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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
The Marbill Foundation San Francisco, CA $303,921 40
Louisiana-mississippi-west Tennessee District Foundation Inc Baton Rouge, LA $303,870 179
Walter Kann Foundation Inc Westport, CT $303,850 75
Susan Hay Hemminger Scholarship Foundation Michigan City, IN $303,845 66
Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation New Orleans, LA $303,809 201
The Christie Family Foundation Inc Mendham, NJ $303,807 10
Hyojin Kim Nirav Patel Foundation San Francisco, CA $303,786 41
The Lucy C Ayers Memorial Foundation Westerly, RI $303,773 34
The Kp And Phoebe Tsolainos Potomac, MD $303,750 176
Martial F Billeaud Sr Foundation Broussard, LA $303,710 162
Tr Ua M R Hall Fb Charity Dallas, TX $303,700 25
The Sear Foundation Palm City, FL $303,700 72
Tua Chas A & Odette W Patterson Dallas, TX $303,695 12
Boerner Rn-charities Ta (Pf) Amherst, NY $303,684 14
Wallace And Janet Lichtenberg Family Waupun, WI $303,680 12
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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 1,626
Human services 716
Health care 649
Religion-related 468
Arts, culture & humanities 356
Youth development 323
Community improvement 195
Philanthropy & grantmaking 144

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $259.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $169.7M
Las Vegas, NV $148.6M
New York, NY $140.3M
Chicago, IL $132.0M
Wilmington, DE $96.3M
Milwaukee, WI $83.5M
Saint Louis, MO $61.6M
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