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Form 990 Finder: search 29,090 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 29,090 foundations

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Frederick H Gillmore Fund Santa Barbara, CA $308,000 95
Jdh Family Foundation Co J Dale Harvey Pasadena, CA $308,000 11
Audra Zuckerman And Mitchell Rubin Foundation Inc Pound Ridge, NY $308,000 50
Good Family Foundation Madison, NJ $308,000 56
Hammers C A & E W Char Ta Brooklyn, OH $308,000 63
Chicago Society Foundation Oak Park, IL $308,000 47
Alex & Joanne Vogl Foundation Inc Northbrook, IL $308,000 21
E G Arps Mem Education Fund Tua Orlando, FL $308,000 42
Thrift Inc Palm Beach, FL $308,000 92
Patrick Calhoun Charitable Trust Louisville, KY $308,000 22
The Sanjay Family Foundation Inc Fort Lauderdale, FL $308,000 9
Rusty Rabbit Foundation Wilmington, DE $308,000 14
Rex R Cook Charitable Trust Urbandale, IA $308,000 36
Lebanese Orphans Virtuous Education Cornelius, NC $307,987 43
Neodesha Community Foundation Neodesha, KS $307,986 25
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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 1,640
Human services 718
Health care 643
Religion-related 476
Arts, culture & humanities 367
Youth development 326
Community improvement 201
Philanthropy & grantmaking 146

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $263.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $172.2M
Las Vegas, NV $151.0M
New York, NY $141.9M
Chicago, IL $134.2M
Wilmington, DE $100.0M
Milwaukee, WI $85.8M
Saint Louis, MO $62.2M
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