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Form 990 Finder: search 27,112 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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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Stephen G Calvert Memorial Merit West Chester, PA $231,550 38
Stern Family Charitable Foundation Valley Stream, NY $231,524 273
Merle And Elnora Foltz Foundation Dated Chicago, IL $231,514 16
Insuring The Mission Foundation Inc Cuyahoga Falls, OH $231,510 30
David Swenson Foundation St Cloud, MN $231,507 14
Simon Guggenheim Scholarship Fu Las Vegas, NV $231,504 79
Richard And Ann Jaffe Foundation La Jolla, CA $231,504 53
Marion Gislason Obernauer Memorial Fund Stamford, CT $231,500 5
The Theresa F Truschel Charitable Foundation Towson, MD $231,500 86
Lighthouse Of Stanly Foundation Llc Oakboro, NC $231,500 23
Mable Zimmerman & Adelia Klinger Scholarship Lancaster, PA $231,500 56
Carlos And Elizabeth Heath Foundation Buffalo, NY $231,500 37
Adams Family Foundation Paris, TN $231,496 99
Rogers Wo & Wm O Memorial Fund Dallas, TX $231,494 14
The Gabriel Foundation Saint Charles, MO $231,490 99
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Category Foundations
Education 1,535
Human services 622
Health care 565
Religion-related 449
Arts, culture & humanities 327
Youth development 307
Community improvement 164
Philanthropy & grantmaking 114

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $184.4M
Pittsburgh, PA $130.3M
Las Vegas, NV $114.9M
New York, NY $94.7M
Chicago, IL $93.5M
Wilmington, DE $64.8M
Milwaukee, WI $60.4M
Saint Louis, MO $46.8M
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