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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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The West Foundation Inc Pine Bluff, AR $1,174,132 42
Eaton Family Foundation Littleton, CO $1,174,052 33
Goldberg And Kaiser Family Foundation Brookline, MA $1,174,020 175
Wochinske Family Foundation Inc De Pere, WI $1,174,000 262
Max P Gottfried Testamentary Lambertville, MI $1,173,871 48
Guy & Ruby Casebourn Murphy Lawrence, KS $1,173,856 37
Kell Edwin Park Char Brooklyn, OH $1,173,797 4
Mary G Roebling Foundation Inc Princeton, NJ $1,173,500 239
The Frank & Jean Iacovangelo Family Wilmington, DE $1,173,494 219
The Helen G Hauben Foundation Inc Littleton, MA $1,173,235 185
Roy Henry Glover Memorial Trust New York, NY $1,173,083 4
Fannie M Lienhard Foundation Princeton, NJ $1,173,000 305
West End Health Foundation Marquette, MI $1,172,984 163
The Denovo Initiative Portland, OR $1,172,836 27
La Michoacana Foundation Inc Houston, TX $1,172,805 107
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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 1,743
Human services 915
Health care 890
Arts, culture & humanities 583
Religion-related 575
Youth development 506
Community improvement 358
Philanthropy & grantmaking 254

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $773.5M
New York, NY $682.8M
Chicago, IL $511.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $469.6M
Wilmington, DE $419.0M
Las Vegas, NV $357.4M
Brooklyn, NY $241.5M
Milwaukee, WI $238.0M
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