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Form 990 Finder: search 28,282 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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Donaldson H-pitt Sch Soc Work Pittsburgh, PA $273,800 6
Magellanic Foundation Tarrytown, NY $273,786 45
Reach Foundation Covington, LA $273,738 52
Isenhour Charitable Trust Concord, NC $273,725 8
Cm Speranza Sc Tr-st Catherine Milwaukee, WI $273,725 6
Morton S Abelson Foundation Highland Park, IL $273,705 121
The Georges Family Foundation Sterling Heights, MI $273,676 24
George A & Isabella A Rieke Foundation Po Box Chica, IL $273,673 5
Helene Duldner Foundation Inc Oakland, CA $273,671 49
Harriet Woolley Est Univ Of Paris Tr New York, NY $273,646 5
Davenport Family Foundation Wake Forest, NC $273,627 5
Lewis Foundation Longboat Key, FL $273,626 204
Datetree Charitable Trust Ithaca, NY $273,620 73
Mary Dillon Scholarship Fund #301106 Bend, OR $273,615 6
Cazenave Andrew V Tua Saint Louis, MO $273,600 24
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Category Foundations
Education 1,586
Human services 731
Health care 682
Religion-related 454
Arts, culture & humanities 358
Youth development 324
Community improvement 201
Philanthropy & grantmaking 140

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $224.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $150.4M
Las Vegas, NV $134.4M
New York, NY $121.8M
Chicago, IL $114.4M
Wilmington, DE $84.9M
Milwaukee, WI $74.1M
Saint Louis, MO $55.4M
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