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Mary H Bailey Ed Tr Fd-char Tr Pittsburgh, PA $164,588 28
Jessie M Mensch Trust Uw Milwaukee, WI $164,586 5
Trust Uw Leta H Daly Dallas, TX $164,583 18
Patton-cronkhite Foundation Spearfish, SD $164,579 47
M Browning & M Betts Fundcharitable Syracuse, NY $164,574 21
The Don Warren Family Foundation Julesburg, CO $164,565 45
Pfister Family Foundation La Jolla, CA $164,561 72
The Schreiber Family Fund New York, NY $164,550 16
Gray Family Educational Foundation Inc Faribault, MN $164,550 36
Charles And Ann Kelman Family Foundation Uniondale, NY $164,535 177
Daniel Mclaughlin Charitable Trust Quincy, IL $164,522 40
Mary Battle Memorial Educational Columbus, OH $164,514 9
The Mary Jo & Kent Cable Foundation Clinton, MO $164,509 58
The Lee And Linda Meier Family San Francisco, CA $164,509 106
John And Vivian Sabel Family Englewood, CO $164,501 62
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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,528
Human services 582
Health care 539
Religion-related 401
Arts, culture & humanities 278
Youth development 253
Community improvement 161
Philanthropy & grantmaking 86

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $115.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $87.4M
Las Vegas, NV $75.7M
Chicago, IL $59.4M
New York, NY $59.0M
Milwaukee, WI $40.7M
Wilmington, DE $37.2M
Saint Louis, MO $29.7M
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