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Form 990 Finder: search 27,846 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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Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell Scholarship Foundation Inc Amory, MS $255,165 2
George B Green Scholarship Trust Barrington, NH $255,164 34
Fusion Academy Scholarship Foundation Grand Rapids, MI $255,153 31
Elma B Carr Co Pnc Bank Na Pittsburgh, PA $255,153 8
The Frank And Brenda Gallagher Family Upper Saddle River, NJ $255,125 123
Robert And Chantal Lach Foundation Inc Montgomery, OH $255,103 47
Leroy W Kellogg Charitable Trust Dallas, TX $255,096 8
The Graybird Foundation Half Moon Bay, CA $255,091 55
Jones G Fbo St Pauls Ch 4947 Tuw Las Vegas, NV $255,048 10
Mary E Armstrong Trust Boston, MA $255,037 50
Lt Operating Foundation Tulsa, OK $255,025 14
Moore-niederman Family Foundation Englewood, CO $255,008 95
Kennedy Fellows Association Trust Inc Baltimore, MD $255,000 4
Elizabeth B Kreske Charitable Foundation Weston, MA $255,000 21
The Joni Gladowsky Breast Cancer Smithtown, NY $255,000 4
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Category Foundations
Education 1,556
Human services 684
Health care 654
Religion-related 454
Arts, culture & humanities 353
Youth development 313
Community improvement 181
Philanthropy & grantmaking 120

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $210.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $143.8M
Las Vegas, NV $129.8M
New York, NY $112.0M
Chicago, IL $106.2M
Wilmington, DE $77.6M
Milwaukee, WI $68.3M
Saint Louis, MO $52.2M
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