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Form 990 Finder: search 29,125 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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The Gardner Family Charitable Hanover, NH $310,967 43
Shashoua Family Foundation Woodcliff Lake, NJ $310,962 28
Ram & Mithlesh Gupta Family Foundation Carlisle, MA $310,961 22
Paul & Mary Collins Trust Eagan, MN $310,960 169
Black Family Foundation Horseshoe Bay, TX $310,959 49
The Jackson Foundation Madison, WI $310,932 10
Harry V Miller - B Tuw Xxx-xx-xxxx Indiana, PA $310,917 17
Carolyn K N Wong And Bob Y K Waipahu, HI $310,908 14
Joyce Family Foundation Rochester, MN $310,895 81
Stephen Lis Charitable Trust Wilmington, DE $310,876 4
Sm & C Jacobowitz Charity Fund Inc Brooklyn, NY $310,874 4
The Gt Render Family Foundation Atlanta, GA $310,872 61
Souder Walter S No 5 T U W Las Vegas, NV $310,854 21
Dorothy J Thomson Charitable Fund Wales, WI $310,810 67
Tw Bitting Bldg Salem Col Kbr Saint Louis, MO $310,807 6
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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 1,638
Human services 714
Health care 657
Religion-related 473
Arts, culture & humanities 367
Youth development 319
Community improvement 195
Philanthropy & grantmaking 147

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $266.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $174.7M
Las Vegas, NV $151.4M
New York, NY $144.1M
Chicago, IL $136.8M
Wilmington, DE $101.7M
Milwaukee, WI $86.9M
Saint Louis, MO $63.7M
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