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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 Steven P Dostart Palo Alto, CA $1,493,800 115
Davey Company Foundation Kent, OH $1,493,718 47
Connors Family Charitable Trust Pittsford, NY $1,493,496 13
Ed L Bryson Trust 1020000203 Hamilton, OH $1,493,181 5
Gailliot Family Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $1,493,120 61
Zafirovski Family Foundation Lake Forest, IL $1,493,000 22
Schlaepfer Family Foundation Greenwood Village, CO $1,493,000 11
De Snow Fbo Ucsf Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,492,844 4
Trust Estate Uw Marion C Smyth Bedford, NH $1,492,628 264
Pat O'neal Educational Foundation Fort Worth, TX $1,492,613 97
Ned And Jane Gladstein Family North Caldwell, NJ $1,492,580 6
Witman Family Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,492,500 81
Beach Fdn Tr D For Baptist Village Birmingham, AL $1,492,491 6
Skp Foundation Philadelphia, PA $1,492,466 41
The Baltimore Family Fund Wilmington, DE $1,492,432 819
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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 1,787
Human services 978
Health care 964
Arts, culture & humanities 629
Youth development 565
Religion-related 534
Community improvement 345
Philanthropy & grantmaking 297

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $890.9M
Dallas, TX $846.3M
Chicago, IL $601.0M
Wilmington, DE $559.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $539.7M
Las Vegas, NV $367.4M
Brooklyn, NY $308.2M
Los Angeles, CA $278.0M
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