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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Shirley Waldbaum Witkin Foundation Inc Glen Head, NY $188,700 5
Botla Charitable Family Foundation Lodi, CA $188,700 79
The Kenneth Reutlinger Foundation Lousville, KY $188,680 223
Albert Family Foundation Inc Saint Petersburg, FL $188,650 15
Institute For Security And Analysis San Francisco, CA $188,640 8
George & Kathlyn Lewis Charitable Trust Clarion, PA $188,633 25
The Matt & Lori Spahn Foundation Weatherford, TX $188,610 53
Cardiac Surgery Research & Education Fou Oakbrook Terrace, IL $188,608 10
Trust Uw Perry Memorial Scholarship High Point, NC $188,604 27
John And Catherine Farahi Reno, NV $188,600 10
Sonbeam Foundation Kodiak, AK $188,576 5
S & R Foundation Bronx, NY $188,570 226
W H & V B Groody Charitable Tr Pittsburgh, PA $188,561 38
Black-periman Foundation Evanston, IL $188,540 93
Ashwini & Anita Gupta Foundation Inc New York, NY $188,538 89
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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 1,507
Human services 614
Health care 579
Religion-related 422
Arts, culture & humanities 308
Youth development 277
Community improvement 167
Philanthropy & grantmaking 104

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $137.5M
Pittsburgh, PA $106.0M
Las Vegas, NV $90.4M
Chicago, IL $73.2M
New York, NY $72.3M
Milwaukee, WI $47.9M
Wilmington, DE $45.9M
Saint Louis, MO $35.7M
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