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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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Helen Graham Charitable Foundation Pound Ridge, NY $1,500,000 110
The Herbert Hoover Foundation Inc Cedar Rapids, IA $1,500,000 21
Oci Us Foundation Urbandale, IA $1,500,000 1
Mosher Galt Foundation Honolulu, HI $1,500,000 21
Hunt Family Fund Hamden, CT $1,500,000 8
The Mara & Ricky Sandler Foundation C/o Eminence Partners New York, NY $1,500,000 1
Community Health Group Kansas City, MO $1,500,000 2
Wang Mo-jen And Wang Chou An-yi World San Francisco, CA $1,500,000 2
Akers Foundation Inc Charlotte, NC $1,500,000 175
Christian Academy Of San Antonio San Antonio, TX $1,500,000 1
Gurley Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,500,000 2
Elaine And Alexandre Rosenberg New York, NY $1,500,000 15
Highstead Foundation Inc Redding, CT $1,499,752 22
The Kurtz Foundation Inc Independence, OH $1,499,674 177
Bishop Educational Trust Co Mwo Muscatine, IA $1,499,621 488
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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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Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,794
Human services 978
Health care 962
Arts, culture & humanities 626
Youth development 559
Religion-related 535
Community improvement 338
Philanthropy & grantmaking 300

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $895.0M
Dallas, TX $848.5M
Chicago, IL $601.7M
Wilmington, DE $563.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $540.1M
Las Vegas, NV $369.2M
Brooklyn, NY $309.0M
Los Angeles, CA $277.6M
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