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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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Uplands Foundation Houston, TX $1,502,000 2
Patricia Pruitt Ivey Trust San Angelo, TX $1,501,897 24
Collins Family Foundation Inc Macon, GA $1,501,750 9
Act For Nih Foundation Inc Washington, DC $1,501,695 70
The Young Foundation Bloomfield Hills, MI $1,501,450 112
The Milton And Marilyn Safenowitz Calabasas, CA $1,501,350 216
Kinney Family Foundation Evansville, IN $1,501,345 77
Wormsloe Foundation Inc Savannah, GA $1,501,099 15
Journey Fund Washington, DC $1,501,057 71
Higgins Family Foundation Uad 11-18-21 Saratoga Springs, NY $1,500,975 75
Smith Rolla Tuw Fbo Charities Las Vegas, NV $1,500,960 10
John H Sanderson Tuw Dallas, TX $1,500,911 8
Hw Schiller Family Foundation New York, NY $1,500,776 41
Lord Educational Fund Eagan, MN $1,500,600 193
Romenesa Foundation New York, NY $1,500,543 168
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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 1,792
Human services 979
Health care 961
Arts, culture & humanities 625
Youth development 558
Religion-related 535
Community improvement 339
Philanthropy & grantmaking 300

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $896.9M
Dallas, TX $849.6M
Chicago, IL $601.0M
Wilmington, DE $562.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $539.7M
Las Vegas, NV $370.4M
Brooklyn, NY $309.0M
Los Angeles, CA $277.6M
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