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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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Midland States Bank Foundation Rockford, IL $2,500,436 180
O'kelley - Hemminghaus Foundation San Antonio, TX $2,500,292 127
The Robert J Kahn Testamentary Foundation Bryn Mawr, PA $2,500,000 49
The Martine And Dan Drackett Family Hailey, ID $2,500,000 126
Nopec Foundation Inc Solon, OH $2,500,000 22
The Susanne Geier Peters Foundation Loveland, OH $2,500,000 1
The Augustas And Elsie Rigas Family North Lima, OH $2,500,000 2
The Bernard And Pamela Barbash Family Garden City, NY $2,499,984 253
Polly Thayer Starr Charitable Trust Boston, MA $2,499,872 39
Greater Dallas Momentum Foundation Dallas, TX $2,499,681 7
Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund Brooklyn, OH $2,499,500 130
The Natali Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $2,499,500 37
Adventist World Charitable Trust Redlands, CA $2,499,159 57
Fuente Family Foundation Inc Tampa, FL $2,499,153 150
Brownell Family Foundation Grinnell, IA $2,498,895 64
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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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Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,884
Health care 1,080
Human services 1,066
Arts, culture & humanities 734
Youth development 657
Religion-related 588
Community improvement 438
Philanthropy & grantmaking 378

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $1.4B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Wilmington, DE $844.2M
Chicago, IL $824.8M
Pittsburgh, PA $675.2M
Las Vegas, NV $425.8M
Brooklyn, NY $420.7M
Los Angeles, CA $396.4M
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