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Foundation grants: 129,222 private foundations and 2,471,760 grants from IRS Form 990-PF returns

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129,222 private foundations filed Form 990-PF returns with the IRS from 2024 to 2026. They list 2,471,760 grants to organizations. In each foundation's latest return, 759,373 of 1,723,734 grants go to a nonprofit with a known cause. Browse who funds each cause in each state.

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129,222Foundations
2,471,760Grants listed
214,226Returns read

By cause

Cause	Foundations	States	Total
Animal-related	9,278	53	$578,405,943
Arts, culture and humanities	19,509	54	$3,829,228,437
Civil rights, social action and advocacy	4,921	52	$922,028,764
Community improvement and capacity building	6,374	52	$1,379,573,114
Crime and legal-related	5,400	54	$487,508,270
Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines	6,189	52	$298,679,363
Education	28,937	54	$10,512,105,074
Employment	2,666	52	$354,622,506
Environment	10,270	53	$2,461,141,938
Food, agriculture and nutrition	9,041	53	$599,827,383
Health care	14,043	53	$2,470,061,250
Housing and shelter	6,485	53	$569,284,104
Human services	22,663	53	$2,832,580,590
International, foreign affairs and national security	10,331	54	$2,425,294,354
Medical research	3,031	51	$508,377,202
Mental health and crisis intervention	5,553	52	$400,377,543
Mutual and membership benefit	323	49	$11,536,398
Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations	15,231	54	$14,727,694,388
Public and societal benefit	4,264	52	$681,750,799
Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief	2,733	53	$159,673,273
Recreation and sports	8,265	54	$626,340,917
Religion-related	9,777	53	$868,042,354
Science and technology	1,365	53	$404,598,941
Social science	960	47	$341,645,298
Youth development	8,375	54	$712,585,435

By recipient state

State	Foundations	Total
Alabama	3,128	$412,693,590
Alaska	494	$86,379,363
Arizona	4,563	$652,892,734
Arkansas	1,497	$458,737,093
California	19,497	$14,240,043,667
Colorado	7,960	$1,759,450,580
Connecticut	6,930	$3,087,042,024
Delaware	1,387	$722,226,725
District of Columbia	13,937	$5,418,306,860
Florida	14,994	$2,921,753,947
Georgia	7,310	$2,502,802,089
Guam	17	$726,120
Hawaii	1,358	$255,829,628
Idaho	1,484	$181,350,587
Illinois	11,425	$3,535,100,502
Indiana	4,512	$3,330,791,030
Iowa	3,126	$390,657,151
Kansas	2,653	$397,867,369
Kentucky	3,085	$568,247,468
Louisiana	2,047	$379,841,552
Maine	2,859	$434,282,759
Maryland	8,517	$1,834,055,986
Massachusetts	13,046	$5,085,715,143
Michigan	5,937	$2,243,719,155
Minnesota	5,080	$1,671,307,517
Mississippi	1,176	$187,463,599
Missouri	4,922	$1,355,759,351
Montana	1,962	$278,881,104
Nebraska	2,062	$1,077,212,593
Nevada	1,389	$256,007,394
New Hampshire	2,583	$204,682,484
New Jersey	7,737	$7,346,610,242
New Mexico	1,565	$289,129,435
New York	26,143	$12,885,080,142
North Carolina	7,903	$2,003,439,208
North Dakota	536	$128,458,069
Ohio	7,428	$2,251,214,015
Oklahoma	2,356	$957,066,980
Oregon	3,313	$960,838,915
Pennsylvania	13,110	$5,522,019,644
Puerto Rico	184	$43,601,676
Rhode Island	2,217	$592,784,134
South Carolina	2,901	$475,615,019
South Dakota	1,089	$117,930,120
Tennessee	7,237	$962,200,492
Texas	11,596	$4,729,207,041
U.S. Virgin Islands	89	$6,605,046
Utah	2,466	$480,795,801
Vermont	2,177	$221,484,905
Virginia	11,359	$2,267,240,741
Washington	4,670	$10,058,836,815
West Virginia	1,129	$161,601,091
Wisconsin	4,108	$1,297,104,112
Wyoming	1,046	$167,543,247

Largest foundations by grants listed

In the latest return each filed.

Foundation	Based in	Assets	Grants listed	Source
Gates Foundation Trust	Kirkland, WA	$77.56 billion	$8,096,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Gates Foundation	Seattle, WA	$78.67 billion	$6,295,055,620	apps.irs.gov
Sanofi Cares North America Formerly the Sanofi Foundation for N America	Morristown, NJ	$0	$4,149,829,881	apps.irs.gov
Lilly Endowment Inc	Indianapolis, IN	$105.90 billion	$3,862,573,095	apps.irs.gov
Genentech Patient Foundation	South San Francisco, CA	$424.1 million	$3,452,010,026	apps.irs.gov
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Inc	Ridgefield, CT	$314.8 million	$1,988,478,993	apps.irs.gov
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation	Omaha, NE	$2.72 billion	$1,460,871,411	apps.irs.gov
Bayer Us Patient Assistance Foundation	Whippany, NJ	$401.4 million	$1,426,030,870	apps.irs.gov
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$12.12 billion	$1,016,737,000	apps.irs.gov
Glaxosmithkline Patient Access Programs Foundation	Philadelphia, PA	$70.2 million	$842,945,879	apps.irs.gov
The Ford Foundation	New York, NY	$17.48 billion	$842,357,518	apps.irs.gov
Sergey Brin Family Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$4.31 billion	$698,939,667	apps.irs.gov
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation	Menlo Park, CA	$14.20 billion	$625,009,380	apps.irs.gov
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Princeton, NJ	$13.42 billion	$608,614,439	apps.irs.gov
Walton Family Foundation Inc	Bentonville, AR	$8.65 billion	$562,330,265	apps.irs.gov
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation	New York, NY	$7.89 billion	$555,004,183	apps.irs.gov
Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation	Redmond, WA	$7.36 billion	$484,692,348	apps.irs.gov
Foundation To Promote Open Society	New York, NY	$10.84 billion	$481,525,362	apps.irs.gov
Musk Foundation	Austin, TX	$14.73 billion	$474,325,312	apps.irs.gov
Freedom Together Foundation	New York, NY	$4.07 billion	$469,997,302	apps.irs.gov
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust	New York, NY	$7.11 billion	$440,927,206	apps.irs.gov
WK Kellogg Foundation Trust - No 5315	Battle Creek, MI	$9.19 billion	$420,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$11.52 billion	$403,028,969	apps.irs.gov
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation	Los Altos, CA	$8.55 billion	$349,965,123	apps.irs.gov
Bezos Family Foundation	Seattle, WA	$155 million	$349,936,476	apps.irs.gov
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation	Chicago, IL	$9.31 billion	$339,890,979	apps.irs.gov
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation	Tulsa, OK	$3.03 billion	$333,457,955	apps.irs.gov
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc	New York, NY	$134.4 million	$326,037,199	apps.irs.gov
Sequoia Climate Foundation	Irvine, CA	$113.7 million	$305,365,925	apps.irs.gov
WK Kellogg Foundation	Battle Creek, MI	$481 million	$303,853,453	apps.irs.gov
Good Ventures Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$10.11 billion	$299,646,495	apps.irs.gov
The Sherwood Foundation	Omaha, NE	$977.8 million	$296,291,131	apps.irs.gov
The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation	Dauphin, PA	$24 million	$296,087,952	apps.irs.gov
Conrad N Hilton Foundation	Westlake Village, CA	$7.36 billion	$287,749,627	apps.irs.gov
The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$7.19 billion	$285,312,880	apps.irs.gov
Waverley Street Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$3.34 billion	$282,093,983	apps.irs.gov
NSN Foundation Inc	Roseland, NJ	$171 million	$279,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Simons Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$4.48 billion	$271,958,633	apps.irs.gov
The Duke Endowment	Charlotte, NC	$5.02 billion	$251,218,558	apps.irs.gov
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$7.50 billion	$235,359,065	apps.irs.gov
The Rockefeller Foundation	New York, NY	$6.40 billion	$233,197,902	apps.irs.gov
The Marcus Foundation Inc	Atlanta, GA	$366.8 million	$227,455,181	apps.irs.gov
Knight Foundation	Beaverton, OR	$5.44 billion	$226,548,000	apps.irs.gov
Genzyme Charitable Foundation Inc	Morristown, NJ	$0	$224,150,596	apps.irs.gov
Wyss Foundation	Washington, DC	$2.42 billion	$222,645,225	apps.irs.gov
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc	Charlotte, NC	$10.1 million	$216,309,069	apps.irs.gov
Novo Foundation	Hurley, NY	$937.8 million	$214,143,310	apps.irs.gov
The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation	Atlanta, GA	$466.3 million	$212,098,624	apps.irs.gov
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation	Palo Alto, CA	$1.59 billion	$211,103,298	apps.irs.gov
Crankstart Foundation	San Jose, CA	$4.39 billion	$201,283,740	apps.irs.gov
The Paul E Singer Foundation	New York, NY	$894.1 million	$200,018,665	apps.irs.gov
Laura and John Arnold Foundation	Houston, TX	$4.77 billion	$193,332,143	apps.irs.gov
JPMorgan Chase Foundation	New York, NY	$1.09 billion	$192,984,711	apps.irs.gov
Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc	Atlanta, GA	$4.62 billion	$190,310,145	apps.irs.gov
O'Donnell Foundation	Dallas, TX	$180.2 million	$187,386,895	apps.irs.gov
Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba A James & Alice B Clark Foundation	Chevy Chase, MD	$459.8 million	$187,000,631	apps.irs.gov
The Benificus Foundation	San Carlos, CA	$98.3 million	$186,037,167	apps.irs.gov
The Schmidt Family Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$1.99 billion	$185,440,970	apps.irs.gov
H&H Evergreen Foundation	Menlo Park, CA	$5.12 billion	$178,135,150	apps.irs.gov
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$3.89 billion	$172,618,609	apps.irs.gov
Carnegie Corporation of New York	New York, NY	$4.83 billion	$170,137,951	apps.irs.gov
The Kresge Foundation	Troy, MI	$3.98 billion	$170,024,313	apps.irs.gov
Gerson Bakar Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$2.55 billion	$169,365,674	apps.irs.gov
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	Flint, MI	$3.77 billion	$166,286,133	apps.irs.gov
The Snider Foundation	Collegeville, PA	$1.3 million	$162,876,923	apps.irs.gov
Ani Rare Disease Patient Assistance Program Inc	Baudette, MN	$5.8 million	$161,781,080	apps.irs.gov
Wells Fargo Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$8.6 million	$157,308,750	apps.irs.gov
Fidelity Foundation	Boston, MA	$5.55 billion	$156,206,272	apps.irs.gov
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation	Austin, TX	$7.77 billion	$154,687,423	apps.irs.gov
The James Irvine Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$3.39 billion	$154,135,132	apps.irs.gov
Rippleworks Inc	San Francisco, CA	$2.52 billion	$153,837,539	apps.irs.gov
The Heising-Simons Foundation	Los Altos, CA	$810.5 million	$149,387,063	apps.irs.gov
The William Penn Foundation	Philadelphia, PA	$3.44 billion	$148,834,689	apps.irs.gov
Dogwood Health Trust	Asheville, NC	$2.01 billion	$148,184,788	apps.irs.gov
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	$1.86 billion	$147,984,903	apps.irs.gov
John S and James L Knight Foundation	Miami, FL	$2.53 billion	$147,682,903	apps.irs.gov
Horowitz Family Foundation	Las Vegas, NV	$40.6 million	$147,508,395	apps.irs.gov
Margaret A Cargill Foundation	Eden Prairie, MN	$3.27 billion	$146,746,000	apps.irs.gov
Wellcome Leap Inc	San Diego, CA	$731.9 million	$145,907,370	apps.irs.gov
The McKnight Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$2.71 billion	$145,791,450	apps.irs.gov
The California Endowment	Los Angeles, CA	$4.46 billion	$141,467,127	apps.irs.gov
The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation	Detroit, MI	$896.5 million	$141,170,822	apps.irs.gov
Open Society Institute	New York, NY	$5.40 billion	$139,826,666	apps.irs.gov
Druckenmiller Foundation	New York, NY	$2.33 billion	$135,595,666	apps.irs.gov
S&G Foundation Inc	Albany, NY	$4.25 billion	$133,918,960	apps.irs.gov
John Templeton Foundation	West Conshohocken, PA	$3.60 billion	$132,846,420	apps.irs.gov
The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation	Washington, DC	$53.5 million	$131,789,163	apps.irs.gov
Valhalla Foundation	Woodside, CA	$527.1 million	$131,719,936	apps.irs.gov
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc	Stamford, CT	$1.09 billion	$130,036,842	apps.irs.gov
Tosa Foundation	Portola Valley, CA	$391.6 million	$129,772,088	apps.irs.gov
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc	Owings Mills, MD	$3.11 billion	$127,777,020	apps.irs.gov
The Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$9.21 billion	$126,274,451	apps.irs.gov
The Ryan Foundation	Greenwood Village, CO	$1.50 billion	$125,171,973	apps.irs.gov
Barr Foundation	Boston, MA	$2.84 billion	$123,235,702	apps.irs.gov
Pritzker Traubert Foundation	Chicago, IL	$421.1 million	$120,496,827	apps.irs.gov
The Moody Foundation	Galveston, TX	$4.08 billion	$120,317,559	apps.irs.gov
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc	Wilmington, DE	$4.13 billion	$120,240,558	apps.irs.gov
The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc	Atlanta, GA	$533.9 million	$117,155,948	apps.irs.gov
Richard King Mellon Foundation	Ligonier, PA	$3.46 billion	$116,670,323	apps.irs.gov
M J Murdock Charitable Trust	Vancouver, WA	$1.97 billion	$116,638,055	apps.irs.gov

Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.