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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Kinship Foundation Grand Rapids, MI $294,200 7
The Lamport Foundation New York, NY $294,109 188
Lang Rogers Family Foundation Overland Park, KS $294,100 148
Doing His Time Prison Ministry Santa Barbara, CA $294,099 49
Olivia Herbert Tr Fbo St Georges Prot Chicago, IL $294,091 18
Arthur P And Jean G Jensen Foundation Billings, MT $294,067 5
Rmsm Fdn Xxx-xx-xxxx Fort Wayne, IN $294,000 52
Mildred Towle Scholarship Trust Honolulu, HI $294,000 41
The Dorothy S And Richard F Goodman New York, NY $294,000 15
B Stephen Schloss Foundation Montgomery, AL $293,980 158
Montego Bay Animal Haven Limited Chester, NJ $293,955 2
Stephen E And Maryanne G Means Annapolis, MD $293,927 24
Notley Foundation Austin, TX $293,912 13
The Rancho Foundation Kentfield, CA $293,900 28
Daniel And Linda Bader Foundation Milwaukee, WI $293,900 8
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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,629
Human services 740
Health care 669
Religion-related 478
Arts, culture & humanities 372
Youth development 329
Community improvement 197
Philanthropy & grantmaking 155

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $247.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $163.7M
Las Vegas, NV $143.4M
New York, NY $135.8M
Chicago, IL $126.4M
Wilmington, DE $93.4M
Milwaukee, WI $80.0M
Saint Louis, MO $59.9M
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