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Form 990 Finder: search 29,035 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 29,035 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Sabatino Foundation Lenexa, KS $306,011 73
Co-ttee Uw Of Henry A Pevear Dallas, TX $306,000 48
Clarence B Beckett Trust Middlesex, VT $306,000 4
Andrew And Paulette Laszlo Foundation Billings, MT $306,000 114
The Cuyler And Shirley Johnson Family Foundation Austin, TX $306,000 30
Sid & Jane Willis Foundation Inc Madill, OK $306,000 52
Vaughan Foundation San Antonio, TX $306,000 102
Krueger George W Tua Las Vegas, NV $305,994 21
The Robert D Flickinger Foundation East Aurora, NY $305,975 170
Louis J Lombardi & Doris Lombardi Family Foundation Inc Roseland, NJ $305,968 129
Edmund G Taussig Frances Kath Taussig Bedminster, NJ $305,960 110
Raymond Watkin Trust For Charities Saratoga Springs, NY $305,958 16
Clsj Foundation Inc West Hartford, CT $305,955 208
John E Scully Charitable Foundation Inc Cheshire, CT $305,950 50
Faith Sharing Ministries Inc Ponchatoula, LA $305,930 7
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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 1,633
Human services 716
Health care 641
Religion-related 470
Arts, culture & humanities 362
Youth development 325
Community improvement 193
Philanthropy & grantmaking 147

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $261.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $170.9M
Las Vegas, NV $149.9M
New York, NY $140.7M
Chicago, IL $133.1M
Wilmington, DE $98.2M
Milwaukee, WI $84.9M
Saint Louis, MO $62.2M
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