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Form 990 Finder: search 30,062 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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Meg Foundation Inc Raleigh, NC $374,175 125
Mary Cofer Trigg Southern Baptist Tr Pittsburgh, PA $374,077 7
Cavanaugh Family Foundation Palm Beach, FL $374,059 104
John&elizabeth Whiteley Foundation Okemos, MI $374,034 58
Icare Philanthropic Foundation Arcadia, CA $374,022 158
The Vana Family Foundation Medina, OH $374,010 221
John J Mcardle Iii & Joan C Mcardle Andover, MA $374,000 58
Covey Foundation 1015111003 Champaign, IL $373,944 24
The Haiku Foundation Chicago, IL $373,925 49
The Tt Foundation Seattle, WA $373,909 86
Gary Rosenau Foundation Garnet Valley, PA $373,882 23
Noahs Spark Foundation Spring Valley, NY $373,856 9
C Herbert Foutz Fbo Various Charities - B Amherst, NY $373,843 7
Keren Chaim V'shulem Foundation Inc Monroe, NY $373,839 5
Larry J Sabato Foundation Charlottesville, VA $373,837 6
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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,652
Human services 765
Health care 723
Religion-related 473
Arts, culture & humanities 413
Youth development 376
Community improvement 215
Philanthropy & grantmaking 127

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $318.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $209.5M
New York, NY $181.7M
Las Vegas, NV $176.8M
Chicago, IL $169.7M
Wilmington, DE $125.6M
Milwaukee, WI $103.4M
Saint Louis, MO $80.7M
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