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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
Mesopatamia Musuem Prospect Hts, IL $305,528 2
California New Car Dealers Association Sacramento, CA $305,525 189
Columbian Charitable Grp Of Pal Pk Ridgefield Inc Ridgefield, NJ $305,520 58
Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee Quincy, IL $305,500 306
Charles Piper Cost Foundation Berkeley, CA $305,500 186
Cullum Foundation Saint Louis, MO $305,500 51
Ed & Carol Haug Charitable Foundation Inc I Silver City, NM $305,500 3
The Richard And Emily Cohen Family Foundation Inc Boca Raton, FL $305,480 24
The Depriest Family Foundation Inc St Joseph, MO $305,460 250
Kevin Winter Foundation Inc St Louis, MO $305,458 8
Charles I Rosen Family Foundation Inc Fort Lee, NJ $305,441 375
Katherine U Sanders Foundation Houston, TX $305,436 17
Rusty & Connie Pace Family Foundation San Antonio, TX $305,433 80
Harbour Foundation Southlake, TX $305,402 8
Harvey Nelson Char Tr Chicago, IL $305,391 142
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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,633
Human services 724
Health care 651
Religion-related 472
Arts, culture & humanities 367
Youth development 330
Community improvement 199
Philanthropy & grantmaking 144

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $260.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $170.3M
Las Vegas, NV $149.3M
New York, NY $140.7M
Chicago, IL $133.1M
Wilmington, DE $98.0M
Milwaukee, WI $85.0M
Saint Louis, MO $62.2M
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