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Form 990 Finder: search 29,920 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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Showing 15 of 29,920 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Norman N & Gale R Hochgraf Charitable Foundation Bristol, ME $361,000 128
Blanchard Foundation Fort Myers Beach, FL $361,000 69
Bp Moser Trust Santa Barbara, CA $361,000 60
Kollel Ari Yerucham Inc Brooklyn, NY $361,000 9
Foundation For Judicial Education San Francisco, CA $360,990 6
Paul M & Lucy J Gillmor Tiffin, OH $360,990 155
Martin Mary Elizabeth Scholarship Milwaukee, WI $360,989 153
Elliott Hemingford Scholarship Foundation Hemingford, NE $360,981 117
Wrns Studio Foundation San Francisco, CA $360,974 24
Baldwin Family Charitable Foundation Inc Plantation, FL $360,950 128
Robert S & Marjorie Y Scott Foundtn Corte Madera, CA $360,950 176
John G Heber Scholarship Award Xxxxx5004 Chicago, IL $360,948 19
Wilson For Worcester Academy Dallas, TX $360,896 9
Charlotte Boswell Health Foundation Saint Louis, MO $360,885 43
Activist Foundation Inc West Hollywood, CA $360,882 40
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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 1,687
Human services 769
Health care 725
Religion-related 476
Arts, culture & humanities 417
Youth development 369
Community improvement 214
Philanthropy & grantmaking 134

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $309.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $199.7M
New York, NY $174.3M
Las Vegas, NV $173.3M
Chicago, IL $164.3M
Wilmington, DE $121.5M
Milwaukee, WI $99.8M
Saint Louis, MO $77.2M
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