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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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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Nall-whatley Foundation Birmingham, AL $773,872 243
Craigmyle Foundation New York, NY $773,832 5
The Hagen Family Foundation Boca Raton, FL $773,824 70
The Horomoh Foundation Brooklyn, NY $773,818 147
Barry Matthew And Caroline Kelly Davis Family Foundation Inc N Palm Beach, FL $773,800 47
The Charles & Ellen Cogut Family Foundation South Kent, CT $773,796 6
George L Smith Tr Uw Fbo Little Falls Library Elmira, NY $773,742 4
Floyd J Reinhart Memorial Scholarship Albany, NY $773,723 629
Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation Inc Hoover, AL $773,709 54
Gifford Memorial Trust Hershey, PA $773,708 7
Birtwistle Family Foundation Ludington, MI $773,675 157
Herman J Adelmann Univ Of Illinois Medical Chicago, IL $773,602 5
Mark & Kay Decook Charitable Founda Pella, IA $773,575 205
Javitch Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Cincinnati, OH $773,500 20
Fred J Maloof Foundation St Clair Shores, MI $773,500 211
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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.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,681
Health care 792
Human services 789
Religion-related 517
Arts, culture & humanities 488
Youth development 454
Community improvement 293
Philanthropy & grantmaking 202

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $590.6M
New York, NY $470.7M
Chicago, IL $370.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $359.0M
Wilmington, DE $297.9M
Las Vegas, NV $288.4M
Milwaukee, WI $176.5M
Brooklyn, NY $161.2M
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