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Sea Change Foundation
OVERVIEW: Sea Change Foundation and its Bermuda-based counterpart, Sea Change Foundation International, fund climate change mitigation and clean energy policy in the U.S. and internationally. Current areas of interest include utility reform, business … [Read more...] about Sea Change Foundation
Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation is a major Omaha-based funder of higher education and scholarships, youth and leadership development, and community initiatives. Its giving has a strong geographic emphasis on Omaha and Nebraska. … [Read more...] about Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
OVERVIEW: The San Francisco Foundation is one of the nation's largest community foundations and a major funder of Bay Area nonprofits. Its programmatic grantmaking advances racial equity and economic inclusion through economic security, housing and … [Read more...] about San Francisco Foundation
Sall Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sall Family Foundation supports community-driven work at the intersection of environmental conservation, global public health and poverty reduction, primarily in lower-income communities around the world. IP TAKE: Sall is an … [Read more...] about Sall Family Foundation
Satter Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Satter Foundation has historically supported education, health and human services, human rights and democracy, conservation, economic opportunity, veterans and the arts in Chicago, nationally and internationally. The foundation is not … [Read more...] about Satter Foundation
Samberg Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Samberg Family Foundation historically supported children and youth from low-income communities, health and Jewish life. It is now spending down: the foundation has committed all of its remaining assets to Blue Meridian Partners, which … [Read more...] about Samberg Family Foundation
Sundance Institute
OVERVIEW: The Sundance Institute supports independent filmmakers and episodic storytellers through grants, fellowships, labs, mentorship, professional development and financing opportunities. Programs serve artists at different career and project … [Read more...] about Sundance Institute
Shubert Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Shubert Foundation is the nation’s largest funder dedicated to unrestricted support for nonprofit theater and dance companies. It also supports a smaller group of arts-related organizations and graduate theater-training programs and is … [Read more...] about Shubert Foundation
Sandler Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sandler Foundation is a spend-down funder in its final years. It supports a relatively small number of high-capacity organizations working nationally on American democracy, economic and consumer issues, children’s opportunity and … [Read more...] about Sandler Foundation
San Francisco Film Society
OVERVIEW: SFFILM, the public-facing name of the San Francisco Film Society, provides grants, residencies and professional development to independent filmmakers in the Bay Area and worldwide. IP TAKE: SFFILM is unusually transparent for a film … [Read more...] about San Francisco Film Society
Starr Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Starr Foundation is a large independent private foundation supporting health and medicine, education, human needs, public policy and international relations, culture, and the environment. It has a deep commitment to New York City while … [Read more...] about Starr Foundation
Schultz Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Schultz Family Foundation seeks to expand economic opportunity, with a focus on young people navigating the transition to adulthood. The foundation also supports military veterans, crisis response and socially oriented … [Read more...] about Schultz Family Foundation
Susquehanna Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Susquehanna Foundation is a large, low-profile private foundation based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Recent grantmaking centers on libertarian public policy and civil liberties, K-12 and decision education, and a mix of … [Read more...] about Susquehanna Foundation
Stanley Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Stanley Family Foundation is one of the largest philanthropic supporters of psychiatric research in the United States. Its principal beneficiary is the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute, which has received … [Read more...] about Stanley Family Foundation
Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts
OVERVIEW: The Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts is a private foundation associated with actor Meryl Streep and sculptor Donald Gummer. Despite its name, its grantmaking extends well beyond the arts. Recent grants support women’s organizations, … [Read more...] about Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts
Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation is a New York-based family foundation whose recent grantmaking is concentrated among Jewish communal and advocacy organizations, biomedical research institutions, higher education, children and human … [Read more...] about Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation
Southwest Airlines
OVERVIEW: Southwest Airlines supports nonprofits through a mix of corporate grants, donated air travel, strategic partnerships and employee-linked giving. Current priorities include education and workforce development, life-changing transportation, … [Read more...] about Southwest Airlines
Levi Strauss Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Levi Strauss Foundation supports democracy, immigrant rights, reproductive justice, and worker rights and well-being. Its democracy and immigrant-rights grantmaking is U.S.-focused, while worker-rights funding targets apparel workers … [Read more...] about Levi Strauss Foundation
Salesforce Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Salesforce Foundation supports public education and career opportunities for young people. Its current strategic grantmaking focuses on STEM and AI access, educator empowerment, and college and career readiness. IP TAKE: Salesforce … [Read more...] about Salesforce Foundation
State Farm (Corporate Giving) & State Farm Foundation
OVERVIEW: State Farm supports safety, community development and education in the United States through its corporate Community Grants program, the State Farm Companies Foundation, strategic partnerships and several associate-directed giving … [Read more...] about State Farm (Corporate Giving) & State Farm Foundation
South Arts
OVERVIEW: South Arts supports individual artists, arts organizations and presenting organizations across the South through grants, fellowships, touring programs and other initiatives. Its core service area covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, … [Read more...] about South Arts
Solidago Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Solidago Foundation supports grassroots civic engagement, voting rights, voter protection and democracy reform, particularly in communities affected by structural inequities. IP TAKE: Solidago is a progressive, relationship-driven … [Read more...] about Solidago Foundation
Seed the Dream Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Seed the Dream Foundation supports educational access, Jewish life and engagement with Israel, Holocaust remembrance and efforts to combat antisemitism. Additional priorities include gender-based violence, Holocaust survivor assistance, … [Read more...] about Seed the Dream Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Russell Sage Foundation supports social science research on inequality, work, race and ethnicity, immigration, behavioral decision-making and related social, economic and political issues in the United States. IP TAKE: The Russell … [Read more...] about Russell Sage Foundation
Samueli Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Samueli Foundation is a place-based family foundation focused primarily on Orange County, California, with significant additional support for Jewish life in Orange County and Israel. Its grantmaking spans education, health, human … [Read more...] about Samueli Foundation
SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
OVERVIEW: The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund supports wildlife and habitat conservation worldwide through species research, habitat protection, conservation education, and animal rescue and rehabilitation. IP TAKE: The SeaWorld … [Read more...] about SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
George Snow Scholarship Fund
OVERVIEW: The George Snow Scholarship Fund provides multiyear scholarships and extensive support services to students with financial need, primarily high school seniors in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Awards may be used at accredited colleges, … [Read more...] about George Snow Scholarship Fund
Sempra Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sempra Foundation supports climate action, engagement and inclusion, and economic prosperity in communities connected to Sempra’s workforce and operations. Its highest-profile initiatives expand clean-energy access and resilience in … [Read more...] about Sempra Foundation
Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation supports animal protection—particularly the rescue and rehabilitation of mistreated captive animals worldwide—and programs that expand access to housing, health, education and employment in … [Read more...] about Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation
