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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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Showing 15 of 29,930 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
The Rudolph And Marie Simich Family Cincinnati, OH $358,855 63
The Amable Foundation Charleston, SC $358,849 18
Trousil Family Foundation Steamboat Springs, CO $358,831 122
Hughes Owen Memorial Scholarship Tr Tell City, IN $358,800 69
Rockwell Nettie Uw Para 33 A Dallas, TX $358,797 10
Eileen N Mahan Scholarship Fund Pennington, NJ $358,766 12
The Grant And Hope Winthrop Family New York, NY $358,750 76
Cecile Belliveau Char Trust Dallas, TX $358,702 8
Dr R Lee Damuth And Adeline J Damuth Foundation West Hartford, CT $358,650 3
Karen L Bean Irrv Private Foundation Carmel, IN $358,608 21
Ken And Ann Douglas Charitable Bonita Springs, FL $358,600 9
Clumeck Foundation San Francisco, CA $358,572 60
Laughing Man Foundation Quogue, NY $358,572 14
Daniel Tyler Health And Education Highlands Ranch, CO $358,544 6
Trowbridge Scholarship Fund 10373400 Kansas City, MO $358,536 5
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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 1,678
Human services 768
Health care 727
Religion-related 489
Arts, culture & humanities 408
Youth development 369
Community improvement 211
Philanthropy & grantmaking 133

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $308.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $198.5M
New York, NY $173.5M
Las Vegas, NV $172.8M
Chicago, IL $162.9M
Wilmington, DE $120.7M
Milwaukee, WI $99.2M
Brooklyn, NY $75.3M
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