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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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Foster Family Charitable Trust Batesville, AR $1,518,840 61
The Helen J Serini Foundation Inc Reisterstown, MD $1,518,791 160
The Go Big Red Foundation Atlanta, GA $1,518,729 61
William J Mckee Worcester, MA $1,518,700 101
The Barbara J Mapp Foundation Brentwood, TN $1,518,625 211
Co Tua S Bartley Osborn Fam Char Dallas, TX $1,518,500 5
The Isabella Bank Foundation Mt Pleasant, MI $1,518,496 71
Willie O Burr Trust Fbo Larrabee Fund Dallas, TX $1,517,964 9
Susan D Leakin Pittsburgh, PA $1,517,901 14
The Taylor Winfield Foundation Warren, OH $1,517,826 13
Otto C Epp Fund B Charitable Tr Pittsburgh, PA $1,517,740 44
Demetra And Eric Vassilatos Foundation Chicago, IL $1,517,729 40
Wockner Foundation Seattle, WA $1,517,500 87
The Walter C & Stefanie A Zable Family Wilmington, DE $1,517,500 20
De Groot Foundation Long Beach, CA $1,517,388 105
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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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Foundations by category and city

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 1,814
Human services 990
Health care 980
Arts, culture & humanities 635
Youth development 573
Religion-related 546
Community improvement 343
Philanthropy & grantmaking 304

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $901.4M
Dallas, TX $853.1M
Chicago, IL $605.1M
Wilmington, DE $576.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $552.9M
Las Vegas, NV $369.2M
Brooklyn, NY $310.1M
Los Angeles, CA $282.9M
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