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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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The William & Patricia Kassling Family Wilmington, DE $2,675,345 78
The Anne Lindsey Otenasek Charitable Towson, MD $2,675,246 160
Clein-lemann Esperanza Foundation Wilmington, DE $2,674,666 19
Rose Koehler Curtze Mem Fd Pittsburgh, PA $2,674,413 18
The Davis & Smith Family Foundation Inc Bethlehem, PA $2,674,000 54
Sps Commerce Foundation Minneapolis, MN $2,673,689 17
Ted Foundation Inc New York, NY $2,673,253 14
The Mark Zurack & Kathy Ferguson New York, NY $2,673,154 133
The Sherman Foundation Houston, TX $2,672,990 53
The Institute For New Economic Thinking Inc New York, NY $2,672,743 38
Austen-stokes Ancient Americas Foundation Inc Upper Nyack, NY $2,672,710 285
James F Bell Trust Minneapolis, MN $2,672,433 12
Visual Commentary On Scripture Irvine, CA $2,672,400 14
Chris And Francesca Beale Private Holmdel, NJ $2,672,257 84
Tuesdays With Mitch Charitable Marlton, NJ $2,672,155 75
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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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Foundations by category and city

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 1,889
Health care 1,080
Human services 1,052
Arts, culture & humanities 738
Youth development 657
Religion-related 594
Community improvement 441
Philanthropy & grantmaking 378

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City Total giving
New York, NY $1.5B
Dallas, TX $1.1B
Wilmington, DE $914.1M
Chicago, IL $853.1M
Pittsburgh, PA $696.4M
Brooklyn, NY $442.3M
Las Vegas, NV $426.3M
Los Angeles, CA $409.3M
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