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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 Peter And Deborah Lamm Foundation Boston, MA $1,392,600 394
Gary Troy Foundation Culver City, CA $1,392,600 27
Boston Bullpen Project Inc West Roxbury, MA $1,392,287 219
The Sciortino Foundation Inc Daytona Beach, FL $1,392,200 123
Stevens County Foundation Inc Hugoton, KS $1,392,160 53
Belsky Family Foundation Inc Lawrence, NY $1,391,914 342
Isec Charitable Foundation Aka Isec Wilmington, DE $1,391,909 424
The Novick Family Foundation Skokie, IL $1,391,900 131
Truth To Power Foundation Arlington, VA $1,391,803 40
The Ae And Juanita Richardson Charitable Nowata, OK $1,391,483 113
The Choudhrie Family Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,391,419 8
Bouslog Sawyer Charitable Trust Honolulu, HI $1,391,416 7
Pemberton Fam Char Fndtn Uad 4-20-1 Overland Park, KS $1,391,389 29
Marquette Bank Affordable Housing Chicago, IL $1,391,350 437
Robert And Elizabeth Lowe Los Angeles, CA $1,391,260 282
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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.

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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 1,773
Human services 945
Health care 929
Arts, culture & humanities 593
Religion-related 565
Youth development 552
Community improvement 348
Philanthropy & grantmaking 268

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $826.2M
New York, NY $822.9M
Chicago, IL $570.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $533.2M
Wilmington, DE $508.0M
Las Vegas, NV $362.6M
Brooklyn, NY $286.6M
Milwaukee, WI $261.6M
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