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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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William G Ericson Foundation South Pasadena, CA $919,660 2
The Greenspan Foundation 5223318 Boston, MA $919,650 506
Thomas Layte H Fd F Tw Brooklyn, OH $919,650 4
Umkh Foundation Mission Hills, CA $919,646 62
The Marine Society Of The New York, NY $919,623 122
Westchester Foundation San Antonio, TX $919,600 82
Coon Family Foundation Portland, OR $919,564 48
The Wilcox Family Foundation Boston, MA $919,545 241
Tom Wilson Foundation Inc Hanover, NH $919,500 67
Susie And Scott Bender Family Foundation Pennington, NJ $919,500 16
Edith Reiter Trust Three Lakes, WI $919,478 43
The Dana And Matthew Walden Charitable Foundation Inc Los Angeles, CA $919,456 4
Springfield Eagles Charity Inc Springfield, OH $919,332 188
Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation Thousand Oaks, CA $919,305 127
Steps Foundation Louisville, CO $919,259 130
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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 1,679
Human services 859
Health care 854
Religion-related 524
Arts, culture & humanities 521
Youth development 469
Community improvement 300
Philanthropy & grantmaking 210

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $664.9M
New York, NY $570.0M
Chicago, IL $427.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $399.1M
Wilmington, DE $343.0M
Las Vegas, NV $321.0M
Milwaukee, WI $199.0M
Brooklyn, NY $189.4M
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