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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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Mcgehee Foundation Ruston, LA $2,360,300 154
The Leviton Foundation Inc - New York Melville, NY $2,360,250 291
Chino Cienega Foundation Palm Springs, CA $2,360,035 122
Tioga Downs Regional Community Nichols, NY $2,360,000 152
Altsheler-durell Foundation Inc Westerville, OH $2,360,000 92
Warwick Foundation Northfield, IL $2,359,790 221
The Trexler Foundation Charlotte, NC $2,359,500 95
The St Katherine Foundation Redondo Beach, CA $2,359,475 162
The Lincoln-lane Foundation Norfolk, VA $2,359,376 8
The Rorvig Foundation Seatac, WA $2,359,200 20
Gillett Family Foundation Ada, MI $2,359,000 264
Sites 1969 Fdn Irrev Char Ta Saint Louis, MO $2,359,000 51
Carlson Family Lightshield Foundation Elk River, MN $2,358,798 119
Stewart And Lenore Kniff Family Foundati Sparta, MI $2,358,500 69
Building Healthy Lives Foundation Cincinnati, OH $2,357,986 545
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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 1,876
Health care 1,063
Human services 1,052
Arts, culture & humanities 718
Youth development 628
Religion-related 592
Community improvement 427
Philanthropy & grantmaking 371

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.4B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Wilmington, DE $806.2M
Chicago, IL $802.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $661.6M
Brooklyn, NY $414.8M
Las Vegas, NV $406.4M
Los Angeles, CA $383.1M
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