OVERVIEW: Alumbra Innovations Foundation supports ocean and coastal conservation, regenerative aquaculture, land and water stewardship, place-based education, arts and culture, and community resilience. Additional grantmaking has supported public and … [Read more...] about Alumbra Innovations Foundation
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Arsenault Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Arsenault Family Foundation supports global security, economic development and leadership development with a focus on women’s rights and empowerment. IP TAKE: This low-profile family funder is a difficult prospect for organizations … [Read more...] about Arsenault Family Foundation
Alliance for Hope International
OVERVIEW: The Alliance for Hope International provides national/international survivor-services, systems-change and technical-assistance organization that as well as limited grantmaking to organizations working with victims of domestic abuse and … [Read more...] about Alliance for Hope International
Autodesk Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Autodesk Foundation makes grants and impact investments to develop and scale impactful solutions to social and environmental problems around the world. Giving targets industries in which the foundation's parent software company is … [Read more...] about Autodesk Foundation
American Express
OVERVIEW: American Express supports education, work and opportunity, and disaster relief in states and countries where it maintains operations. IP TAKE: Through its Community Impact Mission and affiliated charitable foundation, American Express … [Read more...] about American Express
AMB Foundation
OVERVIEW: The AMB Foundation’s grantmaking revolves around global health, education, civic issues and indigenous equity in North, Central and South America. IP TAKE: AMB is a small, accessible funder for organizations working directly with Native … [Read more...] about AMB Foundation
Archstone Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Archstone Foundation’s grantmaking focuses on the health and well-being of older adults in California. IP TAKE: Archstone is a strong prospect for California nonprofits working at the intersection of aging, health equity, community … [Read more...] about Archstone Foundation
Arc of Justice
OVERVIEW: Arc of Justice, formerly known as the Benjamin Fund, supports community organizing and democracy efforts around the United States. IP TAKE: Arc of Justice is an inaccessible but potentially significant prospect for progressive … [Read more...] about Arc of Justice
American Medical Association Foundation
OVERVIEW: The American Medical Association Foundation runs programs and awards for medical education, professional development, physician support, disaster relief, LGBTQ+ health and broader health-outcomes work. IP TAKE: This is an excellent … [Read more...] about American Medical Association Foundation
American Philosophical Society
OVERVIEW: The American Philosophical Society is a learned society for researchers, scientists, and academics offering grants, fellowships, publications, exhibitions, seminars, and other resources through its library and museum. IP TAKE: The … [Read more...] about American Philosophical Society
Ameriprise Financial
OVERVIEW: Ameriprise Financial commits to grantmaking that creates “positive change” in communities across the U.S. This includes not only meeting “basic needs” but also supporting “community vitality.” IP TAKE: Ameriprise is formally accessible … [Read more...] about Ameriprise Financial
Advocates for Climate Innovation
OVERVIEW: Advocates for Climate Innovation, formerly the Linden Trust, focuses on market-based approaches that can provide long-term financing for policy work in climate change and conservation. IP TAKE: Advocates for Climate Innovation is a … [Read more...] about Advocates for Climate Innovation
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
OVERVIEW: The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative supports projects related to humanitarian relief, human rights and higher education across the globe. IP TAKE: Aurora is best known for its $1 million Aurora Prize, but its funding model extends beyond … [Read more...] about Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
Alstom Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Alstom Foundation broadly funds global development projects focusing on economic development, social development, access to mobility, and access to energy and water. Grants support projects in regions of the world where Alstom has an … [Read more...] about Alstom Foundation
Adobe Foundation
OVERVIEW: Adobe conducts philanthropy through its corporate social responsibility program and a charitable foundation. This funder focuses on expanding opportunity for marginalized people via career development, mainly in the technology sector. … [Read more...] about Adobe Foundation
amfAR: The Foundation for AIDS Research
OVERVIEW: amfAR, also known as the Foundation for AIDS Research, devotes its global funding to research, advocacy and treatment for HIV/AIDS and adjacent areas in which viruses and the immune system play a defining role, including cancer, … [Read more...] about amfAR: The Foundation for AIDS Research
Amgen Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Amgen Foundation primarily makes grants in two areas, science education and community improvement, in places where its parent company operates. Amgen also does limited grantmaking for disaster relief. IP TAKE: The Amgen Foundation … [Read more...] about Amgen Foundation
Ametek Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Ametek Foundation broadly funds charitable work in the communities where its parent company has a presence. Areas of interest are education health, civic engagement and economic opportunity. IP TAKE: The AMETEK Foundation is a … [Read more...] about Ametek Foundation
Avon Progress for Women
OVERVIEW: This corporate giving program supports organizations whose work relates to breast cancer and gender-based violence. IP TAKE: von remains a significant corporate supporter of women’s causes, but grantseekers should distinguish its current … [Read more...] about Avon Progress for Women
American Hearing Research Foundation
OVERVIEW: The American Hearing Research Foundation supports research related to hearing and balance disorders. IP TAKE: AHRF is a specialized national funder of hearing and balance research, with a particular interest in supporting early-stage … [Read more...] about American Hearing Research Foundation
Additional Ventures
OVERVIEW: Additional Ventures focuses its grantmaking on finding a cure for single-ventricle heart diseases. IP TAKE: Additional Ventures is a significant but highly specialized biomedical funder. Its current strategy is almost entirely focused on … [Read more...] about Additional Ventures
Allen Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Allen Foundation focuses on nutrition research and education. It also makes a limited number of grants for hunger and food systems. IP TAKE: This low-profile funder is a good one to know if your organization works in the area of … [Read more...] about Allen Foundation
Alliance for Full Acceptance
OVERVIEW: The Alliance for Full Acceptance supports LBGTQ organizations that support the emotional health and well-being of LGBTQ youth in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. IP TAKE: While the Alliance for Full Acceptance maintains a … [Read more...] about Alliance for Full Acceptance
Aurora Trust
OVERVIEW: The U.K.-based Aurora Trust makes grants for climate change, environment and sustainable agriculture. IP TAKE: Don't let the "climate change, environment and sustainable agriculture" focus fool you into thinking Aurora Trust is easy to … [Read more...] about Aurora Trust
All Points North Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports organizations that promote middle school education, including teacher training and student development, and solar energy initiatives. This funder also supports solar energy initiatives. IP TAKE: All Points North … [Read more...] about All Points North Foundation
Abbott Fund
OVERVIEW: The Abbott Fund typically supports large, established organizations. It makes grants to expand access to healthcare, promote community engagement and develop interest in STEM education. IP TAKE: The Abbott Fund basically follows the … [Read more...] about Abbott Fund
Andrus Family Fund
OVERVIEW: The Andrus Family Fund supports grassroots, youth-led and family-led organizations working to build the power of Black, Brown, AAPI and Indigenous youth and families affected by youth incarceration, family policing and other harmful … [Read more...] about Andrus Family Fund
American Chemical Society
OVERVIEW: The American Chemical Society supports scientific research, chemistry education, workforce development, sustainability, scholarships and professional development. Its largest research grant program is the Petroleum Research Fund, while … [Read more...] about American Chemical Society
Arcadia Fund
OVERVIEW: The Arcadia Fund’s grantmaking centers around environmental conservation, cultural heritage and open access media. IP TAKE: Arcadia is a major international funder with a relatively unusual grantmaking structure. Its direct strategic … [Read more...] about Arcadia Fund
Anderson-Rogers Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Anderson-Rogers Foundation provides extensive support to conservation, human services, human services, and classical music. IP TAKE: Anderson-Rogers is a relatively accessible family foundation that should be on the radar of smaller … [Read more...] about Anderson-Rogers Foundation
