Links to Grantmakers
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The Alpha Charitable FoundationA registered charity in Canada and the United States. Dedicated to helping the handicapped, the poor, the elderly, the children and the destitute. |
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Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los AngelesA 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. . | |
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Art MattersArt 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.. | |
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The Benton FoundationThe 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. | |
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The Big Ben FoundationAims 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. | |
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The California Community Foundation: Administers charitable funds for individuals and others and makes grants to Los Angeles area nonprofit organizations. | |
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The Careth Foundation: Seeks to promote a compassionate world of enduring peace, with justice, and with social, economic, and political equality for all. | |
| The Charles Dana
Foundation: A private philanthropic foundation with principal
interests in health and education.
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| 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
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| 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 | |
| Freedom Forum
International
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| J.
Paul Getty Trust
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| 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. | |
| The Gorbachev Foundation/USA Home Page: A non-profit, non-partisan educational foundation created in 1992, to articulate and address the challenges of the post Cold War world. | |
| 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
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| Hartford
Foundation for Public Giving
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| John
Randoloph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
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| HEI
Charitable Foundation
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| Heinz Endowments
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| Hogg Foundation for
Mental Health
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| Howard Hughes Medical
Institute
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| Humboldt
Area Foundation
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation
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| Charles F. Kettering Foundation
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| Charles A. and Anne
Morrow Lindburgh Foundation
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| Edward Lowe Foundation
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| 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
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| Marin Community
Foundation
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| James S. McDonnell
Foundation
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| 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.
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| Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation
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| Naval
War College Foundation
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| 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
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| Open Society Institute
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Rex
Foundation
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| Rockefeller Brothers
Fund
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| 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
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| 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.
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| Scholarship Foundation of America: Awards merit-based scholarships to academically and creatively gifted college students. | |
| 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.
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| 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. | |
| Stern Family
Fund
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| Surdna Foundation | |
| Technology
Grants
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| Twentieth Century Fund | |
| United
States Foundations and Fundraising Coalitions
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| United States--Japan Foundation
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| Kurt
Weill Foundation for Music
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| Weingart
Foundation
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| Wellspring
Foundation
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| The Windermere Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless families. | |
| Whitaker
Foundation
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| Wilburforce
Foundation
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| Wray Trust
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| 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. | |
| Corporate Foundations | 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. |
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American ExpressThrough philanthropic activities 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.. | |
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The Ben & Jerry's FoundationOffers competitive grants to not-for-profit organizations which facilitate progressive social change, by addressing the root causes of societal or environmental | |
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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.) | |
| Digital Equipment Corporation | |
| GTE Foundation
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| Hewlett
Packard Company
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| IBM Corporation
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| Intel Corporation | |
| MCI
Communications Corporation
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| Medtronic
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| The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation: Established in 1990 for the improvement of quality of life and the empowerment of disabled youth. | |
| Nynex
Corporation
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| The Sega Foundation: Funds projects using technology,
innovation, and unconventional solutions for the betterment of children's lives.
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| Sprint Corporation
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| Sun Microsystems Community Development Grants Program
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| Texaco
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| Westinghouse
Foundation
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| Wisconsin
Power and Light Foundation
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| Associations of Grant Makers | Associated Grant
Makers of Massachusetts
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| Coordinating
Council for Foundations
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| Council of
Michigan Foundations
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| Delaware
Valley Grantmakers
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| Donors Forum of Chicago | |
| Indiana Donors
Alliance
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| The Foundation Center
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