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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Ross Foundation Inc Elyria, OH $2,320,779 58
The A & A Fund Waltham, MA $2,320,400 96
Don & Sally Clark Foundation Pasadena, CA $2,320,315 100
The Multinational Scholars Charitable Zurich, Foreign $2,320,000 12
David And Dorothy Kemper Family Foundation Clayton, MO $2,319,638 96
Murphy Family Foundation Solon, OH $2,319,319 343
Robert And Teresa Lindsay Family Foundation New York, NY $2,319,066 16
Geiser Schweers Family Foundation Los Angeles, CA $2,319,000 24
James G Martin Memorial Trust Boston, MA $2,318,353 24
Dedham Institution For Savings Foundation Boston, MA $2,318,331 288
Samuel Fleming Charitable Tr Pittsburgh, PA $2,318,248 32
Diane Lynn Family Foundation Inc Boca Raton, FL $2,318,000 75
Laiglon Fund Kingsville, TX $2,317,927 508
The Judy And Howard Berkowitz Foundation Albany, NY $2,317,784 5
The Lionheart Charitable Trust South Burlington, VT $2,317,734 218
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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 1,871
Health care 1,058
Human services 1,044
Arts, culture & humanities 721
Youth development 632
Religion-related 585
Community improvement 421
Philanthropy & grantmaking 378

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.3B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Chicago, IL $797.6M
Wilmington, DE $796.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $661.6M
Brooklyn, NY $414.8M
Las Vegas, NV $407.0M
Los Angeles, CA $380.1M
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