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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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Bennack Polan Foundation New Canaan, CT $1,885,042 107
The Pocket Foundation Santa Barbara, CA $1,884,819 78
The Cy And Jan Ansary Foundation Inc Bethesda, MD $1,884,780 27
The Span Foundation Bountiful, UT $1,884,777 231
Ellucian Foundation Reston, VA $1,884,750 98
The Butz Foundation Inc Adamstown, MD $1,884,533 283
P & B Foundation Matthews, NC $1,884,526 65
Many Fold Foundation Palmetto, GA $1,884,361 14
Ted And Cookie Miller West Palm Beach, FL $1,884,157 79
E & L Campbell Family Foundation Boston, MA $1,884,000 70
The Washington Financial Charitable Washington, PA $1,883,792 14
Vincent & Marie Kreifels Family Foundation Nebraska City, NE $1,883,776 182
Hartzell Norris Charitable Trust Cincinnati, OH $1,883,663 193
Baker Tilly Foundation Chicago, IL $1,883,504 159
The Carey Family Foundation Albert P Carey & Victoria V Carey Trustees Weston, CT $1,883,400 45
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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 1,826
Health care 982
Human services 979
Arts, culture & humanities 652
Youth development 564
Religion-related 552
Community improvement 338
Philanthropy & grantmaking 303

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $1.1B
Dallas, TX $950.8M
Chicago, IL $711.3M
Wilmington, DE $672.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $619.7M
Las Vegas, NV $396.9M
Brooklyn, NY $361.0M
Milwaukee, WI $323.6M
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