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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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Sickles Floyd Earl Rev Trust 20009001 Grand Forks, ND $142,508 9
Fillthetruckorg Inc Cincinnati, OH $142,502 26
John Donnelly Trust Ui Dtd 11-08-55 Malden Boston, MA $142,500 32
Iuec Local 1 Of Nyc Scholarship Fund Long Island City, NY $142,500 50
The Semper Foundation New York, NY $142,500 13
Anna Theodosopoulos Scholarship Organization Manchester, NH $142,500 14
Bella S & Benjamin H Garb Foundation Inc Princeton, NJ $142,500 24
Wilson Family Foundation Milwaukee, WI $142,500 25
Amos And Boris Fund Dtd 9172008 Boston, MA $142,500 20
Helaine & Edgar Strauss Opportunity Tr Wayland, MA $142,500 40
The Shepherd's Endowment Geneseo, IL $142,500 13
Kasper Whelan Educational Trust Pottsville, PA $142,500 54
The Rufus Foundation Yamhill, OR $142,500 13
Moulton Harold E Scholarship Fund 18362340 Ithaca, NY $142,500 44
Annie M & Clarke A Polk Foundation Boerne, TX $142,500 30
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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,536
Human services 600
Health care 528
Religion-related 389
Arts, culture & humanities 272
Youth development 256
Community improvement 140
Philanthropy & grantmaking 91

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $92.5M
Pittsburgh, PA $73.6M
Las Vegas, NV $64.1M
Chicago, IL $47.8M
New York, NY $46.0M
Wilmington, DE $32.3M
Milwaukee, WI $31.7M
Saint Louis, MO $24.1M
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