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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Albert O Yaeger Tua Dallas, TX $170,336 9
The Sid And Cecelia Lance Family Northfield, VT $170,300 21
The Phelps Foundation Trust Pennington, NJ $170,295 4
Dorothy Wells Charitable Trust Orlando, FL $170,274 48
Judy Arnold Rice Charitable Trust Lafollette, TN $170,252 26
Weyer J M Fbo York Benev S-tuw Saint Louis, MO $170,250 7
Pennsylvania Cincinnati Charitable Trust Fairfax, VA $170,250 26
Joseph & Clara Heim Foundation Montoursville, PA $170,245 34
Martha W Davis Charitable Tua C0 Orlando, FL $170,238 27
Split Rail Foundation Inc Mequon, WI $170,200 55
The Ganatra Family Charitable Fdn Flint, MI $170,185 89
Virginia And John Amato Family New Orleans, LA $170,174 2
Fulk Family Charitable Trust Westerville, OH $170,133 189
Suilan Memorial Fund Mount Pleasant, SC $170,120 14
The Kamin Foundation Chicago, IL $170,113 99
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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.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,526
Human services 602
Health care 564
Religion-related 414
Arts, culture & humanities 275
Youth development 254
Community improvement 156
Philanthropy & grantmaking 88

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $120.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $90.7M
Las Vegas, NV $80.4M
New York, NY $62.6M
Chicago, IL $61.7M
Milwaukee, WI $42.6M
Wilmington, DE $39.3M
Saint Louis, MO $31.9M
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