AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships - American Association for the Advancement of Science public policy fellowship programs provide opportunities for accomplished postdoctoral to midcareer scientists and engineers to contribute to the public policymaking process.
AAUW Educational Foundation - Fellowships and grants from the American Association of University Women.
Abbott Laboratories Fund - Areas of interest include human health and welfare, elementary, secondary and higher education, and culture, the arts and civic activities.
Adobe Community Relations Council - Site provides information on Adobe software product donations.
Agrilink Foods: Philanthropy and Community Service - Areas include health, community services, education, youth, agricultural research and cultural programs. Site features grant request criteria.
Alaska Conservation Foundation - community foundation for the environment that receives and awards grants throughout the Alaska to protect the integrity of Alaska's ecosystems and promote sustainable livelihoods for Alaska communities and people.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Albuquerque Community Foundation - Nonprofit philanthropic organization operating primarily as a permanent collection of endowed funds for the long-term benefit of the Albuquerque community.
Alcoa Research Grants - Offers research grants "to develop new process(es) to reduce the cost of producing primary aluminum metal." Site includes rules for proposal submission.
Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation - Supports medical research and scholarship, Greek cultural efforts, and environmental work among many other causes, both Greek and international.
Alliant Energy - Funds grants in education, human services, and community and cultural affairs. Site features guidelines, how-to information, and corporate giving reports.
ALZA Corporation Community Relations - Areas of interest include education, health and human services, science, and arts and culture.
Ameren Community Services - Funding areas involve education, services for youth, services for the elderly and on the environment.
American Association of University Women - Promotes education and equity for all women and girls. The Association, through the grassroots effort of its 160,000 members and more than 1,600 branches nationwide, takes local- and national-level action on the critical social issues related to its mission.
American Express Company - Priorities for funding include community service, cultural heritage, and programs that encourage and develop economic self-reliance.
American Savings Foundation - Accepts applications for scholarships and educational program grants from within their service area.
Americorps (Corporation for National Service) - In return for serving the United States in humanitarian, educational, or environmental endeavors, students get awards they can use for paying off college loans, or scholarships while they are in college.
Ameritech Community Involvement - Funds programs that "improve education, economic development and quality of life."
AMR Foundation - Supports nonprofit organizations in the communities the company serves, especially Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago, Miami, and San Juan.
An Uncommon Legacy - Dedicated to the visibility, strength, and vitality of the lesbian community. Legacy invests in our future by awarding scholarships to "out" students with leadership potential, and by awarding grants to fund projects and organizations that contribute to our community's health, education and culture.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
AOL Foundation - Funds a variety of areas, including children and family, healthcare, and information technology for underserved populations.
Appalachian Community Fund - community foundation established to provide grants to groups promoting progressive community change in the central region of Appalachia. Awards grants in the four states of central Appalachia: eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee and all of West Virginia.
ARCS Foundation - National volunteer women's organization dedicated to helping the best and brightest U. S. graduate and undergraduate students by providing scholarships in the natural sciences, medicine, and engineering.
Arizona Community Foundation - mission is to develop a permanent pool of endowed philanthropic funds from diverse donor sources; use the income from that endowment to trace the community's changing needs; help donors exercise their varied charitable interests; provide wise stewardship of donor gifts; and serve as a catalyst for constructive social change.
Ashland Foundation - Funds programs in education, health and the arts and is a sponsor of the ARTS program in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.
Asia Society - Tremendous resource for information about Asia and Asian America
AT&T Foundation - Grantmaking areas include education, arts and culture, and civic and community service.
Atlas Economic Research Foundation - Helps to create, develop, advise, and support independent public policy research institutes internationally.
ATR Foundation - To create a more equitable, just, and environmentally sound society for all by funding activist, community based organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
Avon Foundation - Supports women's programs in four categories, including health, education, community and social services, and arts and culture.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Corporate Contributions Program - Areas of interest include early childhood development, education, health and welfare, hospitals, cultural, civic, and environmental. Applicants must be from the central Maryland service area.
Baxter Allegiance Foundation - Interests include children, health education, and health care.
Bayer Foundation - Grantmaking in three areas: "civic and community programs; science education and workforce development; and the arts, arts education and culture."
Bechtel Foundation - Primary areas of interest feature youth and educational programs, particularly math and science education, and to selected colleges and universities, specifically engineering and business programs.
Bell Atlantic Foundation - Grantmaking interests include educational and community efforts in information technology. Grants may be applied for online and responses are received within two business days.
BellSouth Foundation - Funds programs located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Ben & Jerry's Foundation - Funding interests are focused on "grass roots organizing" in communities. Site includes guidelines and an application form.
Benton Foundation - Benton seeks to shape the emerging communications environment and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems. Through demonstration projects, media production and publishing, research, conferences, and grantmaking, Benton takes on the critical questions for democracy in the information age. [International]
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations - Supports initiatives in education, world health and population, and community giving in the Pacific Northwest.
Boston Globe Foundation - Supports youth programs based in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Chelsea, primarily in low-income neighborhoods.
Brookshire Grocery Co. - Site offers contact information for programs Brookshire supports.
California Community Foundation - Established in 1915, was Los Angeles's first grantmaking institution and is the country's second-oldest community foundation.
Carnegie Corporation of New York - created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.
Carolina Power and Light Co. - Supports programs in education, economic development and the environment in the company service area.
Central Indiana Community Foundation
Charitable Gift Fund - Helping people find better and smarter ways to give to philanthropy, for example through pooled giving.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation - Civil Society, Environment, Flint and Poverty. Site includes issue/theme-based publications, searchable database of recent Mott-funded initiatives, links to a host of grantee websites and grant application procedures.
Children's Scholarship Fund - Gifts will send thousands of US public school students to private school; working to expand educational opportunity for low-income families.
Claremont Community Foundation - private nonprofit organization which accepts tax-deductible gifts from individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, and other organizations seeking to maximize their long-term philanthropic impact.
Common Counsel Foundation - Consortium of family foundations and individual donors committed to funding economic, environmental and social justice initiatives.
Community Foundation for Muskegon County
Community Foundation for Oak Park - Supporting Agoura, California with volunteers and grants since 1979.
Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Community Involvement - Grant information from the Boston Gas Company.
Community of Science - An international collaborative network of scientists and their institutions whose goal is to accelerate science and promote the visibility and funding of scientific research. Site contains searchable databases.
Conservation Alliance - Group of 56 outdoor businesses whose collective contributions support grassroots citizen-action groups and their efforts to protect wild and natural areas where outdoor enthusiasts recreate.
Corning Foundation - Supports projects for education, cultural, community and selected national organizations.
Cottonwood Foundation - Promoting empowerment of people, protection of the environment, and respect for cultural diversity.
Council of Independent Colleges - Provides professional and educational development services for the presidents, deans, and faculty of well over 400 independent, liberal arts colleges and universities.
Council on Foundations - A nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations. Our mission is to promote responsible and effective philanthropy by assisting existing and future grantmakers.
CUR - Information about grants-in-aid for undergraduate research from the Council of Undergraduate Research.
Dan Culver Follow Your Dream Foundation - Private Foundation formed after climber Dan Culver died on K2 in 1993. Dedicated to promoting youth leadership and environmental stewardship.
Deere and Company: Contributions - Contributes to human services, community development, educational enterprises, and cultural opportunities.
Deloitte and Touche Foundation - Provides for nonprofit organizations which support teaching and research in accounting, business, and related fields.
Denver Foundation - A community foundation for metropolitan Denver. Receives contributions and donations. Invests and manages endowment funds. Creates donor funds. Makes grants to nonprofit organizations.
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.
Dreyer's Foundation - Funding priorities include community and educational support, particularly K-12.
DuPont Philanthropy - Corporate Contributions - Dedicated to funding programs in community service, the environment, and education.
eBay Foundation - Site includes information on funding for children, education, volunteerism, economic and community revitalization, and the environment.
EDS Technology Grants - Features information on grants to schoolteachers of children ages 6 through 12 for the purchase of "information technology products and services that will improve their pupils' ability to learn."
El Paso Community Foundation - charitable vehicle which provides ways for donors to meet current and future community needs in accordance with their own philanthropic interests.
Entertaiment Industry Foundation - Funds programs in a variety of areas, including education and children's services, the arts, community service, the environment, AIDS, and literacy.
Ernst and Young Foundation - Philanthropic tradition of investing in higher education, our communities, and numerous civic and cultural organizations.
ExxonMobil - Makes direct contributions to charitable organizations in the U.S. and also funds the Exxon Education Foundation.
Farmers Insurance - Grants - Site features application guidelines and information on supported programs.
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Company - Program support provided to projects in the areas of education, the environment, civic affairs, health and welfare, and arts and the humanities.
Foundation Center Online - "Your gateway to philanthopy on the Web"
Foundation For The Carolinas - A philanthropic organization that manages charitable resources for individuals and groups in the Carolinas, identifies community needs, makes grants to nonprofits.
Foundation for the Evolution of the Human Spirit - Fund for Earth and Humanity - Program to support individuals and organizations that have a vision for a program or project for the health and healing of the Earth and Humanity, but don't have the necessary resources to do so.
Foundation for the Mid South - makes grants "to build the capacity of communities, organizations, and individuals" throughout the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Foundations On-Line
Gannett Foundation - Funds projects in a variety of areas in communities in which Gannett "has a local daily newspaper, broadcast station or cable TV operation."
GE Fund - Areas of funding interest include education, arts and culture, and public policy.
Genentech, Inc.: Independent, Non-Profit Foundations - Provides grants through two foundations: Genentech Foundation for Biomedical Sciences and Genentech Foundation for Human Growth and Development.
General Mills - Community Involvement - Funding priorities include family life, education, arts and culture, and health and nutrition.
German-American Academic Council (GAAC) - Created to strengthen German- American cooperation in all fields of the sciences (including the natural, physical, medical, and social sciences and engineering) and humanities, particularly by joint activities of young scientists and scholars, by supporting policy studies on topics of mutual interest to both countries, and by serving as a forum for transatlantic dialogue concerning the fundamental issues confronting modern industrial societies.
Girls Global Education Fund - Provides scholarships for girls in developing countries to attend primary, junior high and high school.
Global Community Foundation - International non-profit charity organization for a global community with a social security system for all countries.
Golden Apple Foundation
Grable Foundation - Supporting programs that help children develop by improving educational opportunities, supporting community efforts, and strengthening families.
Graduate Fellowship - Science and engineering graduate fellowships from the Department of Defense (NDSEG).
Grand Island Community Foundation
Grants Net - Research funding information from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Greater Rochester Area Community Foundation
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Helen Bader Foundation - The Milwaukee-based Helen Bader Foundation supports innovative programs that are making an impact on the lives of people throughout Wisconsin, the United States, and Israel.
Hertz Foundation - Private foundation which provides fellowships for use at three dozen of the world's finest universities for graduate work.
Hilton Head Island Foundation - A growing, community-supported, nonprofit endowment of resources for the betterment of the Hilton Head, SC community.
Humboldt Area Foundation
Independent Accountants International - Non-profit, global association of independent accounting and business consulting firms. Awards Accounting scholarships.
International Foundation for Science - International Foundation for Science (Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden)gives research grants to young scientists in the developing world to undertake research projects in the Biological and Agricultural Sciences in their own countries.
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation - The Foundation offers James Madison Fellowships to a select group of individuals desiring to become outstanding teachers of the American Constitution.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Home Page - The Foundation only supports individuals. It does not make grants to institutions or organizations.
Kerrville Area Community Trust
Kosciuszko Foundation - Dedicated to promoting educational and cultural exchanges between the United States and Poland and to increasing American understanding of Polish culture and history.
Lincoln Community Foundation
Lindbergh Foundation - Furthering Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's shared vision of a balance between technological advancement and environmental preservation
Lubbock Area Foundation
Macon County Community Foundation - Information about this Franklin, NC grant-maker, its local family of charitable endowments, and its affiliation with the North Carolina Community Foundation.
Magic Johnson Foundation - Promoting the health, social, and educational well-being of urban youth.
Maine Community Foundation
Marin Community Foundation
Mega Foundation - Helping severely gifted individuals to reach their potential and find camaraderie. Also funds research efforts.
Minneapolis Foundation
Minnesota Foundation
Montana Community Foundation
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
NASA - Scientific research funding opportunities from NASA.
National Council for the Social Studies
National Endowment for Financial Education
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
National Geographic Society Education Foundation
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
National Physical Science Consortium - Graduate Fellowship program in the physical sciences, targeting minorities and women to provide diversity and balance to meet future needs of academia and industry.
National Science Foundation - United States government organization with opportunities for research and education funding in all areas of science and engineering.
National Society of Accountants Scholarship Fund
NATSEN Charity.org - Currently seeking funds to award to financially needy highly talented students working toward degrees in accredited Higher Education institutions.
New Israel Fund - Non-partisan philanthropic partnership of North Americans, Israelis, and Europeans. It supports a network of non-government organizations in Israel that safeguard civil and human rights, promote Jewish-Arab equality and coexistence, advance the status of women, foster tolerance and pluralism, bridge social and economic gaps, pursue environmental justice, and encourage government accountability.
New Visions for Public Schools
North Valley Community Foundation
Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation
NRA Foundation - "firearm-related public interest activities of the National Rifle Association of America"
Ontario Challenge Fund - A partnership between five ministries of the Ontario government and the Ontario Jobs and Investment Board. It was created to strengthen and promote research and development in Ontario.
Orange County Community Foundation - For people and organizations seeking a vehicle with which to support non-profit organizations in Orange County, California as well as a place for non-profits and individuals to find additional support.
Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
Paul Allen Foundations - Details the many foundations created by Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft).
Peninsula Community Foundation - From South San Francisco through Silicon Valley, the Peninsula Community Foundation provides the tools concerned citizens need to accomplish their charitable giving goals. The Foundation works with local donors to make grants for community needs.
Pinellas County Community Foundation
Princeton Area Community Foundation - Princeton, New Jersey non-profit community foundation that exists to oversee endowment funds set up by members of its community, and to make charitable grants to local people and organizations. They are pools of funds invested for the futures of their communities
Public Entity Risk Institute - Programs seek to advance the state and practice of risk management, disaster management, and environmental liability management, especially among smaller organizations.
Puerto Rico Community Foundation
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund - Dedicated to improving the well-being of people in transition to global interdependence.
Rockefeller Family Fund
Rose Community Foundation - Supports the health and well-being of the greater Denver, Colorado community. Grantmaking programs focus on aging, child and family development, education, health, and Jewish life.
Saginaw Community Foundation - The Saginaw Community Foundation links donor interests and community needs through grants spanning the entire range of community concerns.
San Diego Community Foundation
San Diego Foundation for Change - Public foundation granting funds to grassroots organizations in the San Diego, CA/Tijuana border region that promote various left-wing and social justice causes.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation
Sonoma County Community Foundation
Sonora Area Foundation
Sons of Italy Foundation - To preserve Italian-American culture, encourage educational excellence, and support transatlantic initiatives for diplomatic, economic, and educational exchanges.
Southern Education Foundation - For more than a century has helped secure equal educational opportunities for all, regardless of race.
Surdna Foundation - A private grantmaking foundation which provides grants for a variety of programs.
Swiss National Science Foundation - Supports scientific research at Swiss Universities and other scientific institutions and awards fellowships to young scientists.
The Aetna Foundation - Funding interest areas include health, education, and the arts. Site provides grantmaking guidelines.
The Annenberg Foundation
The Arca Foundation - Primary concern is the overwhelming influence of private money in politics and its effect on who runs for public office, who wins, and in whose interest they govern. Arca's funding emphasizes educational efforts to expose this legal form of corruption and suggest effective remedies at the state and national level. Also funds projects that address the imbalance of power in society more generally, emphasizing issues of economic equity and labor rights at home and abroad.
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation - Supporting programs and organizations that create opportunity, enhance self-esteem and increase awareness about cultural and community issues among young men and women.
The Asia Foundation - Private, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization working to advance the mutual interests of the United States and the Asia Pacific region.
The Aurora Foundation
The Boston Foundation - committed to development of community in and around the City of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Club Foundation - Established to make increased educational opportunities for club management possible.
The Columbus Foundation - community foundation serving donors and communities primarily in central Ohio as a charitable trust and nonprofit corporation.
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven - Provides local donors the opportunity to engage in philanthropy in a variety of ways. The Community Foundation engages in three principle activities: grantmaking, convening and capacity building.
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties - serves Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, with creative, visionary, and sensitive grants that address the rapidly evolving needs of an area which is experiencing dynamic growth and rapid social change.
The Community Foundation of Louisville - Donors help worthy Kentucky causes through philanthropy or charitable funds created with the Community Foundation of Louisville.
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee - non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in Middle Tennessee.
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Deb Richard Foundation - Funds college or vocational scholarships for kids with physical challenges.
The Delaware Community Foundation
The Dell Foundation - Funds community and children's programs in central Texas.
The European Foundation Centre - To promote and underpin the work of foundations and corporate funders active in and with Europe.
The Fieldstone Foundation - Funds programs which deal specifically with projects for children and families, including drug and alcohol abuse, child abuse, community violence, and school retention.
The Glendale Community Foundation
The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
The GTE Foundation - Supports organizations involved in education, the arts, and health and human services. Grant applications are included online in PDF format.
The Henry Luce Foundation
The Jackie Robinson Foundation - Provides comprehensive scholarships and support services to minority students enrolled at institutions of higher education.
The Jimi Hendrix Family Foundation - Provides funding for education, inner-city developments and humanitarian aid.
The MacArthur Foundation - programs, how to apply, research, reports, recent announcements, and other materials.
The Michael Stewart Foundation - Established by Michael Stewart, former NFL star (Rams & Dolphins 87-96), to help students achieve excellence in both academics and athletics.
The Midland Foundation - The Midland Foundation was established to support the charitable, cultural, educational, recreational and scientific needs of the Midland area with grants and scholarships.
The Milwaukee Foundation - The Milwaukee Foundation provides a way to make charitable gifts that benefit Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha and Washington counties perpetually. Donors may establish named charitable endowment funds within the Foundation through bequests, charitable trusts, and other contributions. These gifts provide the advantages of a private foundation with better tax savings.
The Omaha Community Foundation - A community foundation facilitating charitable giving in the greater Omaha area by creating permanent endowment funds with assets from donors who use the earned investment interest for grants and scholarships.
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Foundation has four priority areas of funding – the arts, education, publishing and overseas projects, which are mainly concentrated in India.
The Rhode Island Foundation - The Rhode Island Foundation is a testimony to the continuing generosity of Rhode Islanders. Since 1916 we have grown together an endowment, the income from which will provide support to Rhode Island institutions and initiatives today and in perpetuity.
The Rockefeller Foundation - a very rich philanthropic organization endowed by John D. Rockefeller and chartered in 1913 for the well-being of people throughout the world. It is one of America’s oldest private foundations and one of the few with strong international interests. "The foundation has sought to identify, and address at their source, the causes of human suffering and need."
The Rotary Foundation
The Saint Paul Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation - The San Francisco Foundation is a regional community foundation serving the Bay Area. We partner with diverse organizations and donors to create new opportunities and to be a catalyst for change.
The Seattle Foundation - The Seattle Foundation was established in 1946 to create an endowment to improve the quality of life for the people of the Puget Sound region.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund - TMSF was established to help students wishing to attend one of the 38 historically black public colleges and universities.
Tides Foundation - Donor-advised grants to nonprofits working toward social change in the US and abroad.
Triangle Community Foundation
UK Research Office - A subscriber based organisation providing information & advice primarily to UK organisations on European Union funded opportunities for research & higher education.
Vermont Community Foundation - The Vermont Community Foundation provides grants and training for nonprofit organizations based in, or serving, Vermont.
W.K.Kellogg Foundation - Focuses on improving current and future communities' quality of life in the United States, Latin America, Caribbean, and southern Africa.
World of Knowledge Foundation, Inc. - Funding for educational scholarships, grants and materials for people in America's culturally diverse communities, foreign national students, international students and immigrants.