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Form 990 Finder: search 29,930 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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Dorothy S Waugh Rvoc Tr 0720199 As Amd 082419 Bangor, ME $358,430 21
Reneau Alline Uw Orlando, FL $358,418 28
Pine River Foundation Seattle, WA $358,403 119
Ellen And Samuel Phelan Family Red Hook, NY $358,359 326
Ying Foundation Whittier, CA $358,346 53
Adams Family Fund Atlanta, GA $358,342 1
Charles H Dishman Iii Family Foundation Inc Wilmington, DE $358,300 166
Sondra Nelson Pace Foundation Mckinney, TX $358,300 156
Bigajer Family Foundation Brooklyn, NY $358,285 6
Re Swager Family Foundation Minneapolis, MN $358,250 109
The Richard And Cheryl Metrick North Hills, NY $358,240 124
Karetsky Family Memorial Fund And Seth Kahn Foundation Inc Aspen, CO $358,226 41
Dorotha A Anderson Charitable Greenville, PA $358,200 101
The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust Towson, MD $358,171 21
Av Hachesed Charitable Trust Lawrence, NY $358,163 8
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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 1,676
Human services 768
Health care 725
Religion-related 490
Arts, culture & humanities 407
Youth development 369
Community improvement 210
Philanthropy & grantmaking 133

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $307.5M
Pittsburgh, PA $198.2M
Las Vegas, NV $173.0M
New York, NY $172.8M
Chicago, IL $163.0M
Wilmington, DE $120.7M
Milwaukee, WI $98.8M
Saint Louis, MO $75.2M
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