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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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Johnson Wd And Sc Family Foundation Knoxville, TN $1,873,066 51
The Lichtenstein Foundation Inc New York, NY $1,872,461 244
Minow Family Foundation Cambridge, MA $1,872,345 125
Champion Family Foundation Covina, CA $1,872,173 160
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
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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 1,824
Human services 982
Health care 978
Arts, culture & humanities 649
Youth development 564
Religion-related 550
Community improvement 340
Philanthropy & grantmaking 300

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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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