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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
The Butler Foundation Springfield, NH $2,852,348 96
Harper Family Foundation Greenville, SC $2,852,111 146
Marcia Turner Kreyling Charitable Foundation Po Box Chica, IL $2,851,612 34
Graeber Foundation Marks, MS $2,851,475 391
Lyche Family Foundation Inc Onalaska, WI $2,851,333 271
Brown Family Foundation Ormond Beach, FL $2,850,712 6
Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Kansas Topeka, KS $2,850,581 828
Jeffrey P Ossen Family Foundation West Hartford, CT $2,850,503 65
The Speck And Polly New Charitable Beeville, TX $2,850,499 14
Tynewald Foundation Nashville, TN $2,850,000 35
Bacardi Foundation Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,850,000 7
Charter School Incubator Initiative Washington, DC $2,850,000 1
Torcivia Family Foundation Red Bank, NJ $2,849,503 140
The Dore Family Foundation Lake Charles, LA $2,849,473 23
The Cross Foundation Brentwood, TN $2,848,920 57
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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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Foundations by category and city

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 1,905
Health care 1,102
Human services 1,076
Arts, culture & humanities 747
Youth development 670
Religion-related 604
Community improvement 418
Philanthropy & grantmaking 395

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.6B
Dallas, TX $1.2B
Wilmington, DE $945.6M
Chicago, IL $884.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $698.5M
Brooklyn, NY $451.0M
Las Vegas, NV $448.4M
Los Angeles, CA $414.1M
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