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Form 990 Finder: search 28,474 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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Roger J Bertrand Scholarship Fund West Warwick, RI $281,000 20
Margolies Albert & Ann Margolies Perpetual Scranton, PA $281,000 24
Webster-maclean Foundation Agency St Louis, MO $281,000 35
Mcdonald Jonsson Foundation Seattle, WA $281,000 2
Van Allsburg Family Prides Crossing, MA $281,000 15
Thomas C Hickey & Gertrude Char Milwaukee, WI $281,000 28
Perry Jm Tua Greenville, SC $281,000 7
The Ralph & Emily Simon Family Los Angeles, CA $281,000 16
Bruised Camel Charitable Foundationinc Greenwich, CT $280,994 140
Ruth Dastie Trust Xxx-xx-xxxx St Louis, MO $280,992 4
Ronald C Hart Family Foundation Chattanooga, TN $280,986 170
Mid-york Foundation Inc Hamilton, NY $280,980 41
The Beck Foundation Columbus, OH $280,980 30
Starkey Hearing Foundation Minneapolis, MN $280,920 6
John A & Evelyn Monahan Memorial Trust Chicago, IL $280,913 40
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Category Foundations
Education 1,599
Human services 723
Health care 671
Religion-related 477
Arts, culture & humanities 373
Youth development 333
Community improvement 203
Philanthropy & grantmaking 143

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $232.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $155.3M
Las Vegas, NV $136.7M
New York, NY $127.7M
Chicago, IL $118.6M
Wilmington, DE $87.4M
Milwaukee, WI $76.6M
Saint Louis, MO $58.1M
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