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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
The Gordon T And Melissa A Egan Lodi, CA $847,853 116
Dale And Clarice Wolf Foundation Henderson, NC $847,800 92
H & A Bodenheimer Charitable Trust Delray Beach, FL $847,728 466
The Shannon And Sam Caspersen Foundation New York, NY $847,728 17
Peterson Family Foundation Bloomfield Hills, MI $847,700 14
The Arbah Foundation Inc Atlanta, GA $847,555 58
George B Kaufman Foundation Inc Atlanta, GA $847,508 122
Santos Family Foundation Belmont, MA $847,500 25
Don Hudson Foundation Inc The Villages, FL $847,500 7
Joseph D Baker Fund Inc Frederick, MD $847,500 198
Shaughnessy Family Foundation Gates Mills, OH $847,340 7
Sandra And Malcolm Berman Charitable Baltimore, MD $847,300 36
K & R Moelis Family Foundation Wilmington, DE $847,290 36
Mccomb Family Foundation Inc Fort Wayne, IN $847,259 224
Arthur H Britton Testamentary Trust Xxx-xx-xxxx Manchester, NH $847,252 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 1,689
Health care 826
Human services 821
Religion-related 536
Arts, culture & humanities 497
Youth development 463
Community improvement 303
Philanthropy & grantmaking 200

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $625.8M
New York, NY $523.3M
Chicago, IL $399.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $376.5M
Wilmington, DE $318.4M
Las Vegas, NV $300.4M
Milwaukee, WI $191.5M
Brooklyn, NY $176.2M
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