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Form 990 Finder: search 28,293 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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The Lawrence P J Bonaguidi Santa Fe, NM $274,675 33
The Agar-johnson Family Foundation Santa Monica, CA $274,670 30
Eisenbrey M E St Marks Pe Ch T W Saint Louis, MO $274,665 5
Reibly Charitable Foundation Chicago, IL $274,662 5
Crowe Family Foundation Pepper Pike, OH $274,630 31
Curt & Adele Berklund Foundation Lynnwood, WA $274,623 36
Jc Almy Harding Trust Saint Louis, MO $274,602 24
Herbert L Smith Iii Family Fund Mill Neck, NY $274,600 85
Frances Plamann Charitable Trust Hiawatha, KS $274,563 11
Ruth Hartsell Campbell Charitable Trust Columbus, OH $274,562 16
Richardson Foundation Dallas, TX $274,553 47
Twitter Foundation Bastrop, TX $274,550 42
Brune Family Foundation New Haven, MO $274,549 26
Himalaya Currents Inc Woodbridge, CT $274,548 57
T A Gregory Memorial Scholarship Fund Chicago, IL $274,537 79
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Category Foundations
Education 1,592
Human services 738
Health care 692
Religion-related 459
Arts, culture & humanities 365
Youth development 326
Community improvement 201
Philanthropy & grantmaking 146

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $225.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $150.6M
Las Vegas, NV $134.6M
New York, NY $122.1M
Chicago, IL $115.3M
Wilmington, DE $84.9M
Milwaukee, WI $74.1M
Saint Louis, MO $56.4M
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