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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
M And D Foundation Santa Ana, CA $176,500 10
Henry P Borda Charitable Foundation Short Hills, NJ $176,500 22
Crawford F&j-mckeecrawford R2fdn-tr Pittsburgh, PA $176,500 39
The Lane Family Foundation Inc Knoxville, TN $176,500 29
Abner & Eliza Black Memorial Fund Winterset, IA $176,500 53
Picerne Nfp Housing Inc Warwick, RI $176,500 12
Jules D Gosseaux Foundation Inc Mission, TX $176,500 67
Bickel Family Foundation Moorestown, NJ $176,500 46
Erin K Dowell Endowed Scholarship F Berwick, IL $176,500 31
Valstarr Charitable Trust West Harrison, NY $176,500 90
Smith Family Foundation Knoxville, TN $176,500 17
The Barrington & Cassandra Sewickley, PA $176,490 20
Craigielea Educational Fund Inc Bridgeport, CT $176,480 3
Elinore L Loveland Testamentary Trust 020219 Janesville, WI $176,467 7
The Lisa Frank Foundation Tucson, AZ $176,460 53
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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 1,538
Human services 606
Health care 579
Religion-related 435
Arts, culture & humanities 284
Youth development 277
Community improvement 152
Philanthropy & grantmaking 93

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $126.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $95.0M
Las Vegas, NV $83.1M
New York, NY $66.2M
Chicago, IL $65.1M
Milwaukee, WI $45.1M
Wilmington, DE $41.2M
Saint Louis, MO $32.6M
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