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Form 990 Finder: search 28,526 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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Peter Jay Austin Foundation Inc Boca Raton, FL $284,253 17
Monheit Foundation Kotler Boca Raton, FL $284,251 10
M Ruth Lee Scholarship Fund Princeton, MA $284,250 174
The Lindsay And Carter Hawkins Atlanta, GA $284,250 18
Robert A And Jean Norling Foundation Burlington, NC $284,236 42
Wc Gentry Family Foundation Inc Jacksonville, FL $284,195 68
Dalal Charitable Trust Burlingame, CA $284,192 63
The Doerr Family Foundation Highlands Ranch, CO $284,179 11
J Norman & Margaret J Reeves Private Foundat Oakland, MD $284,175 90
The Steve Tirado Family Foundation Wilmington, DE $284,166 61
New Life Down To Earth Ministries Colorado Springs, CO $284,166 29
Seoul Medical Charity Foundation Los Angeles, CA $284,138 105
Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc Stamford, CT $284,135 161
Leight Foundation Inc Co Nathan Leight Miami, FL $284,132 19
The Dotson Family Foundation Tulsa, OK $284,103 22
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Category Foundations
Education 1,607
Human services 736
Health care 675
Religion-related 488
Arts, culture & humanities 381
Youth development 344
Community improvement 202
Philanthropy & grantmaking 149

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $237.4M
Pittsburgh, PA $158.0M
Las Vegas, NV $137.5M
New York, NY $129.4M
Chicago, IL $120.6M
Wilmington, DE $89.0M
Milwaukee, WI $78.1M
Saint Louis, MO $58.7M
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