Adobe
Philanthropy Council: Supports non-profit health and human service
organizations which service disadvantaged youth, the homeless, minorities
and victims of abuse; provide disaster relief, medical & hospice care,
meal services; and organizations which support human rights. Also support
the arts, environmental organizations, educational programs and animal
rights.
The
Alpha Charitable Foundation: A registered charity in Canada and the
United States. Dedicated to helping the handicapped, the poor, the elderly,
the children and the destitute.
Amatuer
Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles: A private non-profit institution
endowed with Southern California's share of the surplus funds generated
by 1984 Olympic Games. The AAF was established to manage that endowment
for the benefit of youth sports throughout Southern California. The AAF
has committed more than $60 million in behalf of its mission.
American
Express: Through philanthropic activites world-wide, American Express
seeks to be a good citizen in the communities in which we do business and
where the Company's employees and advisors live and work. The company makes
grants in three program areas: Community Service, Cultural Heritage, and
Economic Independence.
Ameritech
Corporation
Amoco
Foundation
Art
Matters: Art Matters Inc. is one of the few private foundations in
the country devoted to providing direct support to contemporary artists.
Since 1985, it has awarded nearly $3 million in fellowships to some 3,000
individuals.
AT&T
Foundation
Autodesk
Foundation
Francois-Xavier
Bagnoud Foundation
BankAmerica
Corporation
Banker's
Trust Foundation
BellSouth
Foundation
The Benton
Foundation: The foundation's Communications Policy Project promotes
public interest values and noncommercial services for the National Information
Infrastructure through research, policy analysis, print, video, online
publishing, and outreach to nonprofits and foundations.
Benton
Foundation Kid's Campaign
The
Ben & Jerry's Foundation: Offers competitive grants to not-for-profit
organizations which facilitate progressive social change, by addressing
the root causes of societal or environmental problems.
The
Big Ben Foundation: Aims to provide other Non-profit community-based
organizations with supplemental funding so they maintain existing programs
and provide new and better services for their local communities.
Burroughs
Wellcome Fund
The
Careth Foundation: Seeks to promote a compassionate world of enduring
peace, with justice, and with social, economic, and political equality
for all.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York: Supports education and health development
of children and youth; preventing deadly conflict; strengthening human
resources in developing countries; and special projects (technology, voting
rights, etc.)
The
Charles Dana Foundation: A private philanthropic foundation with principal
interests in health and education.
Ciba-Geigy
Foundation for Cooperation with Developing Countries: Established in
order to consolidate and reinforce the company contributions in the field
of humanitarian assistance made independently of business activities.
The
Commonwealth Fund: A philanthropic foundation established in 1918 by
Anna M. Harkness with the broad charge to enhance the common good. In 1986,
the Fund was given the assets of the James Picker Foundation, in support
of Picker programs to advance the Fund's mission. The Fund's current four
national program areas are improving health care services, bettering the
health of minority Americans, advancing the well-being of elderly people,
and developing the capacities of children and young people. In all its
national programs the Fund emphasizes prevention and promoting healthy
behavior.
Community
Foundation of Ottowa-Carleton
Digital
Equipment Corporation
European
Foundation Centre, Brussels
The
Flinn Foundation:Formed to Improve the Quality of Life in Arizona.
The Foundation support projects in health care and medical research, education,
and the arts.
FMC
Foundation
The
Foundation Center The Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit
information clearinghouse established in 1956. The Center's mission is
to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing,
analyzing and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving
and related subjects. The audiences that call on the Center's resources
include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media
and the general public.
Freedom
Forum International
J.
Paul Getty Trust
The
Paul F. Glenn Foundation for Medical Research: Supports research on
the mechanisms of biological aging. A good source for aging research links.
The Global
SchoolNet Foundation: Links children around the world. Since 1985 Global
SchoolNet Foundation (GSN) has been a leader in the instructional applications
of telecommunications. Today the Global SchoolNet Foundation is a major
contributor to the philosophy, design, culture, and content of educational
networking on the Internet and in the classroom.
GTE
Foundation
The
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation: provides fellowships for advanced
professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities,
creative arts) except the performing arts. Fellowships are not available
for students.
Gunk
Foundation
Hartford
Foundation for Public Giving
John
Randoloph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
HEI
Charitable Foundation
Heinz
Endowments
Hewlett
Packard Company
Hogg
Foundation for Mental Health
Howard
Hughes Medical Institute
Humboldt
Area Foundation
IBM
Corporation
Intel
Corporation
The
Irvine Health Foundation: Provides sponsorship, promotion and support
for educational, research and service activities related to health and
health care in the Orange County, California community.
The
International Foundation for Science: Supports the research efforts
of young scientists in developing countries.
Japan
Foundation
W.
Alton Jones Foundation: Funds work focusing on global environmental
protection and the prevention of nuclear war or other massive release of
radioactive material.
The
Elton John AIDS Foundation: Provides funds for direct care services
and prevention education projects on a national basis.
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
The
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Devoted exclusively to health, the
now has assets of approximately $440 million. The Foundation's work is
focuses on four main areas: health policy, reproductive health, HIV policy,
and health and development in South Africa. The Foundation also maintains
a special interest in health policy and innovation in its home state of
California. It is not associated with Kaiser hospitals or the Kaiser Permanente
Medical Care Program.
Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation
Charles
F. Kettering Foundation
John
S. and James L. Knight Foundation Established in 1950, the Knight Foundation
makes national grants in journalism, education, and the field of arts and
culture. It also supports organizations in 27 communities where the communications
company founded by the Knight brothers publishes newspapers but is wholly
separate from and independent of those newspapers.
Charles
A. and Anne Morrow Lindburgh Foundation
Edward
Lowe Foundation
The
George Lucas Educational Foundation: Established to facilitate the
innovative uses of multimedia technologies to enhance teaching and learning.
The
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Dedicated to helping
groups and individuals to improve the human condition.
Make
a Wish Foundation: Helps grant wishes to terminally-ill children between
the ages of 21/2 and 18.
Manitou
Foundation
Marin
Community Foundation
James
S. McDonnell Foundation
MCI
Communications Corporation
Medtronic
The
Medina Foundation: Aids in improving the human condition in the greater
Puget Sound community by fostering positive change, growth and the improvement
of people. The Foundation operates by making grants to selected qualified
charitable organizations rather than to public institutions.
Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation
The
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation: Established in 1990 for the
improvement of quality of life and the empowerment of disabled youth.
The
National Association of Rare Disorders
Naval
War College Foundation
The
New York Foundation for the Arts: A nonprofit arts service organization,
one of the largest providers of grants and services to individual artists
and their organizations in all artistic disciplines in the United States.
Through its fellowships, residencies, sponsored projects, management services,
loans, information and advocacy services, the Foundation works with artists
and arts organizations throughout New York State and other parts of the
country to bring the work of contemporary artists to the public.
The
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard is the oldest mid-career
fellowship program for journalists in the world. They are awarded to working
journalists of particular accomplishment and promise for an academic year
of study.
Northern
California Community Foundation
Nynex
Corporation
Open
Society Institute
The
Ottinger Foundation is a private family foundation that supports organizations
promoting democratic participation, economic justice, environmental preservation,
and energy conservation.
David
and Lucille Packard Foundation
The
Pew Charitable Trusts: Encourages individual development and personal
achievement, cross-disciplinary problem solving and innovative, practical
approaches to meeting the changing needs of a global community. Each year,
the Trusts make grants of about $180 million to between 400 and 500 nonprofit
organizations.
The
Point Foundation: A not-for-profit umbrella providing legal corporate
shelter for Whole Earth's (as in: The Whole Earth Catalogue) operations
and projects.
Research
Funding Agencies
Rex
Foundation
Rockefeller
Brothers Fund
The
Rotary Foundation: Rotary International provides humanitarian grants
which improve the quality of life throughout the world; and sponsors international
ambassadors of goodwill through educational awards to university students
and teachers and through international exchanges of business and professional
people. These programs are all directed toward furthering understanding
and friendly relations among the world's people.
Joseph
Rowntree Charitable Trust: A BritishQuaker trust, funds work on social
justice and peace issues in the UK, Ireland and South Africa.
Russell
Sage Foundation
Sabre
Foundation Inc.: Devoted to the philosophy and practice of free institutions.
Its projects in recent years have focused on book donation, education,
private sector development, and higher learning, primarily in Eastern Europe
and countries of the former Soviet Union.
Scholarship
Foundation of America: Awards merit-based scholarships to academically
and creatively gifted college students.
The
Sega Foundation: Funds projects using technology, innovation, and unconventional
solutions for the betterment of children's lives.
Sierra
Club Foundation: Offers its services in receiving, administering, and
disbursing funds for tax-exempt charitable, scientific, artistic, and educational
purposes both to the Sierra Club and to other environmental endeavors.
The
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Supports programs primarily in four areas:
Science and Technology; Standard of Living, Competitiveness, and Economics;
Education and Careers in Science and Technology; and Selected National
Issues.
Sprint
Corporation
Stern
Family Fund
Sun
Microsystems Community Development Grants Program
Surdna
Foundation
Technology
Grants
Texaco
Twentieth
Century Fund
United
States Foundations and Fundraising Coalitions
United
States--Japan Foundation
Kurt
Weill Foundation for Music
Weingart
Foundation
Wellspring
Foundation
Westinghouse
Foundation
The
Windermere Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping
homeless families.
Whitaker
Foundation
Wilburforce
Foundation
Wisconsin
Power and Light Foundation
Wray
Trust
The
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation: Supports charitable works in the State
of North Carolina. No other general purpose foundation in the country as
large - approximately $300 million - has a mandate to make grants within
a single state.
Regional Associations of Grant Makers
Associated
Grant Makers of Massachusetts
Coordinating
Council for Foundations
Council
of Michigan Foundations
Delaware
Valley Grantmakers
Donors
Forum of Chicago
Indiana
Donors Alliance
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