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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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J E Hitchner 1st Pres Ch Of Sal Main Saint Louis, MO $2,700,000 6
The Allen B Cutting Foundation Palm City, FL $2,700,000 36
M3k Foundation Los Angeles, CA $2,699,904 81
The Myrin Institute Inc Great Barrington, MA $2,699,600 91
J Donald & J J Kincaid Educational Trust Newark, OH $2,699,427 5
The Josephine And Evelyn S Smith Philadelphia, PA $2,699,400 57
Warschaw Law Charitable Foundation Santa Monica, CA $2,699,000 38
James W And Ella B Forster Trust Rock Rapids, IA $2,698,797 48
Pablo Valenzuela & Bernardita Mendez Berkeley, CA $2,698,766 6
Wallestad Foundation Edina, MN $2,698,520 92
Glenorchy Marketplace Foundation Bellevue, WA $2,698,019 3
Community Foundation Of Ardmore Inc Ardmore, OK $2,697,976 114
Alfred And Harriet Feinman Foundation Brooklyn, NY $2,697,872 362
The Hayes Family Charitable Trust Charlotte, NC $2,697,686 168
Trumbull Family Foundation Inc West Simsbury, CT $2,697,678 100
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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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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 1,898
Health care 1,092
Human services 1,062
Arts, culture & humanities 745
Youth development 660
Religion-related 602
Community improvement 444
Philanthropy & grantmaking 387

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.6B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Wilmington, DE $918.2M
Chicago, IL $863.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $693.8M
Brooklyn, NY $445.0M
Las Vegas, NV $431.0M
Los Angeles, CA $410.6M
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