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Christina M Mihos Youth Foundation Brockton, MA $41,500 32
Arjuna Universal Mission Foundation Overland Park, KS $41,500 8
Mike Mussina Foundation Montoursville, PA $41,500 14
Trexler F C Elwyn Institute Td Saint Louis, MO $41,500 6
The Patricia William Mwangaza Foundation Inc Durham, NC $41,500 8
The Thomas Aquinas Foundation Wheaton, IL $41,500 23
Gertrude A Fenner Educational Trust Green Bay, WI $41,500 45
J C Meng Foundation Inc De Pere, WI $41,500 8
Kruse Family Foundation Iowa Falls, IA $41,500 9
Navillus Foundation Chester Springs, PA $41,500 36
F Kirby & Gaynal H Blackford Scholarship Trust Ewing, NJ $41,500 55
Selin Family Foundation New York, NY $41,500 10
Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Of Washington, DC $41,500 12
Mbi Educational Foundation Inc Charlottesville, VA $41,500 16
Smith Robert C Tw Las Vegas, NV $41,500 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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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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Category Foundations
Education 1,497
Human services 518
Health care 416
Religion-related 303
Arts, culture & humanities 212
Youth development 177
Community improvement 122
Philanthropy & grantmaking 65

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City Total giving
Pittsburgh, PA $9.6M
Las Vegas, NV $8.4M
Dallas, TX $8.3M
New York, NY $7.8M
Chicago, IL $4.6M
Wilmington, DE $3.8M
Brooklyn, OH $3.1M
Brooklyn, NY $3.0M
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