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Form 990 Finder: search 27,098 private foundation IRS filings, free.

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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John Allen Jones Family Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA $231,300 52
Maynard Foundation Maitland, FL $231,300 215
Serving Out Smiles Foundation Syracuse, UT $231,284 19
Emilio A & Mary A Difelice Scholarship Boston, MA $231,250 32
Georgy Family Foundation Crystal Lake, IL $231,245 72
The John H And Elenor H Maxheim Charlotte, NC $231,245 12
Berghammer Construction Foundation Inc Butler, WI $231,193 140
Conroy W Amer Univ At Cairo Pittsburgh, PA $231,186 6
Monte L & Lisa R Froehlich Family Lincoln, NE $231,165 19
Rio Vista Foundation Wilmington, DE $231,140 169
Ny Soc For Ruptured & Crippled Trust 22432 Chicago, IL $231,126 5
Youth Tennis Foundation Of Utah Salt Lake City, UT $231,101 26
The Brach Charitable Foundation Highland Mills, NY $231,100 8
The Daryl And Renee Brewster Charitable Marco Island, FL $231,091 68
Reimer Family Foundation Lenexa, KS $231,080 51
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Category Foundations
Education 1,534
Human services 620
Health care 563
Religion-related 448
Arts, culture & humanities 328
Youth development 306
Community improvement 164
Philanthropy & grantmaking 114

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $184.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $130.3M
Las Vegas, NV $114.7M
New York, NY $94.7M
Chicago, IL $93.4M
Wilmington, DE $64.8M
Milwaukee, WI $60.4M
Saint Louis, MO $46.8M
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