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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
W J Brace Charitable Trust Dallas, TX $2,829,980 138
Keren Yud Mem Inc Cedarhurst, NY $2,828,810 538
Schumacher Foundation Columbus, OH $2,828,775 87
Tent Foundation Inc New York, NY $2,827,958 78
St And Margaret D Harris Foundation Brookhaven, GA $2,827,937 179
Farideh And Ali Azadi Foundation Inc Atlanta, GA $2,827,892 64
Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn Columbus, OH $2,827,445 92
Ethel Walker Smith Fund Dallas, TX $2,827,100 30
Sensient Technologies Foundation Inc Milwaukee, WI $2,827,024 230
The Summer Isle Foundation Woburn, MA $2,827,000 12
The Albert And Yetta Lupin Memorial Foundation Spring Valley, NY $2,826,301 215
The Payne Fund Cleveland, OH $2,826,290 130
Micole Foundation Hawthorn Woods, IL $2,826,100 63
Sylvia E Ross Trust Dallas, TX $2,826,014 28
The Warren And Augusta Hume Foundation Ponte Vedra Beach, FL $2,826,000 197
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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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U.S. territories

American Samoa (AS) 3 Guam (GU) 0 Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 4 Puerto Rico (PR) 94 U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) 21
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Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,898
Health care 1,095
Human services 1,074
Arts, culture & humanities 752
Youth development 665
Religion-related 600
Community improvement 422
Philanthropy & grantmaking 393

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.6B
Dallas, TX $1.2B
Wilmington, DE $945.6M
Chicago, IL $878.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $702.8M
Brooklyn, NY $454.6M
Las Vegas, NV $449.8M
Boston, MA $413.3M
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