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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 27,926 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Kocourek Family Foundation Inc Wausau, WI $258,600 6
A & E Scarborough Charitable Tr Milwaukee, WI $258,596 10
Stephen S Smith And Paula K Smith Palo Alto, CA $258,591 242
Jarx Foundation Inc Levine And Seltzer Llp New York, NY $258,588 11
Lakan Incorporated Potomac, MD $258,580 71
Organic Reactions Inc East Lansing, MI $258,573 111
Macdonnell J Ellsworth Charitable Trust Ua Dallas, TX $258,570 40
Robbins Nest Foundation Beverly, MA $258,550 143
Alma Pedretti Charitable Foundation Altoona, IA $258,550 30
Martin And Sofia Perez Family Foundation Inc Coral Gables, FL $258,548 18
Dr E Vaughn Tex Eastern Sch Of Nursing Pennington, NJ $258,532 5
Pumpkin Hill Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Cincinnati, OH $258,500 59
Zichron Yisroel Vester Foundation Brooklyn, NY $258,500 51
Toast Life Foundation Guerneville, CA $258,500 50
Lashutka Family Foundation Rocky River, OH $258,500 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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Category Foundations
Education 1,575
Human services 703
Health care 679
Religion-related 461
Arts, culture & humanities 365
Youth development 324
Community improvement 185
Philanthropy & grantmaking 121

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $212.8M
Pittsburgh, PA $145.2M
Las Vegas, NV $130.1M
New York, NY $114.3M
Chicago, IL $108.0M
Wilmington, DE $77.5M
Milwaukee, WI $70.2M
Saint Louis, MO $52.9M
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