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Form 990 Finder: search 29,050 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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John W And Colleen M Anderson Family Wilmington, DE $306,572 24
Insel Foundation Inc Tucson, AZ $306,544 6
Victory Mountain Ministries Clyde, NC $306,520 106
The Joan Schechtman Foundation For The Palm Beach, FL $306,500 45
The Jiao & Duan Foundation Cupertino, CA $306,495 24
The Martha And Max Rubinstein Family Lexington, MA $306,487 230
The Nicholson Foundation Littleton, CO $306,405 93
Christine & Katharina Pauly Trust C Dallas, TX $306,400 39
Magnolia Star Foundation Columbus, OH $306,400 97
The A Mcdonald Family Foundation Birmingham, AL $306,382 11
Reber Miriam Tw Fbo Bucknell Amherst, NY $306,374 7
Lyme Benefit Fund Inc Friday Harbor, WA $306,370 42
E B Ennis Tr Fbo Sm Animal Home Dallas, TX $306,365 8
Helen Hartman Trust B Tw Pittsburgh, PA $306,350 14
Matt H Dobson Foundation Franklin, TN $306,343 86
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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 1,638
Human services 719
Health care 641
Religion-related 471
Arts, culture & humanities 365
Youth development 329
Community improvement 195
Philanthropy & grantmaking 149

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $262.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $171.1M
Las Vegas, NV $149.9M
New York, NY $140.6M
Chicago, IL $133.6M
Wilmington, DE $99.0M
Milwaukee, WI $85.2M
Saint Louis, MO $62.2M
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