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Form 990 Finder: search 27,600 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
Hudson Charitable Tuw Saint Louis, MO $248,875 174
Nathan M Ohrbach Foundation Sebastopol, CA $248,861 46
Gospel Education Fellowship Inc Moscow Mills, MO $248,816 45
Landa Foundation Inc Miami, FL $248,807 49
Carolyn S Kruse Foundation Buelton, CA $248,800 82
The Walker Family Foundation St Louis, MO $248,750 11
The Dauwalter Family Foundation Chanhassen, MN $248,734 200
Laogai Research Foundation Washington, DC $248,712 33
Mabel W Springfield Trust Sayre, OK $248,671 117
Hanna Foundation Jacksonville, FL $248,665 75
Moses Family Christian Foundation Wausau, WI $248,650 46
Flores Foundation Inc Tampa, FL $248,648 126
Association For Surgical Education Springfield, IL $248,645 16
Eastern Oregon College Foundation Tr Milwaukee, WI $248,615 1
Perfect Light Foundation New Braunfels, TX $248,611 210
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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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Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,563
Human services 672
Health care 628
Religion-related 453
Arts, culture & humanities 347
Youth development 317
Community improvement 182
Philanthropy & grantmaking 116

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $203.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $142.1M
Las Vegas, NV $125.9M
New York, NY $106.9M
Chicago, IL $102.8M
Wilmington, DE $73.0M
Milwaukee, WI $65.2M
Saint Louis, MO $50.8M
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