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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
James D Moncus Family Foundation Lafayette, LA $3,502,665 56
Creative Providers Foundation Divide, CO $3,502,491 203
The Florence Harry English Mem Fund Orlando, FL $3,501,806 39
The Mugar Foundation Boston, MA $3,501,805 81
Brady Education Foundation Inc Carrboro, NC $3,501,794 49
The Judy Glickman Lauder Foundation Portland, ME $3,501,491 34
Mary Owen Borden Memorial Fund Rumson, NJ $3,501,081 234
Longtine Charitable Foundation Boston, MA $3,500,854 37
Oreg Foundation Boulder, CO $3,500,737 8
The Seeley Foundation Po Box, IL $3,500,640 123
Building Bridge Foundation New Braunfels, TX $3,500,494 119
David Bershad Family Foundation Inc West Orange, NJ $3,500,382 237
Alfred Harcourt Foundation Inc Rye, NY $3,500,069 22
Miami Valley Research Foundation Dayton, OH $3,500,000 2
Lee M Gentine Family Foundation Plymouth, WI $3,500,000 2
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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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U.S. territories

American Samoa (AS) 3 Guam (GU) 0 Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 4 Puerto Rico (PR) 94 U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) 21
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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 1,941
Health care 1,116
Human services 1,091
Arts, culture & humanities 795
Youth development 705
Religion-related 619
Community improvement 454
Philanthropy & grantmaking 425

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City Total giving
New York, NY $2.0B
Dallas, TX $1.3B
Wilmington, DE $1.1B
Chicago, IL $995.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $790.6M
Los Angeles, CA $500.3M
Boston, MA $490.3M
Brooklyn, NY $466.7M
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