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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
Charles And Elsie Ruben Foundation Inc Augusta, GA $292,648 94
The Single Step Foundation Waltham, MA $292,627 58
Herman & Janice N Bartz Charitable Trust Overland Park, KS $292,600 86
The Frederick W Mccarthy Family Washington, DC $292,590 74
Moses Horace A Tr Uind Pittsburgh, PA $292,580 17
Bea And Shailer Breck Foundation Clinton, CT $292,552 3
The Joyce Mack Foundation Las Vegas, NV $292,538 53
The Lewis M & Esther Perlstein Worcester, MA $292,530 420
Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation Nashville, TN $292,520 321
Tyrous R & Ruth F Williams Charitable Tr Las Vegas, NV $292,500 35
Alfred & Anita Schnog Family Founda Wilmington, NC $292,500 75
The Maxine And Allan Kurtzman Foundation Irvine, CA $292,500 67
Scholarship Foundation Society Of St Pa Bethesda, MD $292,500 47
Zink Family Foundation Inc Indianapolis, IN $292,490 96
Mildred Burg Private Foundation Inc Scotch Plains, NJ $292,450 91
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Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,609
Human services 730
Health care 661
Religion-related 474
Arts, culture & humanities 369
Youth development 326
Community improvement 192
Philanthropy & grantmaking 154

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $246.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $163.8M
Las Vegas, NV $142.9M
New York, NY $134.1M
Chicago, IL $125.8M
Wilmington, DE $93.4M
Milwaukee, WI $79.4M
Saint Louis, MO $59.6M
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