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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
Faithful Servants Foundation Yorba Linda, CA $2,723,756 245
Cloud L Cray Foundation Prairie Village, KS $2,723,050 127
The Kennedy-herterich Foundation Blowing Rock, NC $2,722,858 180
George B Henderson Foundation Jh5090 Boston, MA $2,722,676 88
Chemical Bank Foundation Midland, MI $2,722,608 133
Judy Calder Foundation Boerne, TX $2,722,541 142
Glenn And Jean Harnett Private Warren, OH $2,722,523 75
Walter Family Foundation Reston, VA $2,722,400 25
The Franklin And Catherine Johnson East Palo Alto, CA $2,722,000 95
W A Obnovlenski-thompson Tui Dallas, TX $2,721,752 49
The Sanders Foundation El Paso, TX $2,721,650 61
The Whitt Family Foundation Las Vegas, NV $2,721,515 177
Wallace Landry Family Foundation New Orleans, LA $2,721,200 210
The Argus Fund Fort Washington, PA $2,721,150 130
Redman Foundation Inc Austin, TX $2,721,000 220
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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 1,889
Health care 1,090
Human services 1,058
Arts, culture & humanities 741
Youth development 661
Religion-related 596
Community improvement 435
Philanthropy & grantmaking 385

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.6B
Dallas, TX $1.2B
Wilmington, DE $929.0M
Chicago, IL $862.5M
Pittsburgh, PA $693.1M
Brooklyn, NY $447.7M
Las Vegas, NV $432.4M
Los Angeles, CA $410.6M
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