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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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Biggs Testamentary Charitable Trust Wilmington, DE $1,872,000 6
Ateres Yom Tov Brooklyn, NY $1,871,930 4
Smith Russell & Vera Private Fdn 1035004172 La Crosse, WI $1,871,834 189
Offerdahl Family Foundation Incline Village, NV $1,871,792 202
Sinai Medical Staff Foundation Bloomfield Hills, MI $1,871,652 71
Hope Foundation Laurel, MS $1,871,529 79
Tremont Charitable Foundation Wilmington, DE $1,871,500 45
Michael & Jill Stansky Family Foundation Cohoes, NY $1,871,151 21
The Fricks Private Foundation Trust Naples, FL $1,871,150 116
The Silvestri Family Foundation New York, NY $1,871,110 85
The Namaste Foundation Inc Columbus, IN $1,871,000 145
The Jaz Foundation Spring, TX $1,871,000 8
Delta Foundation Greenville, SC $1,870,949 185
Constance O Putnam Foundation Boston, MA $1,870,900 78
William & Elyssa Friedland Foundation New York, NY $1,870,689 69
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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 1,823
Human services 981
Health care 977
Arts, culture & humanities 648
Youth development 564
Religion-related 549
Community improvement 340
Philanthropy & grantmaking 299

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.1B
Dallas, TX $943.3M
Chicago, IL $707.1M
Wilmington, DE $667.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $611.3M
Las Vegas, NV $397.3M
Brooklyn, NY $358.7M
Milwaukee, WI $322.7M
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