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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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Kevin E Myers Family Foundation Berlin, MD $2,279,202 43
Paul And Jill Kaneb Family Charitable Vero Beach, FL $2,279,129 115
Kaia And Jonathan Goldstein Family Wilmington, DE $2,278,732 5
Windy Pines Foundation Colorado Springs, CO $2,278,670 61
R H Parkerunited Foundation Portland, OR $2,278,529 303
Charles L& Doris M Fonville Found Charlotte, NC $2,278,500 64
Arts Equity & Education Fund Pittsburgh, PA $2,278,275 108
A & B Winstrom Christian Family Foundation Sioux Falls, SD $2,278,260 86
Mark A & Rena R Norcross High Point, NC $2,278,171 91
Avalon Foundation Newtown, PA $2,278,112 8
Four Pines Charitable Foundation Teton Village, WY $2,278,040 34
The Double-r Foundation New York, NY $2,277,980 881
Hugo H & Mabel B Young Foundation Loudonville, OH $2,277,526 145
Bendon Family Foundation Las Vegas, NV $2,277,500 174
Sidgmore Family Foundation Potomac, MD $2,277,345 91
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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 1,881
Health care 1,055
Human services 1,035
Arts, culture & humanities 717
Youth development 630
Religion-related 588
Community improvement 407
Philanthropy & grantmaking 361

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $1.3B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Chicago, IL $800.5M
Wilmington, DE $786.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $656.4M
Las Vegas, NV $408.7M
Brooklyn, NY $406.1M
Los Angeles, CA $375.5M
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