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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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John T Galligan Scholarship Dallas, TX $78,500 40
D Sue Mccloud Memorial Scholarship Fund Lititz, PA $78,500 39
The Joe Debellis And Pat Ronzone Foundation Sausalito, CA $78,500 10
Burks Charitable Trust Fresno, CA $78,500 17
Ta South Mountain Industrial Ins Saint Louis, MO $78,500 6
George A Kostakes Charitable Trust Saint Louis, MO $78,500 29
Ah Hah Foundation Nashville, IN $78,500 11
The Carmen Nylund Foundation Columbia, SC $78,499 18
The Dylan Williams Forever An All Star Foundation Union City, IN $78,493 25
Pacific Coast Soceity For Prosthodontics Sunnyvale, CA $78,491 4
Bitha Godfrey And Maude J Thomas Charitable Foundation Fort Smith, AR $78,488 33
Social Service League Of Ithaca Inc Ithaca, NY $78,487 51
Arthur J Rogers Testamentary Tr Milwaukee, WI $78,479 5
Kiwanis Club Of Sterling Foundation Sterling, IL $78,477 8
Chapels Of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO $78,477 105
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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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Browse by top giving categories in the U.S.

Category Foundations
Education 1,500
Human services 542
Health care 469
Religion-related 347
Arts, culture & humanities 238
Youth development 209
Community improvement 113
Philanthropy & grantmaking 52

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City Total giving
Pittsburgh, PA $32.0M
Dallas, TX $31.9M
Las Vegas, NV $25.1M
New York, NY $20.3M
Chicago, IL $17.6M
Wilmington, DE $12.1M
Saint Louis, MO $10.5M
Milwaukee, WI $10.3M
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