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Form 990 Finder: search 28,178 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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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Shapiro Family Foundation Inc Strasburg, VA $270,290 17
Freedom Forge Corp Foundation Kish Bank State College, PA $270,282 4
Jerry Vogel Foundation Inc Crownsville, MD $270,250 69
Don Hunziker Memorial Foundation Inc Greensboro, NC $270,250 5
Yetta & Abraham Lester Family Fdn Inc Bradley Beach, NJ $270,229 65
The Leifer Family Foundation Inc New York, NY $270,226 10
Ezra Family Foundation West Orange, NJ $270,224 39
Andrew Friedland Memorial Fund Wyckoff, NJ $270,210 34
The Louis And Margaret Kestenbaum Brooklyn, NY $270,200 16
Flax Family Foundation Albuquerque, NM $270,200 56
Parmelee Foundation Inc Stilwell, KS $270,200 241
Roy & Christine Sturgis Foundation Sparkman, AR $270,200 216
The Mccain Family Foundation Los Angeles, CA $270,195 287
The Caine Family Foundation Wilmington, DE $270,188 113
Linneman Family Foundation Naples, FL $270,160 24
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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,582
Human services 723
Health care 670
Religion-related 451
Arts, culture & humanities 359
Youth development 320
Community improvement 200
Philanthropy & grantmaking 136

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $220.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $148.7M
Las Vegas, NV $133.8M
New York, NY $121.2M
Chicago, IL $113.4M
Wilmington, DE $82.9M
Milwaukee, WI $72.3M
Saint Louis, MO $54.6M
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