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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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Gerda And Ole Skaarup Foundation Greenwich, CT $277,500 225
Susan Little Private Charitable Tampa, FL $277,500 23
Chaput-avery Family Foundation Inc St Petersburg, FL $277,500 6
Schoenstadt Family Foundation Venice, CA $277,500 86
Colket Foundation Fairview, TX $277,482 197
The Jesse N Smith Heritage Foundation Chesterfield, MO $277,469 16
Heller Family Foundation Harrison, NY $277,450 42
Swartz Howard Saint Louis, MO $277,446 12
The Louise Tumarkin Zazove Pinckney, MI $277,419 90
Scatters Foundation Asheville, NC $277,404 75
Taubel A Palatinate Reform Ch Las Vegas, NV $277,395 3
Avinash Agarwal Foundation Inc Hartsdale, NY $277,387 24
West Coast Medical And Educational Foundation Inc Fort Lauderdale, FL $277,380 60
Bowen Whitney And Marian Char Uw Wb Dallas, TX $277,365 33
The Linda Richardson Foundation Philadelphia, PA $277,334 14
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Category Foundations
Education 1,599
Human services 727
Health care 698
Religion-related 466
Arts, culture & humanities 370
Youth development 322
Community improvement 209
Philanthropy & grantmaking 146

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $229.5M
Pittsburgh, PA $154.1M
Las Vegas, NV $135.7M
New York, NY $123.6M
Chicago, IL $115.9M
Wilmington, DE $85.8M
Milwaukee, WI $75.0M
Saint Louis, MO $57.7M
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