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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
Dog Hill Foundation Mobile, AL $287,014 43
The Tiedemann Foundation Concord, MA $287,000 62
Mary Friese Lowe Memorial Education Orleans, MA $287,000 4
Almera Biddulph Reitz Foundation Middleburg Heights, OH $287,000 57
Wieland Family Foundation Inc Ridgefield, CT $287,000 11
Tr Ua Lillian M Johnson Cincinnati, OH $287,000 10
Pierson J Roon Family Foundation Allendale, MI $287,000 30
For Jesus Loved Me First Moreland Hills, OH $287,000 20
Germantown Relief Society Fdn Orlando, FL $286,990 54
Schafer Family Foundation Co Toce Andersen Tax Llc New York, NY $286,975 24
Harold F & Suzanne D Falk Northfield, IL $286,922 95
The Ragsdale Family Foundation Nashville, TN $286,909 21
Lipscomb Charitable Trust Columbia, MO $286,906 6
The Risso Foundation Playa Del Rey, CA $286,880 61
Thorpe George W Tr Uw Dallas, TX $286,873 56
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Category Foundations
Education 1,600
Human services 727
Health care 658
Religion-related 491
Arts, culture & humanities 376
Youth development 339
Community improvement 199
Philanthropy & grantmaking 149

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $240.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $159.4M
Las Vegas, NV $139.5M
New York, NY $131.2M
Chicago, IL $122.1M
Wilmington, DE $90.3M
Milwaukee, WI $78.1M
Saint Louis, MO $58.8M
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