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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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Showing 15 of 28,938 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
The Aline And Leo Jacobsohn Lake Worth Beach, FL $302,700 45
Gregory & Helayne Brown Charitable Belmont, MI $302,700 53
The New Life Foundation Vienna, VA $302,700 101
Mary W Deering Trust Honolulu, HI $302,678 5
Mccoll Foundation Charlotte, NC $302,655 3
The Benor And Dorit Gurfel Foundation Inc Miami, FL $302,650 14
Karyn Gerschel Lamb Foundation New York, NY $302,640 116
Mizzy Jonas Family Foundation Inc Staten Island, NY $302,638 85
Zeglis Family Charitable Foundation Trust Albany, NY $302,622 4
Lester T Schaumleffel Milwaukee, WI $302,600 30
Costa Education Fund Walnut Creek, CA $302,590 21
Marie Paulson Wold Charitable Trust Milwaukee, WI $302,563 30
A M Paula Charitable Foundation Miamisburg, OH $302,542 38
The Robert A Certilman Family St James, NY $302,529 62
Excelsior Foundation Norwich, VT $302,502 8
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Category Foundations
Education 1,620
Human services 716
Health care 646
Religion-related 469
Arts, culture & humanities 360
Youth development 318
Community improvement 195
Philanthropy & grantmaking 147

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $257.8M
Pittsburgh, PA $168.2M
Las Vegas, NV $148.3M
New York, NY $139.2M
Chicago, IL $131.4M
Wilmington, DE $95.7M
Milwaukee, WI $83.0M
Saint Louis, MO $61.3M
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