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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Harold J Newman Brain Mapping Arlington, MA $844,317 2
Oriental Oak Foundation Newton, MA $844,275 8
E Joseph Evans Charitable Trust Plymouth, MA $844,200 193
The Alice & Fred Wall Family Foundation Minneapolis, MN $844,200 130
Marion And Richard Graham Foundation Ft Lauderdale, FL $844,181 87
Edwin E Pedersen Trust Omaha, NE $844,179 7
The Mildred W Blount Educational Tallassee, AL $844,099 146
The Christine Zecca Foundation Kihei, HI $844,084 35
The Maxim Foundation Woodbury, NY $844,046 173
Jfm Foundation Denver, CO $844,034 10
Peter W And Christine T Kuyper Cody, WY $844,006 41
Cdh International Foundation Inc Garden City, NY $844,000 24
Thompson Scholarship Fund Newport, RI $844,000 7
Esther & George Jaruga Charitable Beverly Hills, MI $844,000 59
Freeman-woollam Foundation New Orleans, LA $843,941 508
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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 1,696
Human services 823
Health care 821
Religion-related 531
Arts, culture & humanities 493
Youth development 462
Community improvement 303
Philanthropy & grantmaking 197

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $627.0M
New York, NY $520.8M
Chicago, IL $398.9M
Pittsburgh, PA $376.1M
Wilmington, DE $318.2M
Las Vegas, NV $301.0M
Milwaukee, WI $192.2M
Brooklyn, NY $176.6M
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