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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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Herman J Albrecht Library Ima Cleveland, OH $2,200,355 7
The Stanton Family Foundation Palm Beach, FL $2,200,218 8
E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A Xxx-xx-xxxx Indiana, PA $2,200,100 395
Harriet & Eli Cooper Foundation New City, NY $2,200,000 2
The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta Pittsburgh, PA $2,200,000 57
Elberth R & Gladys F Grant Char Clayton, MO $2,200,000 6
Carl And Sylvia Freyer Family Englewood Cliffs, NJ $2,199,823 85
The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation Birmingham, AL $2,199,679 320
The White Horse Group Foundation Inc Wilmington, DE $2,199,637 21
Richard&lois Worthington Foundation Anacortes, WA $2,199,500 96
Mediathe Foundation Inc Dana Point, CA $2,199,320 185
The Bernice And Sidney Jacobson Foundation New York, NY $2,199,197 11
Bonner Family Foundation Inc Clovis, NM $2,199,134 8
Lightner Sams Foundation Of Wyoming Teton Village, WY $2,199,037 340
The Bfl Charitable Foundation Canton, OH $2,199,000 11
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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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Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,887
Health care 1,054
Human services 1,024
Arts, culture & humanities 722
Youth development 615
Religion-related 596
Community improvement 406
Philanthropy & grantmaking 344

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.3B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Chicago, IL $775.4M
Wilmington, DE $756.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $644.1M
Las Vegas, NV $404.2M
Brooklyn, NY $390.0M
Los Angeles, CA $364.4M
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