OVERVIEW: The Dr. Seuss Foundation supports early literacy, education, arts and humanities, health and wellbeing, animal conservation, and the environment in San Diego, California and beyond. IP TAKE: The Dr. Seuss Foundation is an important … [Read more...] about Dr. Seuss Foundation
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Roy and Patricia Disney Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation supports affordable housing preservation, criminal justice reform and environmental justice, primarily in Los Angeles and secondarily in New Orleans and Tacoma, Washington. Civic empowerment … [Read more...] about Roy and Patricia Disney Foundation
Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation
Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund
OVERVIEW: The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund supports democracy and civic engagement, racial equity, wealth-inequality initiatives, higher education and health. Arts and culture and Jewish causes are additional areas of giving. IP TAKE: The Leonard … [Read more...] about Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
OVERVIEW: The Jessie Ball duPont Fund supports economic opportunity, inclusive public spaces and efforts by educational, cultural and historic preservation institutions to address legacies of exclusion. It works nationally but concentrates much of … [Read more...] about Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation is a broad, nationally oriented funder that awards relatively modest grants to a large and varied group of nonprofits. Its interests include arts and culture, education, health and human services, … [Read more...] about Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
de Beaumont Foundation
Doris Duke Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Doris Duke Foundation is a large national funder working across the arts, environmental conservation, child and family well-being, storytelling and medical research. The foundation is based in New York and had approximately $2.2 billion … [Read more...] about Doris Duke Foundation
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dystonia Medical Research Foundation backs research into the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of movement disorders. IP TAKE: This is a promising funder for early-career researchers pursuing innovative approaches to … [Read more...] about Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation’s interests include research on eating disorders, eating disorder treatment, youth and K-12 education. IP TAKE: The foundation's headquarters have moved from Philadelphia to Sarasota in July 2025, … [Read more...] about Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation
Deerfield Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Deerfield Foundation prioritizes grantmaking for the health of children in underserved communities, anyone in need of healthcare services, and people suffering from disease. IP TAKE: The Deerfield Foundation, the philanthropic arm of … [Read more...] about Deerfield Foundation
Jack Deloss Taylor Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The Jack Deloss Taylor Charitable Trust supports food security, health and human services in the U.S. and around the world. IP TAKE: The Jack Deloss Taylor Charitable Trust is a relatively low-profile funder that accepts unsolicited … [Read more...] about Jack Deloss Taylor Charitable Trust
Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation supports housing, human services, education, legal aid, and arts and culture. Its giving focuses on geographic areas served by its parent law firm. IP TAKE: This is a relationship-driven funder that … [Read more...] about Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
Democracy Fund
OVERVIEW: The Democracy Fund supports election reform, voting rights, government oversight, media and journalism, migrant's rights, and other efforts toward a fair and inclusive democracy in the U.S. IP TAKE: Democracy Fund is a well-connected … [Read more...] about Democracy Fund
Democracy Alliance
OVERVIEW: Democracy Alliance is an influential network of progressive individual donors, foundations and labor unions that coordinates strategy and investments across elections, public policy, civic engagement, worker organizing and state-based power … [Read more...] about Democracy Alliance
William Davidson Foundation
OVERVIEW: The William Davidson Foundation is a prominent supporter of Jewish causes, both in the United States and Israel. It also funds Jewish educators and businesses, arts and culture, and entrepreneurship in Southeast Michigan. IP TAKE: The … [Read more...] about William Davidson Foundation
D’Addario Foundation
OVERVIEW: The D’Addario Foundation supports music education programs as a way of building communities and affecting social change. IP TAKE: The D’Addario Foundation is a specialized music education funder that prioritizes intensive, ongoing … [Read more...] about D’Addario Foundation
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
OVERVIEW: he Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is a specialized but relatively straightforward prospect for organizations working in the humanities, research libraries and Venetian studies. IP TAKE: Eligible organizations can apply directly … [Read more...] about Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Alice M. Ditson Fund
OVERVIEW: The Alice M. Ditson Fund supports contemporary American classical music through performing organization grants and grants for recording projects. IP TAKE: Alice M. Ditson Fund is one of the most important champions of contemporary … [Read more...] about Alice M. Ditson Fund
Deer Creek Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Deer Creek Foundation’s primary purpose is to support organizations that promote government accountability, democratic institutions, civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. It also supports local public media in St. … [Read more...] about Deer Creek Foundation
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New York City-based Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation’s philanthropy consists of several awards and prizes for institutions of higher education, teachers and researchers in the areas of chemical sciences and engineering. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Dream Blue Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dream Blue Foundation’s grantmaking supports global development, global health and refugees from Syria’s civil war. IP TAKE: Dream Blue is a relatively small grantmaker with a limited pool of recipients, many of which receive repeat … [Read more...] about Dream Blue Foundation
DeLoitte Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Deloitte Foundation aims to “prepare students for tomorrow’s business challenges.” The foundation runs a range of signature programs and awards fellowships and awards, most in the fields of business and accounting education. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about DeLoitte Foundation
Dhanam Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dhanam Foundation is the personal foundation of Ram and Vijay Shriram and supports higher education, arts and culture, civic engagement, and human services. IP TAKE: Dhanam is a relatively low-profile but substantial funder that … [Read more...] about Dhanam Foundation
Donner Canadian Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Donner Canadian Foundation’s grantmaking focuses on climate change and clean energy, conservation, human rights and global health. IP TAKE: A separate entity from the U.S.-focused W.H. Donner Foundation, with which it shares some … [Read more...] about Donner Canadian Foundation
William H. Donner Foundation
OVERVIEW: The William H. Donner Foundation’s main areas of giving are education, environmental conservation and animal welfare. It also supports organizations working in global security, civic engagement and democracy, disease research and arts and … [Read more...] about William H. Donner Foundation
Dekko Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dekko Foundation supports early childhood development, K-12 education, career exploration, youth philanthropy, civic engagement, arts education and community development in select counties in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota. IP … [Read more...] about Dekko Foundation
John Deere Foundation
OVERVIEW: The John Deere Foundation supports global development, community development and education in geographic areas of interest. IP TAKE: The philanthropic arm of the U.S.-based agricultural equipment giant, the John Deere Foundation, is a … [Read more...] about John Deere Foundation
Daniels Fund
OVERVIEW: The fund supports education, mental health and housing and homelessness, taking special interest in youth, sports, the elderly and addiction recovery. IP TAKE: The Daniels Fund is a major Rocky Mountain West grantmaker with a clearly … [Read more...] about Daniels Fund
Cornell Douglas Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Cornell Douglas Foundation focuses on environmental conservation, environmental health concerns and sustainable food systems. IP TAKE: This Cornell Douglas Foundation doesn't appear to have closed shop but its website makes clear … [Read more...] about Cornell Douglas Foundation
