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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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Showing 15 of 25,365 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Mildred And Rolland Middlekauff Salina, KS $2,173,500 103
Feraldo William Pablo Mem Fnd-uma Milwaukee, WI $2,173,260 10
Mcgraw Foundation Dundee, IL $2,173,062 4
Phil And Amy Mickelson Charitable Melville, NY $2,173,054 33
Lori And Robert Goodman Family Los Angeles, CA $2,173,000 51
Dove Foundation Boise, ID $2,172,963 64
Fromstein Foundation Ltd Co Godfrey And Kahn Sc Milwaukee, WI $2,172,698 46
10-1 Foundation Inc Thomasville, GA $2,172,691 96
Lauring Charitable Foundation Worcester, MA $2,172,615 381
Mccrane Foundation Inc Pennington, NJ $2,172,500 57
Carol M Jacobsohn Foundation Inc Stuart, FL $2,172,500 56
Chaney Foundation Ltd Annapolis, MD $2,172,483 69
Spell Family Foundation Co William Spell Minneapolis, MN $2,172,434 88
Flood Family Foundation Ii Inc Alpharetta, GA $2,172,384 283
The Lori And David Nicholas Mequon, WI $2,172,340 27
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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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Foundations by category and city

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 1,877
Health care 1,047
Human services 1,022
Arts, culture & humanities 707
Youth development 616
Religion-related 586
Community improvement 394
Philanthropy & grantmaking 350

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.3B
Dallas, TX $1.0B
Chicago, IL $773.2M
Wilmington, DE $751.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $638.6M
Las Vegas, NV $405.3M
Brooklyn, NY $390.6M
Milwaukee, WI $360.5M
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