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Private foundations by State

Every US private foundation that filed a 990-PF in the last two years, by the State on its return. Each State lists its largest givers and the foundations that take applications.

Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2023 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by grants paid

Each foundation’s latest return
  1. Alaska145 foundations $47,936,836
  2. Alabama1,509 foundations $436,785,282
  3. Arkansas634 foundations $1,190,249,558
  4. American Samoa2 foundations $105,000
  5. Arizona1,656 foundations $573,862,328
  6. California12,540 foundations $18,134,380,205
  7. Colorado2,225 foundations $1,336,869,491
  8. Connecticut1,860 foundations $3,261,822,445
  9. District of Columbia592 foundations $1,065,028,576
  10. Delaware2,999 foundations $1,880,073,982
  11. Florida9,532 foundations $4,077,626,216
  12. Georgia2,552 foundations $2,093,907,108
  13. Hawaii653 foundations $126,882,867
  14. Iowa1,212 foundations $362,364,767
  15. Idaho554 foundations $255,241,479
  16. Illinois6,103 foundations $5,823,577,057
  17. Indiana1,769 foundations $4,764,416,818
  18. Kansas1,110 foundations $491,534,858
  19. Kentucky1,021 foundations $456,633,648
  20. Louisiana940 foundations $222,643,509
  21. Massachusetts4,051 foundations $3,081,820,000
  22. Maryland2,185 foundations $1,630,608,238
  23. Maine595 foundations $400,212,266
  24. Michigan2,842 foundations $2,861,339,069
  25. Minnesota2,512 foundations $2,030,395,894
  26. Missouri4,702 foundations $1,688,408,303
  27. Northern Mariana Islands2 foundations $0
  28. Mississippi472 foundations $113,236,647
  29. Montana524 foundations $162,997,257
  30. North Carolina2,314 foundations $1,640,628,084
  31. North Dakota210 foundations $65,898,105
  32. Nebraska764 foundations $2,511,216,693
  33. New Hampshire722 foundations $197,236,141
  34. New Jersey4,058 foundations $16,930,363,438
  35. New Mexico453 foundations $240,229,473
  36. Nevada1,071 foundations $587,428,574
  37. New York12,025 foundations $16,698,792,090
  38. Ohio4,809 foundations $1,834,808,322
  39. Oklahoma1,233 foundations $1,008,496,344
  40. Oregon1,022 foundations $718,339,335
  41. Pennsylvania7,616 foundations $4,442,778,145
  42. Puerto Rico80 foundations $14,776,744
  43. Rhode Island471 foundations $212,326,905
  44. South Carolina1,098 foundations $264,262,468
  45. South Dakota316 foundations $171,051,534
  46. Tennessee1,566 foundations $857,134,029
  47. Texas11,000 foundations $6,453,462,897
  48. Utah1,303 foundations $1,302,641,745
  49. Virginia2,577 foundations $1,300,612,905
  50. U.S. Virgin Islands12 foundations $805,093
  51. Vermont348 foundations $91,657,144
  52. Washington1,961 foundations $15,699,913,927
  53. Wisconsin2,336 foundations $1,313,877,621
  54. West Virginia481 foundations $108,092,701
  55. Wyoming455 foundations $159,406,020