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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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Stephen And Vicki Batman Family Dallas, TX $1,804,700 2
O'sullivan Family Charitable Foundation Birmingham, AL $1,804,000 155
The Lucy & Eleanor S Upton Charitable Iselin, NJ $1,803,900 147
The Skeet Varner Foundation Bakersfield, CA $1,803,900 62
Amber Oak Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,803,859 38
Parks Foundation Anchorage, AK $1,803,574 34
Ruth Ivor Foundation Inc New York, NY $1,803,392 37
Tompkins - Broll Family Foundation Wayne, PA $1,803,250 160
The Henkel Foundation Inc Chanhassen, MN $1,803,206 5
Jerome H Stone Family Foundation Winnetka, IL $1,802,651 309
Maranatha Ministries Foundation Coon Rapids, MN $1,802,535 55
Bonner Family Private Foundation Lexington, SC $1,802,500 223
The Canda Charitable Trust St Louis, MO $1,802,500 42
Lighthouse Foundation Spring, TX $1,802,439 175
Edward Fein Foundation Reno, NV $1,802,336 33
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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 1,822
Health care 987
Human services 979
Arts, culture & humanities 656
Youth development 562
Religion-related 543
Community improvement 352
Philanthropy & grantmaking 300

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.1B
Dallas, TX $915.7M
Chicago, IL $697.0M
Wilmington, DE $655.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $597.9M
Las Vegas, NV $394.6M
Brooklyn, NY $342.4M
Milwaukee, WI $313.5M
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