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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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Betty Lou Tate Trust Fbo Saint Louis, MO $331,200 6
The Bill And Pam Gibson Family Lubbock, TX $331,200 81
Mcfarlin James And Mary Charity Tr Xxx-xx-xxxx Youngstown, OH $331,162 35
Stewart Laura May T U W Pennington, NJ $331,160 77
Harold And Leta Shaw Charitable Pittsfield, IL $331,160 8
Phoebe Humphreys Charitable Trust Xxxxx4008 Chicago, IL $331,150 12
Kohl Feinerman Family Charitable Trust West Hollywood, CA $331,146 163
Pueblo Day Nursery Pueblo, CO $331,146 94
Palm Beach Community Chestunited Way Chicago, IL $331,139 5
The Curd Family Foundation Inc Sarasota, FL $331,116 3
The Randall C And Gwendolyn S Thornton Draper, UT $331,102 20
American Schlafhorst Foundation Inc Charlotte, NC $331,100 19
Rancho De Los Amigos Fair Oaks, CA $331,100 29
The Weller Foundation Inc Atkinson, NE $331,099 254
Margaret Ann Enderlein Charitable Fairview Heights, IL $331,085 16
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Category Foundations
Education 1,647
Human services 737
Health care 660
Religion-related 482
Arts, culture & humanities 383
Youth development 339
Community improvement 193
Philanthropy & grantmaking 129

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $282.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $185.6M
Las Vegas, NV $161.7M
New York, NY $153.6M
Chicago, IL $148.0M
Wilmington, DE $109.9M
Milwaukee, WI $91.7M
Saint Louis, MO $71.2M
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