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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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Baptist Homes Of New Jersey Foundation Moorestown, NJ $766,649 2
Wimer Family Charitable Smolan, KS $766,564 490
The Ahrens Family Foundation Louisville, KY $766,500 184
Komes Foundation Albuquerque, NM $766,500 44
Broughton & Mary Bishop Fam Fdn Agy Eagan, MN $766,484 303
Tretheway William A Tuw (Shrns) Detroit, MI $766,415 4
Pritchett Foundation Trust Newport Beach, CA $766,400 38
Shaw Family Foundation Pennington, NJ $766,400 20
James C Wright Iii Irrevocable Muskogee, OK $766,395 12
Roger V Coleman Family Foundation Inc Plandome, NY $766,353 109
The Braun Family Foundation Cedar Falls, IA $766,302 350
Foundation For Cincinnati Jewish Seniors Cincinnati, OH $766,302 19
The Kilrea Foundation Hilton Head Island, SC $766,250 61
James And Susan He Foundation Sunnyvale, CA $766,180 6
Blackford M M Cotr Ua Art I B 4 Dallas, TX $766,100 85
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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 1,678
Health care 790
Human services 788
Religion-related 523
Arts, culture & humanities 484
Youth development 454
Community improvement 294
Philanthropy & grantmaking 202

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $589.2M
New York, NY $467.6M
Chicago, IL $366.6M
Pittsburgh, PA $356.5M
Wilmington, DE $297.0M
Las Vegas, NV $284.4M
Milwaukee, WI $174.8M
Brooklyn, NY $158.3M
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