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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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Willis W & Ethel M Clark Foundation Royal Oaks, CA $1,301,839 26
Hunt C Giles Char - Main Las Vegas, NV $1,301,662 161
Selkowitz Family Foundation Stamford, CT $1,301,650 121
Apgar-black Foundation Point Pleasant, PA $1,301,612 83
Harry And Zoe Poole Foundation Fairfax, VA $1,301,600 233
Hugo A And Thelma Aspegren Charitable Trust Lincoln, NE $1,301,575 52
Marshall And Mary Brondum Missoula, MT $1,301,514 380
Clifford F Favrot Family Fund Covington, LA $1,301,500 102
Stewart Flane &Bonnie Comley Foundation New York, NY $1,301,384 50
The Brookheim Foundation La Jolla, CA $1,301,371 285
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
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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 1,761
Health care 927
Human services 924
Arts, culture & humanities 600
Religion-related 570
Youth development 521
Community improvement 370
Philanthropy & grantmaking 263

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $811.8M
New York, NY $777.3M
Chicago, IL $545.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $519.9M
Wilmington, DE $459.3M
Las Vegas, NV $366.4M
Brooklyn, NY $271.7M
Milwaukee, WI $248.2M
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