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Form 990 Finder: search 29,249 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 29,249 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation Pleasant Prairie, WI $320,584 71
Grew Bancroft Foundation (Usa) Inc Lincolnshire, IL $320,566 31
Schmuel Jewish Foundation Sherman Oaks, CA $320,555 36
Edward & Carol Esstman Foundation Mansfield, TX $320,540 31
The Hawkins Foundation Solvang, CA $320,515 180
The Storer Trust Milton, MA $320,500 8
Bitner H M & Evelyn-char Tr Pittsburgh, PA $320,500 257
Southern California Housing Services Santa Ana, CA $320,500 76
Smith Family Charitable Foundation Leesburg, VA $320,500 23
Tr Uw Mary Widenhouse Cincinnati, OH $320,488 32
The Branscomb Family Foundation Half Moon Bay, CA $320,473 164
The Roxborough Family Foundation Inc Woodland Hills, CA $320,445 52
Edgar P Kable Foundation Las Vegas, NV $320,424 5
Marshall B And Brenda J Brown Warrensville Heights, OH $320,397 13
Dan T J Tellman Trust Fbo Our Lady Columbia, MO $320,360 7
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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 1,652
Human services 726
Health care 668
Religion-related 480
Arts, culture & humanities 378
Youth development 341
Community improvement 197
Philanthropy & grantmaking 135

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $277.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $181.4M
Las Vegas, NV $156.1M
New York, NY $147.7M
Chicago, IL $141.1M
Wilmington, DE $104.8M
Milwaukee, WI $89.0M
Saint Louis, MO $67.7M
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