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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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Showing 15 of 23,224 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
The Barred Rock Fund Inc Jericho, VT $150,376 15
The Edward Lowe Foundation Cassopolis, MI $150,376 23
Sarah E Wallace Trust Mattoon, IL $150,361 36
Conrad Family Foundation Wadsworth, OH $150,360 32
Conversation Productions Inc New York, NY $150,360 5
Helen M Reitz Charitable Tr Fndn Xxx-xx-xxxx Evansville, IN $150,356 14
Three Sizes Foundation Wilmington, DE $150,349 22
The Ismail Family Foundation Redwood City, CA $150,348 41
Helen W Moore Tua Dallas, TX $150,346 5
F A Sackett-omi Fund (Chair) Milwaukee, WI $150,326 7
Community Players Trust Grass Valley, CA $150,318 56
Sternberg Family Foundation Philadelphia, PA $150,307 57
Trust Uw Eliza Bixby Concord, NH $150,277 9
Rev & Mrs K A Painter Tr Fund For Roanoke, VA $150,273 10
Principio Furnace Foundation Inc Perryville, MD $150,239 68
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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 1,548
Human services 584
Health care 526
Religion-related 385
Arts, culture & humanities 286
Youth development 255
Community improvement 149
Philanthropy & grantmaking 92

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $99.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $79.3M
Las Vegas, NV $70.4M
Chicago, IL $52.1M
New York, NY $50.3M
Milwaukee, WI $34.6M
Wilmington, DE $33.9M
Saint Louis, MO $26.0M
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