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BNSF Railway Foundation
OVERVIEW: Working in and near communities served by BNSF Railway, the BNSF Railway Foundation supports civic services, arts and culture, education and STEM, health and human services, youth organizations and federally recognized tribal governments. … [Read more...] about BNSF Railway Foundation
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Best Buy Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Best Buy Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that help young people build technology skills, gain career experience and prepare for tech-enabled careers. It also maintains place-based grantmaking programs in the Twin Cities and … [Read more...] about Best Buy Foundation
Bedari Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bedari Foundation is a private family foundation established by Matthew and Jennifer Harris that supports a small number of organizations working in areas including health and wellbeing, human connection, conservation and environmental … [Read more...] about Bedari Foundation
Otto Bremer Trust
OVERVIEW: The Otto Bremer Trust supports organizations working to improve quality of life in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and Wisconsin. IP TAKE: The Otto Bremer Trust is a regional powerhouse that has invested more than $1 billion in the … [Read more...] about Otto Bremer Trust
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
OVERVIEW: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund broadly supports biomedical research and related fields, with a particular emphasis on early-career scientists, infectious disease, reproductive science, regulatory science, climate and health, interdisciplinary … [Read more...] about Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Sergey Brin Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sergey Brin Family Foundation is the private philanthropy of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, with a grantmaking portfolio that reflects both Silicon Valley-scale ambition and deeply personal commitments. IP TAKE: The Sergey Brin … [Read more...] about Sergey Brin Family Foundation
Beaumont Foundation of America
OVERVIEW: The Texas-based Beaumont Foundation of America supports children and youth, education, health care and social services, along with foundation-initiated programs. Recent giving is heavily concentrated in Texas and favors direct-service … [Read more...] about Beaumont Foundation of America
B.W. Bastian Foundation
OVERVIEW: The B.W. Bastian Foundation supports LGBTQ+ equality and civil rights, HIV/AIDS programs, arts and cultural organizations, higher education, and selected human services and community organizations. Grantmaking primarily focuses on the … [Read more...] about B.W. Bastian Foundation
The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program
OVERVIEW: The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program is a paid, yearlong journalism fellowship that trains early-career journalists in investigative reporting, research and fact-checking. IP TAKE: The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship offers early-career … [Read more...] about The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program
Dana and Albert Broccoli Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Charitable Foundation supports medical and scientific research, education, human services, and the arts, with a particularly strong recent interest in film, television, photography and the development of … [Read more...] about Dana and Albert Broccoli Charitable Foundation
Black Girl Freedom Fund
OVERVIEW: The Black Girl Freedom Fund supports organizations that center, serve and/or are led by Black girls and gender-expansive youth. Current funding priorities include education, economic development, climate justice, reproductive justice and … [Read more...] about Black Girl Freedom Fund
Bobolink Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bobolink Foundation, created by Hank and Wendy Paulson, supports biodiversity conservation through the protection and stewardship of natural areas, conservation education and the development of local constituencies for nature. Its … [Read more...] about Bobolink Foundation
Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation and Corporate Giving
OVERVIEW: Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation supports migrant and refugee justice, with an emphasis on grassroots power building, advocacy, coalition building, narrative change and safety and resilience. Separately, the Dr. Bronner’s company supports a … [Read more...] about Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation and Corporate Giving
Gerson Bakar Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Gerson Bakar Foundation is a major San Francisco-based family foundation whose largest grants support higher education, scientific research and academic medicine, particularly at the University of California, Berkeley and the University … [Read more...] about Gerson Bakar Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation supports healthcare access and health-system strengthening in the U.S., Brazil, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Current focus areas are adult cancers, pediatric cancers and blood disorders, brain health, … [Read more...] about Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation invests in education, health, science and the outdoors. Connecticut and the greater New York City area are priorities. IP TAKE: The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation has grown into a major … [Read more...] about Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
Bohemian Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bohemian Foundation supports community development, youth, economic mobility and contemporary music in northern Colorado, as well as civic engagement and democracy in the U.S. and global work addressing health, poverty and environmental … [Read more...] about Bohemian Foundation
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation supports grassroots organizing for social and environmental justice, as well as community-based work in Vermont. IP TAKE: This funder's historical national program backed small, constituent-led organizing … [Read more...] about Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
BlackRock Foundation
OVERVIEW: The BlackRock Foundation supports financial security, workforce development and wealth-building initiatives. Its largest current program, BlackRock Future Builders, supports skilled-trades training in the United States. Other grantmaking … [Read more...] about BlackRock Foundation
Howard G. Buffett Foundation
Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation supports economic opportunity in Los Angeles while maintaining major commitments to institutions founded or heavily backed by the late philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. Its current grantmaking … [Read more...] about Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Boeing
OVERVIEW: Boeing’s community impact programs supports STEM education, community development, disaster relief and veterans' causes. Giving focuses on areas where Boeing maintains operations, including Washington state, the D.C. metro area, the St. … [Read more...] about Boeing
Baron Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Baron Family Foundation’s recent funding includes support of health, education, and Jewish Causes. It prioritizes organizations based in New York City. IP TAKE: The Baron Family Foundation is a growing but highly inaccessible funder … [Read more...] about Baron Family Foundation
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation supports democracy and civic engagement initiatives in the U.S. South. IP TAKE: The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation is a major Southern funder with a progressive, highly relational approach. It … [Read more...] about Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Bia-Echo Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bia-Echo Foundation is a private foundation established by attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan in 2019. Shanahan launched the funder with an announced five-year, $100 million commitment spanning women’s reproductive longevity, … [Read more...] about Bia-Echo Foundation
Bravo Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bravo Family Foundation funds entrepreneurship, economic development, and disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico. On the mainland United States, it supports health and higher education. IP TAKE: The Bravo Family Foundation is … [Read more...] about Bravo Family Foundation
Blue Meridian Partners
OVERVIEW: Blue Meridian Partners pools capital from major philanthropists to make unusually large, long-term investments in organizations and partnerships advancing economic and social mobility in the United States. IP TAKE: Blue Meridian Partners … [Read more...] about Blue Meridian Partners
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation supports nonprofits advancing economic mobility through four priorities: basic needs, income creation, stable housing and empowered communities. Local grantmaking is limited to communities where … [Read more...] about Bank of America Charitable Foundation
