pulls the IRS bulk XML release every 24 hours. Candid and ProPublica refresh periodically.

02

No login, no paywall

Every record is free to search and read. Candid puts the full grant list behind a paid plan.

03

New Applicant Friendliness score

Proprietary score for every foundation. Tells first-time applicants where they have a realistic chance.

04

Similar funder matching

Algorithmic matching surfaces 10 to 15 comparable foundations from any profile page. No equivalent on free platforms.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Every record is free to search and free to view. No account is required. Paid plans unlock the grant opportunity database, similar funder matching at scale, and saved searches.
Next step

Cut research time. Win more grants.

Grant writers using GrantBay qualify a foundation in 4 minutes instead of 40. Deadline alerts, saved searches, and a live database of 10,000+ active grants come with every account.

Create a free account Browse open grants