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Form 990 Finder: search 29,282 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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Jaffee Foundation Glencoe, IL $322,400 75
Randall Noper Char Tr Milwaukee, WI $322,386 64
Dominic J Zaccone Memorial Scholarship Pittsburgh, PA $322,364 63
Legal Aid Society Of The Martin County Stuart, FL $322,313 7
Helen English Trust Dallas, TX $322,293 9
The Common Foundation Wayzata, MN $322,275 3
Kleist Family Foundation Fort Myers, FL $322,250 47
Reeves Sophia K Uw Skr Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $322,249 38
William & Beverly Burkardt Family Polo, IL $322,247 296
Sawnee Mountain Foundation Inc Cumming, GA $322,227 7
Ud P G Mc Intire For Univ Va Dallas, TX $322,225 10
The John And Charlene Roberts Family Stuart, FL $322,200 63
Jack And Susie Dugan Family Foundation Corpus Christi, TX $322,150 192
Carla M Bregman Charitable Fdn Cambridge, MA $322,150 53
The Benderfishbein Foundation Inc New York, NY $322,094 47
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Category Foundations
Education 1,646
Human services 727
Health care 665
Religion-related 478
Arts, culture & humanities 379
Youth development 336
Community improvement 197
Philanthropy & grantmaking 131

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $278.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $181.8M
Las Vegas, NV $157.1M
New York, NY $149.3M
Chicago, IL $141.0M
Wilmington, DE $104.6M
Milwaukee, WI $90.1M
Saint Louis, MO $68.0M
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