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Form 990 Finder: search 28,980 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 28,980 foundations

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Norman A Schlicklin Jr Charitable Franklin, OH $303,645 17
Lillian Somarindyck Charitable Trust Pittsburgh, PA $303,640 18
Northern Charitable Foundation Inc New York, NY $303,600 26
Pepi And Sheika Gramshammer Foundation Vail, CO $303,600 37
Plummer Memorial Foundation Dexter, ME $303,575 37
Hester M Digges Ua Dtd 11 2 1970 Crofton, MD $303,575 53
Tall Oak Midstream Foundation Edmond, OK $303,568 27
Eleanor Foster Foundation Wilmette, IL $303,566 6
The Kenneth M Duberstein Foundation New York, NY $303,564 15
The Sergei Fedorov Foundation Southfield, MI $303,562 29
Poole Church Of Christ Charitable Tua Louisville, KY $303,556 5
Lucille Yeany Charitable Trust Detroit, MI $303,533 9
Andrew W Preston Charity Fd Tr Dallas, TX $303,500 13
Usss Shah Family Foundation Inc Pine Brook, NJ $303,500 3
Foundation For Business Equity Inc Boston, MA $303,500 3
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Category Foundations
Education 1,621
Human services 717
Health care 648
Religion-related 468
Arts, culture & humanities 356
Youth development 321
Community improvement 195
Philanthropy & grantmaking 144

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $258.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $169.7M
Las Vegas, NV $148.6M
New York, NY $140.3M
Chicago, IL $132.0M
Wilmington, DE $96.3M
Milwaukee, WI $83.6M
Saint Louis, MO $61.6M
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