Audia Caring Heritage Association
Offers grants related
to civil and human rights, environment, poverty.A public foundation that supports grassroots organizations
in which low-income people are rebuilding their communities and changing the conditions that perpetuate
poverty.Funds projects, publications and prizes emphasizing the importance of moral and spiritual approaches
in science, health, and education. Describes staff, funding priorities, and publications.Works in education
, community development, and international partnerships and basic needs.
Oak Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers
Fund
Describes grantmaking as well as advocacy activities relating to disease, clean air, nuclear containment
, and the Silicon Valley, with application information.Established in homage to Paula Frias, Isabel`s
daughter through grants and scholarships in literacy, shelter, healthcare, education, and peace.Donor
-advised grants to nonprofits working toward social change in the US and abroad. Site includes foundation
history, grant application and guidelines, and program news.
kimsey pasts
Makes grants to institutions in higher education
, in cultural affairs and the performing arts, in population, in conservation and the environment, and
in public affairs.
Benton Foundation
Works with other groups such as National Urban League, AOL, National
Endowment for the Arts to help provide solutions for bridging the digital divide.
www.broadcastersfoundation
.org
, and London.Organizes and funds networking between potential leaders in the United States and those
in other countries.
www.macfound.org/
Information on announcements, speeches, grants, jobs, links and
contacts. Describes mission and programs, foundation history, how to apply for grants, and related topics
.The fund is primarily interested in organizations and projects that have an impact on the City of San
Francisco and local Bay Area communities.
Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation
The Blaustein Philanthropic Group
The Russell Family Foundation
Turner Foundation
Van Leer Group Foundation
XminusY Solidarity Fund
grantee foundations
Butler
Family Fund
Supports charitable causes in education, the arts, and religion, especially seed or demonstration
projects.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
eisenhowerfellowships.org/
Lists recently awarded grants, with
information about the family and the foundation`s board and staff. The foundation works mainly by making
grants or loans that build knowledge and strengthen organizations and networks.
John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation Home Page
Public Welfare Foundation
The foundation provides national and international
grants, and also has a special focus on the Northern California counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara,
Santa Cruz, and Monterey.Facilitates transatlantic philanthropy by enabling American individuals and
corporations to support people and causes throughout Europe.
The MacArthur Foundation
www.macfdn.org/
www.sacredmesa.com/MissionFoundation/MissionFoundation.htm
www.skollfoundation.org
Describes awards programs
and recipients.
www.hewlett.org/
sparkplug blaustein
www.commoncounsel.org/
Ford Foundation
Focuses on measuring progress, animal
advocacy, and independent media.A private, not-for-profit philanthropy promoting the development of
communications industries that address public needs.An international philanthropy funding projects in
conservation, human rights, abuse, housing, learning disabilities, and other social justice issues.
Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
A source of financial support for organizations and projects that
are lesbian-led and/or lesbian focused. Describes recent grants and financial status for each. Includes
reports from grantees and financial information.Describes funding interests, including Israel, Guatemala
, women`s health, and sustainable international trade, with instructions for applying and reporting as
well as a list of grantees.Endowed by John D. Includes list of recipients and summaries of their projects
.
milken rockefeller
Focus areas include tolerance, gay and lesbian issues, and great apes.Funds as well as operates programs
in the areas of learning differences and human services.Milwaukee-based foundation supports programs
related to health, economics, education, and Jewish life and learning.
www.hidaryfoundation.org
Annual
report, guidelines for grant applications, and contact info.Dedicated to improving the well-being of
people in transition to global interdependence. RFF supports a wide range of environmental, political
participation and reform, women`s rights, and other domestic activist-oriented nonprofit groups.
The
Asia Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The King Baudouin Foundation United States
www
.kbfus.org/
interdependence philanthropy
www.mellon.org/
CS Fund, Warsh/Mott Legacy, and CSE Fund
www.florafamily.org/
Addressing issues
of water use, work and economic opportunity women`s welfare, and spiritual well-being.
www.publicwelfare
.org/
www.kresge.org/
Foundation develops and supports specialized projects in Native American giving,
as well as diversity awareness initiatives and cultural opportunities for Hopi youth. Provides detailed
funding guidelines, as well as results of research, selected news items, and career opportunities.
The
Rotary Foundation
Objectives are to strengthen education leadership, improve after-school learning opportunities
, and expand participation in arts and culture.
interconnectedness blaustein
affund.org/
Arcus Foundation
[English/Spanish]
Links to
various foundations including Ford, Kellogg. Provides application instructions and contact information
.Funding emphasis on underprivileged youth and overpopulation, geographic emphasis on New York City and
the Near East.
Milken Family Foundation
PGA Foundations
www.astraea.org/
www.isabelallendefoundation.org
/
Describes board of directors, parent Belgian foundation, and operating practices.With guide to its
programs, how to apply, research, reports, recent announcements, and other materials.
The Moriah Fund
[English/Hebrew/Spanish]
interconnectedness foundations
Provides anonymous financial assistance to fellow radio and television broadcasters
who are in acute need.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
www.carnegie.org/
Chisholm Foundation
www.greengrants
.org/
Heinz Families Philanthropies
Supports the Jewish community in Baltimore, Maryland, and Israel, as
well as human needs in the Baltimore area.
Lindbergh Foundation
A Christian grant-making organization
partnering with churches all over the world. It also provides funding to help nonprofits operate more
effectively and to enable them to gain greater financial self-sufficiency.
www.sparkplugfoundation.org
/
www.stavrosniarchosfoundation.org
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc
Contact information
, description of programs. [English/Spanish]
www.kahanoff.com/
A grant-making United Nations affiliated
NGO promoting the interconnectedness of all life and the oneness of humanity.
www.nippon-foundation.or
.jp/
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Will to Succeed Foundation
frias warsh
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
www.hoffbergerfoundation
.org
It does not make grants to institutions or organizations.
www.oakfnd.org/
www.asiafoundation.org/
Gives board members and offers suggestions for proposals.
www.theclarencefoundation.org/
Information
on giving opportunities, vision, programs, and leadership.Provides grants to nonprofit organizations
in the following broad program areas: conservation; population; science; children, families, and communities;
arts; and organizational effectiveness and philanthropy. Articles on current projects, how to apply
, and information on foundation history and staff.Offers grants and fellowships that promote the enjoyment
and understanding of European Art and Architecture.
rff mott
Brett Family Foundation
www.chdodgefoundation.org
Describes funding guidelines, past initiatives, and publications.supports start-up projects and innovations
in music, education and community organizing. Includes grant guidelines and an overview of the review
process.
www.bradleyfdn.org/
The Henry Luce Foundation
The Nippon Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
www.rockfound.org/
www.tides.org/
www.willtosucceed.org/
interconnectedness kresge
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Mission is to
improve the quality of people`s lives by preserving natural environments, seeking cures for diseases
, and nurturing the arts.
www.kauffman.org/
The foundation`s goals are to strengthen democratic values
, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement
.Focuses on human health and aging, the environment, and women`s economic opportunities.
www.jfjustice
.org/
Lists recipients and community influences.pursues a strategy of "service, advocacy, and empowerment
" for meeting basic human needs and promoting democratic participation for people around the globe
.Private foundation which supports conservative causes and public policy organizations.
www.hitachifoundation
.org
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Benefits communities around the world by investing in, connecting
and celebrating social entrepreneurs.
Timmissartok Foundation
Providing grants for adventure in foreign
lands.Discusses foundation group history and goals, including strategies for charitable giving (children
and Jerusalem cultural and civic programs) and for investments.Focuses on improving current and future
communities` quality of life in the United States, Latin America, Caribbean, and southern Africa.
grantmaking lifebridge
Offers
free on-line versions of reports dealing with technology and access. Includes issue/theme-based publications
, searchable database of recent Mott-funded initiatives, links to a host of grantee websites and grant
application procedures.Provides grants to grassroots organizations worldwide that combine protecting
the environment, promoting cultural diversity, empowering people to meet their basic needs, and relying
on volunteer efforts.Funds animal welfare, education, and environment, as well as New Jersey arts and
Morris County issues, as well as operating programs in these areas. Describes current and former programs
. Describes methodology, lists current recipients, and offers donation opportunities.Private grantmaking
foundation focused on human and community development, global security and sustainability, along with
its general and fellowship programs.
www.kimseyfoundation.org/
www.rffund.org/
A family philanthropy located
in New York City.Supports charitable activities in the areas of arts and culture, education, health
and medicine, and social welfare, in Greece and internationally.
www.moriahfund.org/
www.rwjf.org/
stavros rockefeller
Eisenhower
Fellowships
Dedicated to improving the quality of life by funding projects in higher education, scientific
research, the environment and the San Francisco Bay Area. Gives grant application guidelines and describes
current initiatives.
www.lillyendowment.org
Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation that
supports the causes of religion, education, and community development with an emphasis on projects that
benefit young people and promote leadership
Programs in three different areas: Policy for a Networked
Society, Interactive Media for Children, and Information Technologies for Better Health.
www.hluce.org
/
Annual report, program information and FAQs for this independent, private foundation.
www.lifebridge
.org/
Includes information about the foundation and its interests, plus grant application materials.
kresge interconnectedness
www.audiacaringheritage.org
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Concerned with homelessness and criminal
justice reform, focusing on California, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Wisconsin, Washington, D.
www
.schwabfoundation.org/
Includes application forms and list of past grantees.
www.hedgefundscare.org/
www.templeton.org/
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
www.arcafoundation.org/
The Isabel Allende Foundation
Private Canadian foundation funding traditional and innovative charitable programs in Canada and Israel
in the areas of health, education, culture, social services, philanthropy and community development
, and research.
www.wallacefoundation.org/
www.turnerfoundation.org/
www.WKKF.org/
kimsey frias
Currently funding in biotechnology
, industrial globalization, and food sovreignty.Focuses on entrepreneurship and on education, with Kansas
City serving as an incubator for academic programs.
www.fordfound.org/
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
US-based organization whose local chapters raise and disburse funds for child abuse programs.Supports
programs in economic development, international sffairs, philanthropy benchmarks, healthcare, education
, and the arts.The Foundation only supports individuals.Focuses on government policy and politics.
www
.BlankFoundation.org
The Clarence Foundation
www.hjweinbergfoundation.org
The Lifebridge Foundation
foundations rff
www.ddcf
.org/
Information about programs to fight hunger and to provide education and scholarships, founded by
philanthropist and humanitarian Alan Shawn Feinstein.
Glaser Progress Foundation
Hedge Funds Care (HFC
)
Jack D. Hidary Foundation
www.rbf.org/
Seeks to advance the mutual interests of the United States and
the Asia-Pacific region, making grants in the areas of governance, law, and civil society; women`s political
participation; economic reform and development; and international relations.Baltimore-based, supports
organizations helping under-served segments of society.Works in the areas of developing policy solutions
, informing the public, and supporting civic life.
www.kressfoundation.org
The Skoll Foundation
The William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Waitt Family Foundation
grantees rff
www.benton.org/
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Gives
grant guidelines, recipients, financial statements, foundation history, and board of directors.
www.cottonwoodfdn
.org
Feinstein Foundation
www.glaserprogress.org/
www.lindberghfoundation.org/
Supporting programs and organizations
that create opportunity, enhance self-esteem and increase awareness about cultural and community issues
among young men and women.Makes grants in the areas of the environment and population.
www.waittfoundation
.org/
kresge andrus
www.gatesfoundation.org/
Supports initiatives in education, world health and population, and community
giving in the Pacific Northwest.A grant making nonprofit organization that supports progressive charities
and public policy initiations which help disadvantaged youth, improve public education, and create caring
communities, particularly in Boulder, Denver, and the state of Colorado. Provides application procedure
, with list of staff, directors, and current grantees.
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation
Provides grant guidelines and highlights from past funding cycles.
Jewish Fund for Justice
John Templeton Foundation
Details the many foundations created by Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft
).
The Baker-King Fund, Inc.
home.earthlink.net/~bakerking/
The Kresge Foundation
Work areas are international
cooperative assistance, maritime development, and Japanese social welfare and volunteer support.
www
.rotary.org/foundation/
Makes global grants focused on peace and security, as well as supporting western
Washington environmental causes. Gives information on strategies, finances, results, and employment
.
warsh interdependence
Andrus Family Fund
Provides funding for social change under programs for foster care and for community
reconciliation.
Broadcasters` Foundation
Gives funding guidelines and descriptions of current initiatives
.
www.grdodge.org
Focusing on grassroots organizations in the developing world.
John D. and Catherine T
. MacArthur Foundation
Lilly Endowment
Focuses on American art, Asia, environment, theology, higher education
, and women in science.Multi-year grants in specific initiative areas, as well as employee matching funds
and awards for students participating in community service. Rockefeller and chartered in 1913 for the
well-being of people throughout the world.
www.trff.org
Tides Foundation
www.timmissartok.com
Small Netherlands
-based foundation which funds social change around the world.
grantees interconnectedness
Lists grantees, provides staff and board
contact information, and describes foundation history. Includes complete guidelines for both grants
and the Carnegie Corporation Scholars program.
Common Counsel Foundation
Cottonwood Foundation
Global Greengrants
Fund
www.moore.org/
www.markle.org/
Marra Foundation
Guidelines and project lists available.
The Astraea
National Lesbian Action Foundation
www.blaufund.org/
Four independent foundations, which fund arts, human
rights, and economic needs organizations.Funds nonprofits working with low-income people, and operates
a fellowship program for executive directors.
www.pewtrusts.org/
Details on grant applications, information
on grantees, and reports on the results of funded programs as well as Foundation press releases, publications
and reports. It is one of America`s oldest private foundations and one of the few with strong international
interests.Describes current funding interests in education, environment, and performing arts, with information
on past grantees and foundation operations.Partners with community resident-led efforts that seek to
understand their pasts, identify current assets and challenges, and take action. [English/Dutch/French
/Spanish]
feinstein rockefeller
www.arcusfoundation.org/
US-based, with a primary focus to address medical and educational needs
for underserved populations, as well as to strengthen Italian-American heritage.
www.mott.org/
Helen Bader
Foundation
www.gf.org/
www.marrafoundation.org/
Mustard Seed Foundation
Other interests include domestic
organizations providing support to Israel and national and international projects that address environmental
and population issues.
Sparkplug Foundation
The Arca Foundation
The Bradley Foundation
Venture philanthropy
which seeks out and supports innovative and successful grassroots organizations.
www.packard.org/
Includes
guidelines and recent awards.
The Kahanoff Foundation
Private foundation dedicated to improving health
and healthcare for Americans.A not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International
to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural
exchange programs.
interconnectedness grantees
chisholmfoundation.org/
Includes selection criteria.
www.feinsteinfoundation.org/
Flora
Family Foundation
www.hbf.org/
Hoffberger Foundation
[English/Japanese]
Describes funding programs, with
information on their "green" headquarters building, and links to nonprofit resources.
The Samuel
H. Kress Foundation
Describes funding priorities and application process.
kresge marra
Gives funding guidelines and
describes current programs.C. Provides family and foundations history, with details on issue areas and
programs.
Kimsey Foundation
Funds initiatives in education and medical research.
www.msfdn.org
www.goldmanfund
.org/
Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF)
Gives brief history, with details of fellows` work.
www.vanleergroupfoundation
.nl/
www.xminy.nl
lifebridge philanthropy
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
They briefly describe their history and projects.
www.butlerfamilyfund
.org/
Describes donation opportunities for individuals and organizations, with lists of grantees and
of advisors. Provides biographies of staff anf founder, with overview of program interests.Furthering
Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh`s shared vision of a balance between technological advancement and
environmental preservation.
www.mff.org/
www.pgafoundations.com/
Lists grantees, with information on the
board and staff.
www.kirschfoundation.org/
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Hitachi Foundation
Gives overview of work and tells how to donate.
mott grantees
www.brettfoundation.org/
www.csfund.org/
Areas funded include
education and international development.Consortium of family foundations and individual donors committed
to funding economic, environmental and social justice initiatives.
www.hfp.heinz.org/
Markle Foundation
The Mission Foundation
The Wallace Foundation
W.K.Kellogg Foundation
Supports a variety of programs with
a primary focus on abused women and children`s centers, children`s agencies, literacy, and scholarships
.
feinstein sparkplug
A community sponsored library.