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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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Showing 15 of 27,957 foundations

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Geisen Scheper Charitable Fdn Inc Co Us Milwaukee, WI $260,538 48
Tras La Perla Usa Inc Coral Gables, FL $260,514 2
David And Linda Hughes Fnd Inc Winter Park, FL $260,500 20
Jean And Robert Olander Educational Foundation San Dimas, CA $260,500 115
The Walter Franklin And Dorothy G Irvington, VA $260,500 104
Car Dealers Care Foundation Oklahoma City, OK $260,500 114
L T & Lina Gibson Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $260,500 4
Tee & Charles Addams Foundation Briarcliff Manor, NY $260,478 16
Guilford A Deitch 4 Itr Xxxxx3002 Chicago, IL $260,462 6
The Hart-oeland Foundation Trust Belton, SC $260,450 86
Greenacre Foundation New York, NY $260,449 16
The Plaisance Family Foundation Fort Worth, TX $260,437 3
The Sohn Family Foundation Denver, CO $260,383 15
Nestor Family Foundation Inc Aventura, FL $260,330 24
Mitchell Family Charitable Foundation Corona Del Mar, CA $260,328 34
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Category Foundations
Education 1,568
Human services 700
Health care 674
Religion-related 454
Arts, culture & humanities 353
Youth development 323
Community improvement 186
Philanthropy & grantmaking 124

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $214.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $145.2M
Las Vegas, NV $130.8M
New York, NY $115.3M
Chicago, IL $109.1M
Wilmington, DE $78.5M
Milwaukee, WI $70.6M
Saint Louis, MO $52.7M
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