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license: cc-by-4.0
pretty_name: US private foundations and their grants
language:
  - en
size_categories:
  - n<1K
tags:
  - irs
  - form-990-pf
  - foundations
  - grants
  - nonprofits
  - public-records
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files: sample.csv

US private foundations and their grants

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Each row is one US private foundation, read from its latest Form 990-PF return filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The row gives the foundation, its EIN and address, its assets, the grants it paid in its latest year, a typical grant and the causes it funds. This sample holds the first 200 rows of the full list, which is ordered by the amount granted, largest first.

Source

IRS Form 990-PF returns, filed electronically from 2024 to 2026 and published by the IRS. The Source column links to each foundation's IRS record.

Columns

Column What it holds
Foundation Name of the foundation
EIN Employer Identification Number
Street Street address on the return
City City
State State
ZIP ZIP code
Assets Total assets at the end of the tax year, in US dollars
Grants paid in latest year Grants paid in the latest tax year, in US dollars
Grants listed in latest return Number of grants the latest return lists
Typical grant Typical grant on the latest return, in US dollars
Granted in scope Total of the grants on the latest return, in US dollars; the list is ordered by it
Causes funded Causes the foundation's grants go to
Tax year Tax year of the latest return
Latest filing Date the latest return was filed
Source Link to the foundation's record at the IRS

How often it changes

The IRS publishes new returns each month. The full list gains about 5,366 rows a month. This sample was read on November 13, 2026 from the list updated September 24, 2026.

License

The sample in this repository is under CC BY 4.0. Credit SpecStream and link to the page below.

The full list

The full list, 129,222 private foundations from each one's latest Form 990-PF return filed from 2024 to 2026, is $1,372.22 as CSV and Excel at https://specstream.ai/data/funders. Payment needs no account.