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Form 990 Finder: search 27,244 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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William & Laverne Saville Foundation Spalding, NE $235,520 14
Stan And Suzanne St Pierre Franklin, TN $235,520 614
Doolittle Family Foundation Inc Fairfield, CT $235,515 45
Sheila E Daley Foundation Inc Chicago, IL $235,500 25
Leslie Bartell Scholarship Foundation In Clark, NJ $235,500 30
R & R & R Dodge Family Foundation Hood River, OR $235,500 30
Frank P & Marie L Bevilacqua Akron, OH $235,500 56
Thompson Jones Alexander Foundation Charlottesville, VA $235,500 99
Windsor Foundation Dallas, TX $235,500 105
Onota Foundation Santa Fe, NM $235,500 19
Seattle Peoples Fund Seattle, WA $235,500 70
Wilfred S Derbyshire Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $235,449 25
The Sweigart Family Foundation Lancaster, PA $235,412 23
Charles Morgan Carraway And Joanne M Baton Rouge, LA $235,400 16
Robert S De Pietro Foundation Pasadena, CA $235,400 3
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Category Foundations
Education 1,534
Human services 647
Health care 582
Religion-related 437
Arts, culture & humanities 326
Youth development 305
Community improvement 168
Philanthropy & grantmaking 117

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $188.4M
Pittsburgh, PA $132.2M
Las Vegas, NV $117.4M
New York, NY $97.0M
Chicago, IL $94.7M
Wilmington, DE $67.2M
Milwaukee, WI $61.3M
Saint Louis, MO $46.9M
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