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Form 990 Finder: search 28,903 private foundation IRS filings, free.

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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Showing 15 of 28,903 foundations

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Brightsphere Charitable Foundation Inc Boston, MA $300,179 2
Corlew Family Foundation Clarksville, TN $300,170 8
Tr Uw Greek Diocesan Cath Etal Xxxxx5007 Chicago, IL $300,158 4
Andrassy Family Foundation Inc Stuart, FL $300,150 68
Ruthanna B Snow Charitable Foundation Tulsa, OK $300,150 192
Marks Preserve Foundation Brookfield, WI $300,140 5
Leddy Family Foundation Indialantic, FL $300,116 38
Contegra Cares Edwardsville, IL $300,105 83
Balmes Foundation Las Vegas, NV $300,100 30
Albert & Esther Thomson Scholarship Trust Bainbridge, GA $300,098 7
Gregory D And Kimberlee K White Naples, FL $300,096 78
Anne R & R Harper Brown Fdn Seattle, WA $300,080 105
John Wyatt Gregg Allerton Tr Xxxxx6001 Chicago, IL $300,070 6
The Bob Jones Dog Trust 501c Lake Ariel, PA $300,060 16
Landers Family Charitable Little Rock, AR $300,052 41
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Category Foundations
Education 1,627
Human services 734
Health care 657
Religion-related 472
Arts, culture & humanities 360
Youth development 319
Community improvement 198
Philanthropy & grantmaking 148

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $255.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $166.3M
Las Vegas, NV $147.3M
New York, NY $138.6M
Chicago, IL $130.8M
Wilmington, DE $94.9M
Milwaukee, WI $82.2M
Saint Louis, MO $60.9M
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