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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
Ansom Foundation Mentor, OH $90,511 131
Madaline F Fleming Scholarship Fund Needham, MA $90,500 59
Ruth & Ralph Friedman Foundation New York, NY $90,500 38
The Herbert Howe Steel Fund Las Vegas, NV $90,500 4
Anthony Franklin Demarco And Canaan, NY $90,500 29
Passaretti Family Foundation Cranford, NJ $90,500 2
George B & Virginia W Pugh Founda Overland Park, KS $90,500 65
Hm & Cm Iverson Charitable Trust Uw Las Vegas, NV $90,500 26
Us Children's Center On Historical Poway, CA $90,500 2
Porzingis Family Foundation Inc New York, NY $90,500 2
Nash County Foundation To Reduce Nashville, NC $90,500 20
The Rardin Foundation Inc Greensboro, GA $90,500 24
Masscare Capital Inc Boston, MA $90,481 4
Scott And Laura Cassel Family Foundation Chicago, IL $90,481 17
The Flying Horse Foundation Colorado Springs, CO $90,480 11
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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 1,486
Human services 541
Health care 484
Religion-related 340
Arts, culture & humanities 233
Youth development 228
Community improvement 134
Philanthropy & grantmaking 60

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $40.2M
Pittsburgh, PA $39.7M
Las Vegas, NV $32.6M
New York, NY $24.6M
Chicago, IL $22.2M
Wilmington, DE $15.6M
Milwaukee, WI $13.7M
Saint Louis, MO $12.0M
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