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Form 990 Finder: search 28,525 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 Central & South American Childr Fort Walton Beach, FL $283,000 7
Friends Of Fundacion Neumologica New York, NY $283,000 4
Cagg Foundation Birmingham, AL $283,000 54
Kate Family Foundation Oklahoma City, OK $283,000 60
Frank Pernell Foundation Lakewood, CO $283,000 90
Electra Churchill Foundation Shreveport, LA $282,994 6
Hinrichs Foundation Inc Chicago, IL $282,993 175
John & Gale Mann Foundation Fort Wayne, IN $282,992 16
Frank L Stile Foundation-serving C Las Vegas, NV $282,955 15
Eva Gordon Ribero Trust Dallas, TX $282,948 16
American Association Of University Honolulu, HI $282,940 12
The Balle Foundation Clinton, SC $282,940 56
The Wiessner Foundation For Bel Air, MD $282,938 113
The Ilex Foundation Boston, MA $282,937 25
John And Cherie Morris Family Foundation Hailey, ID $282,935 98
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Category Foundations
Education 1,595
Human services 735
Health care 674
Religion-related 484
Arts, culture & humanities 374
Youth development 340
Community improvement 207
Philanthropy & grantmaking 147

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $234.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $156.6M
Las Vegas, NV $137.6M
New York, NY $129.3M
Chicago, IL $120.1M
Wilmington, DE $88.7M
Milwaukee, WI $78.2M
Saint Louis, MO $58.3M
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