Grant-Making Foundations
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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.
Andrus Family Fund
Provides funding for social change under programs for foster care and for community reconciliation.
Arcus Foundation
Gives funding guidelines and describes current programs. Focus areas include tolerance, gay and lesbian issues, and great apes. [English/Spanish]
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. Links to various foundations …
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Supports initiatives in education, world health and population, and community giving in the Pacific Northwest.
Brett Family Foundation
A grant making nonprofit organization that supports progressive charities and public policy initiations which help disadvantaged youth, improve public education, and create caring …
Broadcasters' Foundation
Provides anonymous financial assistance to fellow radio and television broadcasters who are in acute need.
Butler Family Fund
Concerned with homelessness and criminal justice reform, focusing on California, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., and London. Lists grantees, provides …
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Areas funded include education and international development. Includes complete guidelines for both grants and the Carnegie Corporation Scholars program.
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Funds as well as operates programs in the areas of learning differences and human services. Gives funding guidelines and descriptions of current initiatives.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Offers grants related to civil and human rights, environment, poverty. Includes issue/theme-based publications, searchable database of recent Mott-funded initiatives, links to a ho…
Chisholm Foundation
Supports charitable causes in education, the arts, and religion, especially seed or demonstration projects. Provides application instructions and contact information.
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
Funding emphasis on underprivileged youth and overpopulation, geographic emphasis on New York City and the Near East. Gives grant guidelines, recipients, financial statements, foun…
Common Counsel Foundation
Consortium of family foundations and individual donors committed to funding economic, environmental and social justice initiatives.
Cottonwood Foundation
Provides grants to grassroots organizations worldwide that combine protecting the environment, promoting cultural diversity, empowering people to meet their basic needs, and relyin…
CS Fund, Warsh/Mott Legacy, and CSE Fund
Currently funding in biotechnology, industrial globalization, and food sovreignty. Provides application procedure, with list of staff, directors, and current grantees.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Mission is to improve the quality of people's lives by preserving natural environments, seeking cures for diseases, and nurturing the arts.
Eisenhower Fellowships
Organizes and funds networking between potential leaders in the United States and those in other countries. Includes selection criteria.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Focuses on entrepreneurship and on education, with Kansas City serving as an incubator for academic programs. Describes funding guidelines, past initiatives, and publications.
Feinstein Foundation
Information about programs to fight hunger and to provide education and scholarships, founded by philanthropist and humanitarian Alan Shawn Feinstein.
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