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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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Bowden William H Dallas, TX $155,333 148
Hazel D Nordstrand Charitable Trust Dallas, TX $155,328 12
Alpha Delta State Ohio Educational Athens, OH $155,326 89
Argyll Foundation Culpeper, VA $155,325 46
Funke Alice Jean Trust Dated 1-31-64 Chicago, IL $155,308 4
Faye Riddleberger Scholarship Trust Logansport, IN $155,300 133
Stephen D Falkenbury Jr Foundation Mt Pleasant, SC $155,282 83
Erwin E Smith Foundation Trust 1750-0001011 Tulsa, OK $155,250 10
Thomas B Favrot Jr Family Fund New Orleans, LA $155,241 131
R Tillson Trust Uw Plattsburgh Public Plattsburgh, NY $155,234 9
Que-andrada Foundation Las Vegas, NV $155,228 8
George P White Foundation Gilberts, IL $155,227 103
Mcclure F G M Fbo Chars Ir Tua Las Vegas, NV $155,224 10
Central Street Foundation Andover, MA $155,217 7
The Hardy Bunch Foundation Marlborough, MA $155,216 30
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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 1,556
Human services 593
Health care 554
Religion-related 396
Arts, culture & humanities 288
Youth development 253
Community improvement 151
Philanthropy & grantmaking 95

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $105.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $81.8M
Las Vegas, NV $72.4M
Chicago, IL $55.4M
New York, NY $54.1M
Milwaukee, WI $37.2M
Wilmington, DE $35.4M
Saint Louis, MO $27.1M
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