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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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John N Browning Family Fdcarlisle Co Us Milwaukee, WI $737,593 109
Red House Fund Inc New York, NY $737,542 112
Sam And Labibie Azar Family Atlanta, GA $737,533 81
W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation Batesville, IN $737,500 92
Millrace Foundation Charitable Trust Radnor, PA $737,500 69
Patricia S Hodgson Charitable Atlanta, GA $737,500 63
The Green Family Charitable Foundation Inc Wilmington, DE $737,491 147
Coastal Credit Union Foundation Raleigh, NC $737,300 1
The Abdel-misih Foundation Sunny Isles Beach, FL $737,270 155
Boveri-trackman Family Foundation Inc Dennis, MA $737,250 224
The Albert T Quon Charitable Trust Corona Del Nar, CA $737,249 43
American Association Of University Honolulu, HI $737,246 123
The Neelima & Mukul Parikh Foundation Mechanicsburg, PA $737,182 18
A H & Helen Weiss Foundation Gladwyne, PA $737,088 435
Right Reverand Monsignor Henry & Julia Chicago, IL $737,054 7
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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.

Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,723
Health care 812
Human services 806
Religion-related 538
Arts, culture & humanities 496
Youth development 461
Community improvement 299
Philanthropy & grantmaking 188

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $565.3M
New York, NY $448.2M
Chicago, IL $356.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $352.4M
Wilmington, DE $288.4M
Las Vegas, NV $277.8M
Milwaukee, WI $173.3M
Brooklyn, NY $150.2M
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