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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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Lynne Cooper Harvey Foundation River Forest, IL $2,948,100 99
Baratz Family Foundation Inc Minneapolis, MN $2,947,634 8
The Hayseed Hill Foundation Co G Felda & Dena Hardymon Co Trustees Great Barrington, MA $2,947,555 11
Richard H Lasdon Charitable Trust Bedford, NY $2,947,535 6
The Shepard Family Private Foundation Baltimore, MD $2,947,454 160
Charter Charitable Foundation Concord, NH $2,947,344 160
The Pomeroy Family Foundation Mechanicsburg, PA $2,947,120 214
Louise B Blackman Family Foundation Palm Beach, FL $2,947,000 250
Roth Family Foundation Inc Great Neck, NY $2,946,750 27
Clarence E Custer And Inez R Custer Columbus, IN $2,946,615 343
Hurley Family Foundation Chicago, IL $2,946,325 32
Ronald W Burkle Foundation Los Angeles, CA $2,946,212 44
The Walter V And Judith L Shipley New York, NY $2,946,000 144
Uw C Carpenter Fbo Haven United Providence, RI $2,945,694 2
Mervyn W Jenkins Foundation Chillicothe, MO $2,945,314 192
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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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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 1,907
Health care 1,095
Human services 1,072
Arts, culture & humanities 754
Youth development 679
Religion-related 606
Community improvement 426
Philanthropy & grantmaking 396

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.7B
Dallas, TX $1.2B
Wilmington, DE $974.6M
Chicago, IL $896.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $700.6M
Brooklyn, NY $451.8M
Las Vegas, NV $446.2M
Los Angeles, CA $425.0M
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