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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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The Lawrence E & Neva B Fenstermaker Claremont, CA $1,905,313 18
Walter N & Alberta H Drake Las Vegas, NV $1,904,997 50
Helen Pumphrey Denit Tr Char & Educ Purposes Dallas, TX $1,904,995 120
Key Foundation Wellsville, PA $1,904,983 319
Ranadive Foundation Page Mill Rd Palo Alt, CA $1,904,765 51
Chas And Ruth Seligman Walton, KY $1,904,694 237
Magellan Cares Foundation Inc Maryland Heights, MO $1,904,337 278
The Eulich Family Foundation Inc Dallas, TX $1,904,245 75
Bacchieri Foundation Greenville, DE $1,904,230 78
The Woodard Family Foundation Eugene, OR $1,903,660 254
Engel Family Foundation Inc Brooklyn, NY $1,903,550 108
Edward L Schwab Memorial Foundation Aberdeen, SD $1,903,271 228
James And Yvonne Ziemer Family Waukesha, WI $1,903,174 35
The Joseph R Parker Foundation Novato, CA $1,903,120 26
Schmidt-messmer Perpchartw Xxxxx6009 Chicago, IL $1,903,038 42
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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 1,833
Human services 995
Health care 994
Arts, culture & humanities 665
Youth development 571
Religion-related 563
Community improvement 344
Philanthropy & grantmaking 305

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.1B
Dallas, TX $956.5M
Chicago, IL $715.6M
Wilmington, DE $673.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $616.4M
Las Vegas, NV $397.8M
Brooklyn, NY $362.4M
Los Angeles, CA $324.9M
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