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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 Carole C Remick Ne Hs Journalism Collaberative Foundation Marblehead, MA $1,991,850 58
Mike A Myers Foundation Dallas, TX $1,991,839 121
El & Ruth Torrance Memorial Trust Waco, TX $1,991,411 63
Martin Family Foundation Spring, TX $1,991,347 60
The Richard Hogan & Carron Sherry Ketchum, ID $1,991,291 8
William C Borst Trust Uw Milwaukee, WI $1,991,123 23
Henagan Foundation Inc Atlanta, GA $1,991,036 244
The Devito Family Trust Reisterstown, MD $1,990,915 120
Barracks Road Inc Tampa, FL $1,990,500 35
Joyce M Stielau & Herbert W Stielau Foundation Pepper Pike, OH $1,990,149 22
P J Callahan Foundation Inc New York, NY $1,990,004 526
Ellen And Richard Berghamer Fdtn Cincinnati, OH $1,990,000 36
The Dorothy And David Schachne Charitabl New York, NY $1,990,000 25
Oral Health International Foundation Reston, VA $1,989,591 603
Gustave Hartman Tuw Dallas, TX $1,989,496 18
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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
Health care 996
Human services 972
Arts, culture & humanities 680
Youth development 577
Religion-related 571
Community improvement 353
Philanthropy & grantmaking 324

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.2B
Dallas, TX $992.1M
Chicago, IL $731.3M
Wilmington, DE $693.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $633.2M
Las Vegas, NV $399.4M
Brooklyn, NY $377.6M
Los Angeles, CA $335.1M
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