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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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Bright Sky Foundation Spring Valley, NY $251,370 26
Infrastructure Engineering Inc Chicago, IL $251,369 103
Pumpkin Pie Foundation Co Alan Geller Sea Cliff, NY $251,325 16
The Central Bancshares Charitable Fdt Muscatine, IA $251,300 5
Todino Family Foundation Scotch Plains, NJ $251,279 17
Thomas Logan Family Foundation Inc Henderson, KY $251,273 5
Florencecares Inc Sun Prairie, WI $251,250 56
The Tharpe Foundation Atlanta, GA $251,239 288
Salubrious Foundation Inc Port Matilda, PA $251,236 8
Tw F T And G H Hinson Mem Trust Las Vegas, NV $251,221 10
Gabriel J Chehebar Charitable Trust Brooklyn, NY $251,208 116
Greenberg Family Foundation Inc Bay Harbor Islands, FL $251,207 38
Birmingham Foundation West Palm Beach, FL $251,200 5
Kirpa Foundation Inc Silver Spring, MD $251,178 27
Thomas Cholnoky Foundation Greenwichth, CT $251,165 39
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Category Foundations
Education 1,545
Human services 669
Health care 644
Religion-related 454
Arts, culture & humanities 354
Youth development 312
Community improvement 179
Philanthropy & grantmaking 119

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $206.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $142.9M
Las Vegas, NV $127.0M
New York, NY $109.9M
Chicago, IL $103.9M
Wilmington, DE $74.4M
Milwaukee, WI $66.5M
Saint Louis, MO $51.1M
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