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Form 990 Finder: search 28,553 private foundation IRS filings, free.

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 28,553 foundations

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Lapidus-corenblum Foundation Inc Pikesville, MD $285,276 54
Kiwanis Club Of Mt Sterling Mt Sterling, KY $285,262 4
Tr Kings Daughters Hosp Uw Mww Dallas, TX $285,252 6
The Joseph Valenti Jr Family Foundation Glenview, IL $285,248 109
Frederick Bornman Trust For Conservative Detroit, MI $285,226 50
Tw Lucy C Harris Eah Saint Louis, MO $285,222 7
The Deville Foundation Inc Marietta, GA $285,185 166
The Andrew C Virostek Foundation Murrysville, PA $285,152 106
Lubetkin Family Foundation Winnetka, IL $285,152 170
The Dr William Kenney Trust Fund Louisville, KY $285,151 4
Tucks Charitable Foundation New Orleans, LA $285,143 27
The Alexander Firestone Foundation New York, NY $285,140 71
Lauren Cramer Private Woodbury, NY $285,130 57
Dorau E Char Tr Uw Fbo Seven Chari Dallas, TX $285,120 49
James M Donnell Family Foundation Houston, TX $285,116 5
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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 1,600
Human services 734
Health care 663
Religion-related 486
Arts, culture & humanities 379
Youth development 346
Community improvement 200
Philanthropy & grantmaking 149

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $238.3M
Pittsburgh, PA $159.5M
Las Vegas, NV $138.3M
New York, NY $129.7M
Chicago, IL $121.1M
Wilmington, DE $89.5M
Milwaukee, WI $78.1M
Saint Louis, MO $58.9M
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