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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
Robbins Family Foundation Inc Nashville, TN $1,546,494 304
The Git-r-done Foundation Atlanta, GA $1,546,371 91
The Knowlton Foundation Vail, CO $1,546,250 199
The Fleetwing Charitable Foundation Trust Wilmington, DE $1,546,200 168
Edward L Milstein Foundation New York, NY $1,546,196 77
Vander Meer Family Foundation Loveland, CO $1,546,000 146
The Nima Taghavi Foundation Newport Beach, CA $1,545,800 41
Holmes Helping Hands Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,545,759 28
Brady Foundation Salisbury, NC $1,545,727 772
Paul L Wattis Foundation San Francisco, CA $1,545,550 41
Leader Family Foundation Hershey, PA $1,545,500 144
Bradley Family Charitable Trust Amarillo, TX $1,545,500 50
Stein Family Charitable Foundation Wilmington, NC $1,545,449 234
Elizabeth C Pool Charitable Tr Uma Eagan, MN $1,545,428 140
Mack Foundation Bainbridge Island, WA $1,545,373 40
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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 1,817
Health care 993
Human services 982
Arts, culture & humanities 639
Youth development 578
Religion-related 548
Community improvement 351
Philanthropy & grantmaking 320

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $909.1M
Dallas, TX $856.5M
Chicago, IL $615.5M
Wilmington, DE $587.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $553.3M
Las Vegas, NV $372.7M
Brooklyn, NY $311.2M
Los Angeles, CA $286.3M
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