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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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Kikkoman Foods Foundation Inc Walworth, WI $2,696,641 249
The Hope Foundation Midland Park, NJ $2,696,500 61
Opal Dancey Memorial Foundation 09062 Southfield, MI $2,695,946 90
Brownstein Family Foundation Stamford, CT $2,695,910 55
The T Ruben Jones Foundation Atlanta, GA $2,695,769 25
The Burke Family Foundation New York, NY $2,695,741 140
Robert & Susan Brown Family Foundation Neenah, WI $2,695,650 374
The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Fort Dodge, IA $2,695,581 205
Wallace And Joyce Hagedorn Scholarship Fd Cincinnati, OH $2,695,500 12
Steve & Chris Vogt Family Foundation Inc Lone Tree, CO $2,695,500 14
Ggs Foundation San Francisco, CA $2,695,150 98
Sandcastle Foundation Eden Prairie, MN $2,695,000 186
Mary M Spencer And Sash A Spencer Miami, FL $2,694,642 5
The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc Manlius, NY $2,694,525 387
Iddings Benevolent Trust Xxxxx5009 Chicago, IL $2,693,972 170
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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 1,094
Human services 1,063
Arts, culture & humanities 750
Youth development 661
Religion-related 601
Community improvement 446
Philanthropy & grantmaking 389

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.6B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Wilmington, DE $918.8M
Chicago, IL $860.5M
Pittsburgh, PA $694.4M
Brooklyn, NY $442.3M
Las Vegas, NV $431.7M
Los Angeles, CA $408.6M
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