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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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Chirhoclin Research Institute Burtonsville, MD $90,936 10
The Leela And Murali D Atluru Sarasota, FL $90,925 139
Tuw Mildred Reinheimer 1020011326 Champaign, IL $90,925 132
Cousineau Family Charity Bloomfield Hills, MI $90,912 207
Wiregrass Aviation Support Program Ozark, AL $90,911 6
Luckenbill E Fbo Churches Ir Tua Saint Louis, MO $90,900 21
Sol Duc Foundation Renton, WA $90,900 8
Adirondack Outreach Services Inc Queensbury, NY $90,894 45
Townsend Anne P A P Townsend Fd Saint Louis, MO $90,890 6
The Gustavel Wynn Foundation Inc Post Falls, ID $90,881 79
Howard & Grayce Bendixen Memorial Fund Buffalo, NY $90,875 21
The Syril H And Walter A Frank Family Trevett, ME $90,855 112
Alexandra Desantis Memorial Foundation New Rochelle, NY $90,853 9
The Robert & Christine Emmons Foundation Santa Barbara, CA $90,853 66
Gladfelter H Fbo Luth Soc Tuw Saint Louis, MO $90,850 7
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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 1,487
Human services 541
Health care 484
Religion-related 339
Arts, culture & humanities 231
Youth development 228
Community improvement 134
Philanthropy & grantmaking 60

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City Total giving
Dallas, TX $41.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $39.8M
Las Vegas, NV $32.6M
New York, NY $24.7M
Chicago, IL $22.5M
Wilmington, DE $15.7M
Milwaukee, WI $13.8M
Saint Louis, MO $12.3M
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