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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 29,169 foundations

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Ralph And Linda Aldrich Foundation Waterloo, NE $313,600 58
Elsie Sang Charitable Trust Atlanta, GA $313,559 91
Fyfe Family Foundation Inc Panama City, FL $313,556 99
The Charles And Salome Reymann Powell, OH $313,550 53
Kara Love Project Los Angeles, CA $313,508 43
Beaman Foundation Portland, ME $313,500 23
Mcfadden Charitable Foundation Las Vegas, NV $313,500 81
Quiet Waters Foundation Wilmington, DE $313,500 18
Jonathan And Kora Hinton Foundation Inc Atlanta, GA $313,500 10
Beacon Island Foundation New York, NY $313,500 6
Mattie G Blayney For Methodist Home Shadyside Pittsburgh, PA $313,476 27
Gerald J Kostelny And Carolyn C Kostelny Oak Brook, IL $313,429 143
Nathan Weidner Memorial Foundation Inc Bay City, MI $313,423 10
Foley & Mansfield Charitable Foundation Minneapolis, MN $313,416 211
Laverna M Smedley Charitable Foundation Mason City, IA $313,410 26
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Category Foundations
Education 1,657
Human services 720
Health care 659
Religion-related 485
Arts, culture & humanities 378
Youth development 319
Community improvement 200
Philanthropy & grantmaking 140

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $268.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $176.2M
Las Vegas, NV $152.7M
New York, NY $145.8M
Chicago, IL $138.3M
Wilmington, DE $102.6M
Milwaukee, WI $87.9M
Saint Louis, MO $64.2M
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