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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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Smf Foundation Gc New York, NY $3,600,000 6
Co Tua John F Cuneo Jr Fnd Dallas, TX $3,600,000 24
Joan Irvine Smith & Athalie R Clarke Fdn Irvine, CA $3,599,826 30
The Aaron And Betty Lee Stern Greenwich, CT $3,599,513 59
Clementina Foundation Point Roberts, WA $3,599,169 17
Howard Foundation Oklahoma City, OK $3,599,022 10
Amir And Rosita Manocherian New York, NY $3,598,500 183
Andy And Mariann Youniss Foundation Wilmington, DE $3,597,500 20
The Grenfell Association Of America Boston, MA $3,597,097 179
Eisenbrandt Family Foundation Joliet, IL $3,596,845 74
Larson Family Foundation Boston, MA $3,596,150 99
Confluence Foundation St Paul, MN $3,595,467 75
Society Of Economic Geologists Littleton, CO $3,595,352 76
The Stewart Foundation York, PA $3,595,056 256
Windmill Foundation Inc Stamford, CT $3,595,000 65
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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 1,929
Health care 1,124
Human services 1,105
Arts, culture & humanities 811
Youth development 706
Religion-related 626
Community improvement 451
Philanthropy & grantmaking 420

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City Total giving
New York, NY $2.0B
Dallas, TX $1.3B
Wilmington, DE $1.1B
Chicago, IL $1.0B
Pittsburgh, PA $790.6M
Los Angeles, CA $514.5M
Boston, MA $508.9M
Brooklyn, NY $481.8M
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