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Form 990 Finder: search 28,340 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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Showing 15 of 28,340 foundations

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Mary L C Biddle Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $276,256 77
Abraham And Rose Ellis Foundation Philadelphia, PA $276,250 112
Richard M Scrushy Charitable Pelham, AL $276,250 86
Co Tua We & Mt Belvin Charitable Trust Glen Allen, VA $276,229 77
Walters Public Education Foundation Walters, OK $276,215 109
Maine Veterinary Education Foundation Augusta, ME $276,200 70
Katz's Refuah Fund Inc Staten Island, NY $276,196 9
Joseph L Carley Foundation Cape May, NJ $276,175 15
Palmer Family Foundation Davenport, IA $276,160 33
Alpha Psi Of Chi Psi Edu Trust Ithaca, NY $276,152 59
The Clinton Family Foundation Salinas, CA $276,100 17
Edith Seville Coale Md Scholarship Trust Pittsburgh, PA $276,093 8
Kirk Elizabeth - Ymca Et Al Dallas, TX $276,082 28
John P And Margaret M Brogan Family Foundation Bluffton, SC $276,062 15
The Seeja Foundation New York, NY $276,056 47
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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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Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,599
Human services 736
Health care 694
Religion-related 461
Arts, culture & humanities 370
Youth development 326
Community improvement 205
Philanthropy & grantmaking 146

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $227.8M
Pittsburgh, PA $153.2M
Las Vegas, NV $135.1M
New York, NY $123.1M
Chicago, IL $115.4M
Wilmington, DE $85.3M
Milwaukee, WI $74.6M
Saint Louis, MO $56.7M
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