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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
North State Foundation Smithfield, NC $345,600 119
Frank Hale Scholarship Trust 237-3008002 Knoxville, TN $345,573 21
The Open Hand Foundation Woodinville, WA $345,573 89
Zheng Liu Family Foundation Fremont, CA $345,570 38
Lederman Family Foundation New York, NY $345,556 136
Isabel F Van Horn Scholarship Tuw Newark, OH $345,533 6
Hydrocarbon Research Foundation Los Angeles, CA $345,520 5
The Weinstein Mitzvah Foundation Inc Fort Lauderdale, FL $345,514 9
The Lucyle Love Foundation Simpsonville, SC $345,499 72
Goyal Family Charitable Foundation Natick, MA $345,479 75
Merit Foundation Mount Prospect, IL $345,450 155
Richard C Graham Family Charitable Fd Cleveland, OH $345,419 47
Avi Lieberman Foundation Lakewood, NJ $345,413 24
The Pensky Family Foundation Miami Beach, FL $345,401 4
Earl And Geraldine Heuer Foundation Oregon, OH $345,400 24
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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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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 1,646
Human services 751
Health care 694
Religion-related 482
Arts, culture & humanities 404
Youth development 359
Community improvement 199
Philanthropy & grantmaking 120

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $296.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $192.1M
Las Vegas, NV $166.4M
New York, NY $164.1M
Chicago, IL $157.1M
Wilmington, DE $115.0M
Milwaukee, WI $96.5M
Saint Louis, MO $74.4M
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