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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
Sally E Anderson Family Foundation Meridian, ID $804,315 75
The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation Milwaukee, WI $804,079 220
San Diego County Indigent Criminal Defense Grant Fund San Diego, CA $804,071 11
Ana And Ed Mccracken Foundation Ames, IA $804,033 88
Angier Charitable Fund Boston, MA $803,975 26
Heart To Help Inc Toano, VA $803,969 31
Oakmont Family Fund Windsor, CA $803,947 921
Soares Family Foundation Altadena, CA $803,920 55
Harold Tn Smith Memorial Foundation Salem, MA $803,860 264
The Tabasgo Foundation Santa Barbara, CA $803,836 3
Harold W & K Lorette Lackey #Xxx-xx-xxxx Sioux Falls, SD $803,577 20
Kanaan Family Foundation Portage, MI $803,551 54
George F And Helen M Hirschmann Charitable Foundation Rolling Meadows, IL $803,500 123
The Pyle Foundation Madison, WI $803,500 49
The Vo Smith Family Foundation Rocklin, CA $803,500 45
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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 1,674
Human services 791
Health care 786
Religion-related 517
Arts, culture & humanities 471
Youth development 454
Community improvement 294
Philanthropy & grantmaking 194

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $606.5M
New York, NY $495.5M
Chicago, IL $383.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $365.8M
Wilmington, DE $310.9M
Las Vegas, NV $297.8M
Milwaukee, WI $183.4M
Brooklyn, NY $164.3M
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