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Form 990 Finder: search 27,399 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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Seymour Stephen Memorial Fund Dallas, TX $242,520 7
Karlin Family Foundation Indian Wells, CA $242,518 14
Darwin Foundation Inc Princeton, NJ $242,515 72
2001 Neumann Scholarship Trust Las Vegas, NV $242,506 5
Naugle Foundation Clarence, NY $242,505 62
Dorothy Loudon Foundation New York, NY $242,501 155
Arthur S Reinherz Wayland, MA $242,500 12
Jl Cameron Charitable Trust Saint Louis, MO $242,500 7
Albert A Arditti Foundation Inc Southampton, NY $242,500 122
Amy And Lamar Warren Research Fund Las Vegas, NV $242,500 4
Harry And Esther Brown Charitable Philadelphia, PA $242,500 24
Schmuhl Family Foundation South Bend, IN $242,500 64
Tom And Wendy Coleman Family Foundation Berwyn, PA $242,500 46
Barnabas & Associates Foundation West Chicago, IL $242,500 21
The Bryan Jacobson Foundation Inc New York, NY $242,500 11
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Category Foundations
Education 1,555
Human services 664
Health care 608
Religion-related 445
Arts, culture & humanities 339
Youth development 306
Community improvement 178
Philanthropy & grantmaking 114

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $196.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $137.3M
Las Vegas, NV $123.0M
New York, NY $102.7M
Chicago, IL $98.4M
Wilmington, DE $70.4M
Milwaukee, WI $62.5M
Saint Louis, MO $49.4M
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