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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Neil And Virginia Weiss Foundation In New York, NY $2,687,295 51
Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Spring Lake, MI $2,687,005 138
L4 Foundation Jericho, NY $2,686,857 197
Jose G Duarte Foundation Pasadena, CA $2,686,000 16
Parsen Em Char Tua-main Las Vegas, NV $2,685,744 11
Fibre Converters Foundation Inc Constantine, MI $2,685,737 110
The Rlb Charitable Foundation Sioux Falls, SD $2,685,531 10
Violet World Foundation Ft Mitchell, KY $2,685,500 286
Weyerhaeuserday Foundation St Paul, MN $2,685,000 85
Frieder Family Foundation Chappaqua, NY $2,684,950 89
Stiftung Pro Humanitate New York, NY $2,684,896 81
Tov V Chesed Foundation Brooklyn, NY $2,684,872 66
Charles Y C Pak Foundation Dallas, TX $2,684,812 14
Piedmont Charitable Foundation Inc Atlanta, GA $2,684,500 285
Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc Boise, ID $2,684,210 59
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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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Foundations by category and city

Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,899
Health care 1,095
Human services 1,061
Arts, culture & humanities 741
Youth development 660
Religion-related 598
Community improvement 446
Philanthropy & grantmaking 383

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
New York, NY $1.6B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Wilmington, DE $912.1M
Chicago, IL $858.4M
Pittsburgh, PA $695.1M
Brooklyn, NY $445.0M
Las Vegas, NV $429.7M
Los Angeles, CA $409.3M
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