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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
New Balance Foundation For International Boston, MA $1,541,000 6
Ellason Downs Perpetual Charitable Trust Wilmington, DE $1,540,989 216
James C Woodward And Alice G Woodward Trust Milwaukee, WI $1,540,852 7
Janet Prindle Seidler Foundation Dated Chicago, IL $1,540,799 34
The Sager Family Traveling Foundation Boston, MA $1,540,787 63
Nancy A And Richard P Erickson Curtis, MI $1,540,691 31
The Hedrick Family Foundation Salisbury, NC $1,540,536 486
Steven And Kathryn Bandstra Foundation Norton Shores, MI $1,540,520 147
Howe Foundation Las Vegas, NV $1,540,500 49
W Paul Hoenle Foundation Inc Sarasota, FL $1,540,500 157
Flowers Family Foundation Inc Stoughton, WI $1,540,500 93
Walther Family Foundation New York, NY $1,540,452 41
Percy G Waller Foundation Dallas, TX $1,540,406 50
Entek Foundation Las Vegas, NV $1,540,388 16
The Dorothy Atkinson Foundation Inc Owings Mills, MD $1,540,100 12
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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 1,825
Health care 995
Human services 984
Arts, culture & humanities 640
Youth development 582
Religion-related 550
Community improvement 352
Philanthropy & grantmaking 320

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $904.1M
Dallas, TX $855.7M
Chicago, IL $614.0M
Wilmington, DE $584.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $554.1M
Las Vegas, NV $373.8M
Brooklyn, NY $312.0M
Los Angeles, CA $286.3M
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