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
Grants for Climate Change & Clean Energy
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
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
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
Global Fund for Children
OVERVIEW: The Global Fund for Children supports global education, gender equity, youth empowerment and the prevention of violence and exploitation of children. IP TAKE: This funder supports community-led trust-based philanthropy that invests … [Read more...] about Global Fund for Children
Global Greengrants Fund
OVERVIEW: The Global Greengrants Fund maintains a strong focus on environmental conservation and justice, funding grassroots organizations working in the areas of clean energy, sustainable agriculture, land and water conservation, indigenous rights … [Read more...] about Global Greengrants Fund
Grand Circle Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Grand Circle Foundation makes grants and supports hands-on partnerships in the areas of global development, environmental conservation, clean energy, arts and culture and humanitarian and disaster relief. IP TAKE: The Grand Circle … [Read more...] about Grand Circle Foundation
The Global Resilience Fund
OVERVIEW: The Global Resilience Fund (formerly The Global Resilience Fund for Girls and Young Women) supports women’s and girls’ causes, LGBTQ causes, global health, climate disaster response, and organizations supporting immigrants and refugees. … [Read more...] about The Global Resilience Fund
Gere Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Gere Foundation supports human rights, global development, global health and humanitarian aid with a strong focus on Tibet. IP TAKE: Beyond grantmaking, the Gere Foundation considers itself a platform for change that amplifies the … [Read more...] about Gere Foundation
Grantmakers for Girls of Color
OVERVIEW: Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) is a funding intermediary that mobilizes resources and pools funds in support of girls and young women of color ages 25 and under in the U.S. and territories. It actively partners with other major … [Read more...] about Grantmakers for Girls of Color
The William, Jeff & Jennifer Gross Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Gross Family Foundation supports health, education, global development and aid, environmental causes nationally and around the world. Grants also support the communities of Orange County in California. IP TAKE: The William, Jeff and … [Read more...] about The William, Jeff & Jennifer Gross Family Foundation
Disability Rights Fund
OVERVIEW: The Disability Rights Fund works in select developing nations to promote the rights of people with disabilities. IPTAKE: DRF is a significant international funder of disability-led advocacy and movement building. It prioritizes … [Read more...] about Disability Rights Fund
Grove Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Grove Foundation, which will spend-down by 2030, supports civic engagement, racial equity, human rights, education, immigrants and refugees, women and girls, youth development, food security and an emphasis on California. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Grove Foundation
11th Hour Project
128 Collective
776 Foundation
Satterberg Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder mainly supports local organizations in Washington State, but California organizations that promote a just society and a sustainable environment also receive funding. IP TAKE: The Satterberg Foundation engages in … [Read more...] about Satterberg Foundation
WA Women’s Foundation
OVERVIEW: The WA Women’s Foundation is a women’s philanthropy collective in Seattle that gives across a wide range of community interests. IP TAKE: Washington Women’s Foundation has significantly revised its grantmaking approach, moving away from … [Read more...] about WA Women’s Foundation
Stolte Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: This progressive funder supports education, climate policy and civic engagement in Washington. Some of its climate funding extends to Michigan and national organizations involved in climate technology. IP TAKE: The Stolte Family … [Read more...] about Stolte Family Foundation
Ford Foundation
Connecticut Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Connecticut Community Foundation supports 21 Connecticut towns in areas of community need and interest. IP TAKE: The Connecticut Community Foundation “strives to be open, strategic, and fair, demonstrating integrity and … [Read more...] about Connecticut Community Foundation
Ridge Road Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Ridge Road Foundation funds grantmaking related to democracy and climate change. Giving is national in scope but prioritizes the Seattle area. IP TAKE: The Ridge Road Foundation is a low-profile funder that supports progressive civic … [Read more...] about Ridge Road Foundation
Russell Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports environmental work in a 12-county region in Puget Sound. IP TAKE: The Russell Family Foundation is a significant environmental funder in the Puget Sound region, with particular interests in outdoor education for … [Read more...] about Russell Family Foundation
Grousemont Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Grousemont Foundation makes grants for racial justice, environmental causes, health, human services, education and more in the greater Seattle area. IP TAKE: The Grousemont Foundation is a significant regional grantmaker that … [Read more...] about Grousemont Foundation
Sage Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sage Foundation, associated with Steven and Roberta Denning, maintains interests in education, arts and culture, economic opportunity, health, conservation and public policy. Giving is national, but the Bay Area in Northern California … [Read more...] about Sage Foundation
Conru Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Conru Foundation supports environmental conservation and conservative groups working in education, media and democracy. It also makes grants for arts organizations in Seattle. IP TAKE: The Conru Foundation is an eclectic funder … [Read more...] about Conru Foundation
McKinstry Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The McKinstry Charitable Foundation supports a broad range of causes across the U.S. It prioritizes education and the states of Washington, Colorado and other western states. IP TAKE: McKinstry is a relatively small but active corporate … [Read more...] about McKinstry Charitable Foundation
Winslow Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Winslow Foundation mainly supports environmental conservation and clean energy initiatives. Grants have also supported wildlife conservation and women’s reproductive health. IP TAKE: This low-profile family foundation focuses on … [Read more...] about Winslow Foundation
Brooklyn Org
OVERVIEW: Brooklyn Org gives broadly to support the diverse communities of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. IP TAKE: Brooklyn Org is a community foundation with an unusually explicit commitment to participatory grantmaking, racial … [Read more...] about Brooklyn Org
Rochester Area Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Rochester Area Community Foundation supports a wide variety of local nonprofits in Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties in upstate New York. IP TAKE: This is a major regional grantmaker … [Read more...] about Rochester Area Community Foundation
