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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 29,001 foundations

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Richard C And Susan B Ernst Foundation Co Bloomingdale Properties Inc New York, NY $305,000 11
Osteopathic Medical Foundation Inc South Bend, IN $305,000 30
Dcb Foundation Ankeny, IA $305,000 2
Thomson Family Foundation Xxx-xx-xxxx Faribault, MN $305,000 40
Clayton F And Ruth L Hawkridge Foundat Naples, FL $305,000 67
The Shock Family Charitable Trust Baltimore, MD $305,000 8
The George And Anne Butler Foundation Houston, TX $305,000 56
The Boyd Morse Foundation Houston, TX $305,000 10
Selma & Ernest Rosenblum Foundation Nashville, TN $305,000 11
Sokolski Family Foundation Baden, PA $305,000 22
The Matt & Ann Desch Foundation Wilmington, DE $305,000 3
Dwight Family Charitable Trust Palo Alto, CA $305,000 3
The Martello Family Foundation Westport, CT $305,000 4
Eccles First Security Foundation Salt Lake City, UT $305,000 14
James H Stanard Foundation Milwaukee, WI $305,000 27
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Category Foundations
Education 1,627
Human services 723
Health care 649
Religion-related 470
Arts, culture & humanities 364
Youth development 327
Community improvement 197
Philanthropy & grantmaking 143

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $258.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $170.3M
Las Vegas, NV $149.5M
New York, NY $140.7M
Chicago, IL $132.8M
Wilmington, DE $97.7M
Milwaukee, WI $85.0M
Saint Louis, MO $61.8M
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