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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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Showing 15 of 17,959 foundations

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Federman Scholarship Fund Xxx-xx-xxxx Amherst, NY $85,307 32
The Arthur S & Marilyn Penn Charitable New York, NY $85,306 104
R P Doss Houston Contractors Houston, TX $85,300 49
The Sabes Family Foundation Minnetonka, MN $85,300 24
Betts Foundation Des Moines, IA $85,300 41
Diekmann Scheer Foundation Inc Sturtevant, WI $85,273 9
T E & M M Troutman Family Foundation Halifax, PA $85,270 28
Harkness Betty M Tuw Las Vegas, NV $85,263 4
Fitch Scholarship Trust Cincinnati, OH $85,255 7
Helen J Smith Trust Uw Fbo Grace Episcopal Saint Louis, MO $85,255 43
The Bruce And Barbara Lee Woollen Henderson, NV $85,250 18
J Gerald Robling Private Foundation Scranton, PA $85,250 42
Father Leo Henkel Scholarship Trust Princeton, IL $85,250 58
Pyles-cocolicchio Foundation New City, NY $85,250 24
Third Avenue Management Private Foundation Wilmington, DE $85,230 20
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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 1,480
Human services 546
Health care 484
Religion-related 333
Arts, culture & humanities 244
Youth development 220
Community improvement 127
Philanthropy & grantmaking 52

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $36.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $35.8M
Las Vegas, NV $28.9M
New York, NY $22.9M
Chicago, IL $20.0M
Wilmington, DE $14.1M
Milwaukee, WI $12.3M
Saint Louis, MO $11.4M
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