Foundation giving by state, 2023 vs 2024
Updated November 12, 2026 · Refreshed when new 990-PF filings are loaded · Published by Grantsights
The same 83,699 private foundations gave $86.25 billion in tax year 2024, up 8.7% from $79.32 billion in 2023, while their number of grants was nearly flat (down 0.3%), on IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Every state and DC, or download the CSV (territories included). For grants by cause, see foundation grants by cause and state.
83,699 foundations gave in both years: dollars up 8.7%, grants down 0.3%
| Same 83,699 foundations | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 1,515,366 | 1,510,165 | -5,201 (-0.3%) |
| Dollars given | $79.32 billion | $86.25 billion | +$6.92 billion (+8.7%) |
| Grants to the 50 states and DC | 1,490,813 | 1,484,872 | -5,941 (-0.4%) |
46,063 of these foundations gave more in 2024 and 33,517 gave less. The 10 largest increases added $2.48 billion and the 10 largest decreases took away $1.87 billion, so a few large foundations move the national dollar total far more than the count of grants.
This is a matched panel: only foundations with grants counted for both 2023 and 2024. It holds 92% of the 91,025 foundations with grants counted for 2023 and 92% of the 90,879 for 2024, and 94% and 97% of those years' counted dollars.
Grants rose in 26 of 51 states; dollars rose in 40
| State | Grants 2023 | Grants 2024 | Change | Foundations 2024 | Dollars 2023 | Dollars 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 14,929 | 15,215 | +1.9% | 3,431 | $361.4 million | $371.2 million | +2.7% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Alaska | 4,790 | 3,849 | -19.6% | 544 | $94.5 million | $91.9 million | -2.7% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Arizona | 16,112 | 16,925 | +5.0% | 4,988 | $598.1 million | $666.2 million | +11.4% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Arkansas | 6,281 | 6,225 | -0.9% | 1,666 | $500.8 million | $413.8 million | -17.4% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| California | 145,778 | 146,307 | +0.4% | 21,821 | $10.50 billion | $10.43 billion | -0.7% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Colorado | 34,431 | 34,607 | +0.5% | 8,632 | $1.30 billion | $1.68 billion | +28.9% |
| Connecticut | 30,106 | 29,917 | -0.6% | 7,353 | $986.0 million | $1.13 billion | +14.7% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Delaware | 3,939 | 4,002 | +1.6% | 1,383 | $442.2 million | $565.1 million | +27.8% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| District of Columbia | 46,534 | 47,101 | +1.2% | 14,813 | $4.43 billion | $5.06 billion | +14.4% |
| Florida | 68,600 | 70,294 | +2.5% | 15,952 | $2.25 billion | $2.61 billion | +16.0% |
| Georgia | 32,559 | 31,778 | -2.4% | 7,920 | $2.05 billion | $2.36 billion | +15.3% |
| Hawaii | 8,329 | 6,850 | -17.8% | 1,528 | $292.3 million | $247.2 million | -15.4% |
| Idaho | 6,565 | 6,574 | +0.1% | 1,707 | $164.4 million | $170.1 million | +3.4% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Illinois | 63,849 | 62,430 | -2.2% | 12,185 | $2.44 billion | $2.90 billion | +19.1% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Indiana | 23,391 | 23,571 | +0.8% | 4,843 | $1.84 billion | $2.04 billion | +10.7% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Iowa | 15,881 | 16,353 | +3.0% | 3,456 | $314.5 million | $398.5 million | +26.7% |
| Kansas | 12,738 | 12,516 | -1.7% | 3,008 | $421.8 million | $386.3 million | -8.4% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Kentucky | 12,957 | 12,641 | -2.4% | 3,300 | $1.14 billion | $458.1 million | -59.9% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Louisiana | 10,447 | 10,301 | -1.4% | 2,210 | $349.4 million | $353.4 million | +1.1% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Maine | 13,138 | 13,204 | +0.5% | 2,935 | $331.5 million | $407.9 million | +23.1% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Maryland | 29,924 | 29,907 | -0.1% | 9,094 | $1.76 billion | $1.71 billion | -2.6% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Massachusetts | 73,978 | 69,330 | -6.3% | 13,691 | $4.36 billion | $4.62 billion | +6.0% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Michigan | 39,448 | 38,825 | -1.6% | 6,406 | $1.58 billion | $1.65 billion | +4.9% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Minnesota | 31,544 | 30,163 | -4.4% | 5,356 | $1.30 billion | $1.30 billion | -0.3% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Mississippi | 4,472 | 4,313 | -3.6% | 1,343 | $222.2 million | $173.4 million | -22.0% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Missouri | 25,279 | 25,402 | +0.5% | 5,327 | $995.0 million | $1.19 billion | +20.1% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Montana | 10,000 | 9,860 | -1.4% | 2,130 | $232.9 million | $277.1 million | +19.0% |
| Nebraska | 10,434 | 10,857 | +4.1% | 2,221 | $849.2 million | $870.7 million | +2.5% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Nevada | 5,612 | 5,447 | -2.9% | 1,551 | $218.3 million | $197.4 million | -9.6% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| New Hampshire | 9,052 | 9,083 | +0.3% | 2,795 | $201.4 million | $235.2 million | +16.8% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| New Jersey | 38,375 | 37,653 | -1.9% | 8,412 | $1.02 billion | $1.22 billion | +20.1% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| New Mexico | 7,059 | 7,044 | -0.2% | 1,712 | $248.3 million | $264.7 million | +6.6% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| New York | 187,029 | 183,986 | -1.6% | 27,558 | $10.53 billion | $11.28 billion | +7.1% |
| North Carolina | 36,191 | 39,566 | +9.3% | 8,904 | $1.39 billion | $1.62 billion | +16.8% |
| North Dakota | 3,287 | 3,058 | -7.0% | 576 | $63.6 million | $111.8 million | +75.8% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Ohio | 44,832 | 44,616 | -0.5% | 7,835 | $1.84 billion | $1.96 billion | +6.5% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Oklahoma | 12,581 | 12,277 | -2.4% | 2,718 | $576.3 million | $601.0 million | +4.3% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Oregon | 20,495 | 20,326 | -0.8% | 3,766 | $770.7 million | $954.9 million | +23.9% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Pennsylvania | 70,433 | 70,593 | +0.2% | 13,506 | $2.86 billion | $4.22 billion | +47.5% |
| Rhode Island | 8,793 | 8,269 | -6.0% | 2,289 | $456.8 million | $573.1 million | +25.5% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| South Carolina | 12,952 | 13,284 | +2.6% | 3,155 | $403.8 million | $497.2 million | +23.1% |
| South Dakota | 3,292 | 3,172 | -3.6% | 1,194 | $98.3 million | $106.4 million | +8.2% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Tennessee | 24,890 | 25,493 | +2.4% | 7,822 | $863.0 million | $930.7 million | +7.8% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Texas | 79,816 | 80,829 | +1.3% | 12,655 | $3.74 billion | $4.16 billion | +11.1% |
| Utah | 11,458 | 11,711 | +2.2% | 2,765 | $453.2 million | $500.3 million | +10.4% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Vermont | 7,729 | 7,879 | +1.9% | 2,369 | $173.1 million | $222.6 million | +28.6% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Virginia | 43,451 | 43,715 | +0.6% | 12,169 | $1.84 billion | $2.14 billion | +16.5% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Washington | 26,329 | 26,641 | +1.2% | 5,196 | $1.45 billion | $1.52 billion | +4.9% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| West Virginia | 6,693 | 6,792 | +1.5% | 1,239 | $138.7 million | $152.5 million | +9.9% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Wisconsin | 29,903 | 29,928 | +0.1% | 4,456 | $1.05 billion | $1.15 billion | +9.7% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
| Wyoming | 4,128 | 4,193 | +1.6% | 1,136 | $204.4 million | $185.9 million | -9.1% (one grant is over a quarter of this change) |
* One grant is more than a quarter of the state's dollar change. Source: grants the same 83,699 private foundations reported on IRS Form 990-PF for tax years 2023 and 2024, counted November 12, 2026. States are the recipient's address on the filing. Foundations are those that gave into the state that year. The CSV also has 2023 foundation counts, dollar changes and the territories.
In 39 of 51 states, one grant is more than a quarter of the dollar change
For a state whose dollars rose, we took its largest 2024 grant; for one whose dollars fell, its largest 2023 grant. If that single grant is more than 25% of the change, the change is marked. That's most states, because a state's total moves by a few large gifts: a building campaign, an endowment gift, a multi-year pledge paid in one year. Read the grant counts for the trend. The 12 states where no single grant is that large a share are Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas.
Tax year 2025 so far: 687,998 grants from 53,622 foundations, still arriving
These are the 2025 returns loaded as of November 12, 2026, counted with the same rules. It's partial: a calendar-year foundation on an extension has until November 2026 to file, a fiscal-year foundation can have until 2027, and the IRS releases e-filed returns in batches after that. There are no 2025 change figures on this page, because a drop now would mostly mean returns not yet loaded.
How the panel was built: 9,801 filing lines left out by two rules
- A grant counts when its amount is above zero and it's listed on a 2023 or 2024 return. A foundation is in the panel when it has counted grants in both years. Grants with no US state (foreign recipients, blank addresses) count in the national rows only.
- Rule 1, unitemized lines: a line whose recipient points to an attachment ("See attached statement") or names no recipient ("Various", "Eligible patients"). These are totals for many grants, or medicine given to patients, filed at the foundation's own address, so they can't be placed in a recipient's state. Left out: 4,701 lines worth $31.68 billion in 2023 and 4,556 worth $31.01 billion in 2024.
- Rule 2, same-name transfers: a payment to a foundation with the filer's own name, such as a funding trust paying its foundation. That foundation's own grants are already counted, so these would count the same dollars twice. Left out: 342 lines worth $8.16 billion in 2023 and 202 worth $8.55 billion in 2024.
- One pass-through filer that forwarded online shoppers' picks to charities is left out, as on our other funder pages (356,118 lines in 2023, none in 2024).
- Outlier check: of the 20 largest lines in 2023 and 2024, 18 fall under rule 1 (most are medicine that drug-company patient-assistance foundations give to patients) and 2 under rule 2. The 6 foundation-years over $1 billion left (3 foundations) are itemized lists of 203 to 4,891 grants each, and stay in.
6 things the counts can't tell you
- Private foundations only. Community foundations, donor-advised funds, corporate giving programs and government grants aren't in 990-PF data.
- What all foundations gave. Foundations that started or stopped giving, or whose other year isn't loaded, aren't in the panel. Raw year totals would mix giving with how many returns have arrived, which is why this page doesn't show them.
- Where the money was spent. The state is the recipient's address on the filing, so a grant to a national charity counts where its office is, not where its programs run.
- Calendar years. A tax year follows the IRS label, the year the foundation's fiscal year begins, so for a foundation whose year runs July to June, a 2024 return covers July 2024 to June 2025.
- Grants awarded. Form 990-PF lists grants paid during the year, so a multi-year award shows up when each payment is made.
- Which foundations. The tables name no foundations or recipients. Each cause's funder list names the foundations in a state with their grants.
Cite this dataset
Grantsights, "Foundation giving by state, 2023 vs 2024," updated November 12, 2026, https://grantsights.com/research/foundation-giving-by-year. Data: IRS Form 990-PF filings.
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