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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 |
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| # US private foundations and their grants |
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| SpecStream, the live web data engine. |
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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. |
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| ## Source |
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| 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. |
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| ## Columns |
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| | 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 | |
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| ## How often it changes |
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| 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. |
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| ## License |
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| The sample in this repository is under CC BY 4.0. Credit SpecStream and link to the page below. |
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| ## The full list |
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| 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. |
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