David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: Conservation and Science; Population; and Children, Families, and Communities. www.packard.org
Nobel Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contributing toward increasing access to innovations in education, technology, and world health.
www.gatesfoundation.org
Foundation Center
Independent nonprofit organization established by foundations to increase public understanding of the foundation field.
www.fdncenter.org
Ashoka
Council on Foundations
Association of foundations and corporations, serving the public good by promoting and enhancing effective and responsible philanthropy.
www.cof.org
Ford Foundation,
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Focusing on building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems. www.wkkf.org
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation@
United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Promotes the partnership between the public and private sectors in order to raise funds and provide grants for UN initiatives. Focuses on children's health, environment, women and population, and humanitarian projects.
www.unfoundation.org
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Makes grants in the following areas: conservation and the environment, cultural programs, higher education and scholarship, population, and public affairs. www.mellon.org
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Administers grants relevant to civil society, environment, Flint, MI, and poverty, as well as special projects.
www.mott.org
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Supports programs in education, performing arts, population, environment, conflict resolution, family and community development, and U.S.-Latin American relations.
www.hewlett.org
Charles A. Dana Foundation
Supports health research
and school reform by means of
grants and public education initiatives.
www.dana.org
Impact Fund, The
Funding and technical assistance for public interest litigation in the areas of civil and human rights, environmental justice and poverty law.
www.impactfund.org
Rockefeller Foundation,
Allavida
International organization bringing together grant-making, training, capacity building, research, and publishing. www.allavida.org
Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation, The
Supports programs and projects which address subjects including hunger, world peace, cultural diversity, leadership, agricultural science, the environment, and service learning.
www.normanborlaug.org
Common Counsel Foundation
Offers strategic philanthropic advisory services to donors and family foundations while serving the community at large.
www.commoncounsel.org
American Endowmment Foundation (AEF)
Offers information about charitable donor-advised funds.
www.aefonline.org
Feed the Minds
Supports literacy, publishing, education, and other causes in developing countries through grants.
www.feedtheminds.org
Norman Foundation
Making grants to organizations in the areas of civil rights and individual liberties, economic justice, and environmental justice.
www.normanfdn.org
Flora Family Foundation
Supporting selected activities of charitable organizations. Proposals accepted by invitation only.
www.florafamily.org
Ittleson Foundation
Providing resources for organizations that serve the environment, those with AIDS, and those with mental health problems.
www.IttlesonFoundation.org
Scaife Foundations
Family of conservative foundations that fund public policy, family and traditional values, historic preservation and education programs.
www.scaife.com
Max and Anna Levinson Foundation
Private foundation making grants for social, environmental, Jewish, and cultural projects aimed at developing a more humane society.
www.levinsonfoundation.org
French American Charitable Trust (FACT)
Supports nonprofit organizations in the United States and in France, working on root causes of poverty and inequality.
www.factservices.org
Resist, Inc.
Providing grants to grassroots activist, progressive and radical groups and organizations in the United States. resistinc.org
We Share Foundation
Raising funds and making grants to support humanitarian, educational, and research causes worldwide.
www.wesharefoundation.org
Onaway Trust
Supporting extensive numbers of projects worldwide, including poverty and disaster relief, animal welfare, and the support of indigenous peoples. Donate online.
www.onaway.org
Do Right Foundation
Seeks to fund pilot programs addressing violence prevention, joblessness, justice system productivity, welfare, government efficiency and parenting skills.
www.doright.org
Thomas C. Wales Memorial Foundation
Charitable foundation promoting fairer justice, rational discourse, community involvement, and related causes.
www.walesfoundation.org
Marlene F. Johnson Fund
Provides information on applying for grants for scholarly writings concerning Christian Science. Summarizes past scholarship on the denomination's history, Biblical roots, and healing practice.
www.johnsonfund.org
Betaseron Champions of Courage
Grant-giving program that recognizes achievements of people with MS and provides financial grants to support their inspirational work in their respective communities.
www.championsofcourage.org
Change Happens Foundation
Nonprofit private foundation that supports the development of innovative technology and progressive ideas that generate a force for positive change.
www.changehappens.us
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Private family foundation that supports programs that offer opportunities to the disadvantaged, strengthens the bond of families, and improves the quality of people's lives.
www.crownmemorial.org