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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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The Gary & Sharon Curhan Family Lincoln, MA $174,873 115
Meek Charitable Foundation Sewickley, PA $174,868 29
Boyd Family Charitable Foundation Newport Beach, CA $174,858 24
Boerner Rn-mem Vi Ta (Pf) Amherst, NY $174,856 98
Harold Glassman Tr Ua Fbo C Burr Artz Pittsburgh, PA $174,849 8
Oliver W Tews Scholar Tr Milwaukee, WI $174,837 7
Howard Payne College Trust Nect Dallas, TX $174,834 6
Enoch G And Axel B Johnson Trust Milwaukee, WI $174,811 6
Nestor G Garza Jr Charitable Foundation Benavides, TX $174,797 37
The Dawkins Family Foundation Inc Manasquan, NJ $174,795 46
Samuel G Fisher Trust Uw Fbo St Pauls United Pleasant Unity, PA $174,783 8
Judith And Richard Welch Family Riverwoods, IL $174,780 58
James T Powers Testamentary Trust Pittsfield, MA $174,758 120
Josephine M W Brenneman Pittsburgh, PA $174,734 8
Freund Family Foundation Po Box Chi, IL $174,719 31
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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 1,541
Human services 602
Health care 577
Religion-related 434
Arts, culture & humanities 281
Youth development 268
Community improvement 149
Philanthropy & grantmaking 88

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $124.8M
Pittsburgh, PA $94.1M
Las Vegas, NV $83.1M
New York, NY $65.0M
Chicago, IL $64.3M
Milwaukee, WI $44.4M
Wilmington, DE $40.5M
Saint Louis, MO $32.3M
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