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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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Bhai Jaita Foundation Inc Wilmington, DE $2,377,100 33
The Dixon Water Foundation Decatur, TX $2,377,042 76
Dull Casper - Co-tw Harrisburg, PA $2,377,013 6
Arthur M Goldberg And Veronica Goldberg Rosemont, NJ $2,376,947 192
William Hodgins Charitable Foundation Westwood, MA $2,376,684 22
Gius Foundation Mill Creek, WA $2,376,558 74
Aoh Foundation Portland, OR $2,376,431 102
James M Doss Charitable Foundation Trust Sarasota, FL $2,376,429 92
Young Green Foundation Bridgewater, NJ $2,375,582 46
Teddy Ebersol's Family Foundation Los Angeles, CA $2,375,500 52
Beverly Sherck Education Charitable Corp Elkhart, IN $2,375,499 22
The Ferguson Family Foundation Trust Pierre, SD $2,375,241 45
Intelligent Future Foundation Wilmington, DE $2,375,000 2
The Goldie Rutenberg And Parents Flushing, NY $2,374,974 63
Bridge The Gap Pa Inc Washington, PA $2,374,884 132
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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,881
Health care 1,068
Human services 1,061
Arts, culture & humanities 726
Youth development 631
Religion-related 589
Community improvement 433
Philanthropy & grantmaking 376

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.4B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Wilmington, DE $815.1M
Chicago, IL $805.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $664.6M
Brooklyn, NY $414.2M
Las Vegas, NV $406.4M
Los Angeles, CA $386.6M
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