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Form 990 Finder: search 28,941 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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Tuw Catherine A Stickell Charitable Orlando, FL $302,883 36
Jolley Foundation Inc Morristown, TN $302,871 40
P Square Charitable Foundation Inc Bellevue, WA $302,855 4
Desert Pacific Foundation Signal Hill, CA $302,840 128
Mary Emma Fisher Trust Xxxxx3001 Chicago, IL $302,837 6
Rust Family Foundation Tai Milwaukee, WI $302,802 2
Clara Louise Kiser Memorial Pittsburgh, PA $302,750 103
Karen Murrell Foundation Hamilton, OH $302,725 59
Nduka Foundation El Paso, TX $302,721 5
Trehan Charitable Foundation Stafford, TX $302,712 40
The Arthur F And Isadora Dellheim Baltimore, MD $302,711 251
Pj & Palmina Casella Foundation Vestal, NY $302,705 104
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
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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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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 1,624
Human services 718
Health care 651
Religion-related 470
Arts, culture & humanities 360
Youth development 319
Community improvement 195
Philanthropy & grantmaking 147

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $257.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $168.5M
Las Vegas, NV $148.3M
New York, NY $139.2M
Chicago, IL $131.7M
Wilmington, DE $95.7M
Milwaukee, WI $83.3M
Saint Louis, MO $61.3M
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