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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
The Wheeler Foundation Berkeley, CA $3,100,000 10
Charlsey & Billy Lowdenback Charitable Louisville, KY $3,100,000 16
The Elma Foundation (Us) New York, NY $3,100,000 7
Carrington Family Foundation Lynchburg, VA $3,099,862 288
Linda Pace Foundation San Antonio, TX $3,098,773 8
Youtheplanet Foundation Gwynedd Valley, PA $3,098,041 73
The Old Oak Foundation Calabasas, CA $3,097,875 141
The Bishop Foundation Lebanon, PA $3,097,760 116
France Stone Foundation Toledo, OH $3,097,706 5
Middlecott Foundation Boston, MA $3,097,650 1,154
The Jebediah Foundation 7563-xxxxxx00129 Boston, MA $3,097,534 378
Amour Propre Fund Inc New Haven, CT $3,097,500 32
Jsrct Washington, DC $3,097,500 6
Irish Woods Foundation Chicago, IL $3,097,375 228
Elie And Tina Levy Charitable New York, NY $3,096,868 73
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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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U.S. territories

American Samoa (AS) 3 Guam (GU) 0 Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 4 Puerto Rico (PR) 94 U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) 21
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Category Foundations
Education 1,920
Health care 1,097
Human services 1,073
Arts, culture & humanities 769
Youth development 692
Religion-related 608
Community improvement 436
Philanthropy & grantmaking 411

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.8B
Dallas, TX $1.2B
Wilmington, DE $1.0B
Chicago, IL $937.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $743.4M
Los Angeles, CA $452.3M
Boston, MA $449.4M
Brooklyn, NY $448.0M
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