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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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Thomas And Mary Ann Tizzio Foundation East Brunswick, NJ $1,300,960 76
Jaka Foundation Lehi, UT $1,300,944 23
The Franks Family Foundation Salt Lake City, UT $1,300,893 254
Elizabeth Firth Wade Endowment Fund Santa Barbara, CA $1,300,822 24
Bruce G Cochener Foundation Wichita, KS $1,300,679 280
Andrew Maxine & Carrie E Tribble Trust Dallas, TX $1,300,568 9
The Mary See Foundation Renton, WA $1,300,500 175
The Duke Malavenda Foundation Inc Syracuse, NY $1,300,500 47
Children's Bureau Of Del Tw H F B 3740 Pittsburgh, PA $1,300,488 7
Ruth E Roach Memorial Scholarship Maumee, OH $1,300,463 361
The Von Gontard Family Foundation Saint Louis, MO $1,300,110 230
The Julia Carell Stadler Foundation Nashville, TN $1,300,101 82
Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation Chapel Hill, NC $1,300,085 12
Degenstein Charitable Foundation Orlando, FL $1,300,031 384
William C & Verna Alder Char Fdn F5034300 San Antonio, TX $1,300,026 12
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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 1,761
Health care 923
Human services 921
Arts, culture & humanities 600
Religion-related 569
Youth development 520
Community improvement 369
Philanthropy & grantmaking 261

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $811.8M
New York, NY $776.0M
Chicago, IL $546.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $519.9M
Wilmington, DE $460.3M
Las Vegas, NV $365.4M
Brooklyn, NY $271.7M
Milwaukee, WI $248.2M
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