OVERVIEW: This funder supports Hartford, Tolland, and Windham counties in the areas of health, human services, education, housing and the arts. IP TAKE: SBM Charitable Foundation serves as a useful prospect for Connecticut nonprofits. Based … [Read more...] about SBM Charitable Foundation
Grants for Early Childhood Education
Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports health, education and immigrants’ causes in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties in the state of Washington. IP TAKE: The Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation prioritizes immigrant- and refugee-serving organizations, … [Read more...] about Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation
Grays Harbor Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports education, health and wellness, arts, culture, history, and basic needs in Grays Harbor County, Washington. IP TAKE: The Grays Harbor Community Foundation is an approachable local funder that welcomes … [Read more...] about Grays Harbor Community Foundation
Medina Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports human services and education in the Puget Sound region. Grantmaking centers on self-sufficiency. IP TAKE: In December 2024, Medina's trustees announced plans to wind down the foundation. Regular grantmaking … [Read more...] about Medina Foundation
Waters Meet Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Waters Meet Foundation supports health equity, grassroots organizing, community development, mental health, education and social and economic justice in the Inland Northwest, with an emphasis on historically marginalized … [Read more...] about Waters Meet Foundation
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
OVERVIEW: The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund supports educational and racial equity in the state of Connecticut. IP TAKE: The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund envisions “education systems throughout Connecticut that are just, and … [Read more...] about William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Wyman Youth Trust
OVERVIEW: The Wyman Youth Trust supports arts and culture, education and a broad range of services for vulnerable children and youth in the state of Washington. IP TAKE: The Wyman Youth Trust’s youth-oriented giving focuses on the most vulnerable … [Read more...] about Wyman Youth Trust
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
Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
OVERVIEW: This is a major funder of early childhood education in New York City. Other grantmaking interest K-12 and higher education success. Grantmaking prioritizes low-income areas of the city. IP TAKE: This funder has a long history of … [Read more...] about Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Wasserman Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Wasserman Foundation funds education, health, arts and culture, community development and a few global development initiatives. Los Angeles is a geographic focus. IP TAKE: The Wasserman Foundation gives broadly in Los Angeles and … [Read more...] about Wasserman Foundation
Imaginable Futures
OVERVIEW: Imaginable Futures supports education equity and systems change in Brazil, Kenya and the United States, with a focus on historically underserved children, youth, families and communities. IP TAKE: Imaginable Futures limits its education … [Read more...] about Imaginable Futures
Inasmuch Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Inasmuch Foundation’s grantmaking mainly serves organizations operating in the state of Oklahoma, but grantmaking for journalism has gone to several national investigative journalism initiatives. IP TAKE: Inasmuch is doubling down on … [Read more...] about Inasmuch Foundation
Hasbro Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hasbro Foundation supports children’s education, health and opportunity in the areas where it operates in the U.S. and abroad. IP TAKE: The Hasbro Foundation is dedicated to the well-being of children and much of its grantmaking … [Read more...] about Hasbro Foundation
Pace Able Foundation
OVERVIEW: The San Francisco-based Pace Able Foundation was founded by Silicon Valley veterans Bart Burstein and Leslie White. This funder supports global development, global health, work and opportunity, sustainable agriculture and education. A … [Read more...] about Pace Able Foundation
Pitney Bowes
OVERVIEW: Connecticut-based technology company Pitney Bowes runs three separate philanthropic mechanisms. Its foundation supports early childhood, K-12 and worker education programs, while its corporate responsibility program gives to mental health, … [Read more...] about Pitney Bowes
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Northwestern Mutual Foundation supports childhood cancer research and families nationally and education, neighborhood revitalization and cultural institutions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Direct foundation grant applications are by … [Read more...] about Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Osa Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Osa Foundation supports K-12 and higher education, college and career pathways, education innovation, and student engagement. Although the foundation is based in Illinois, Tucson, Arizona, is now its primary geographic focus, and the … [Read more...] about Osa Foundation
Gates Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Gates Foundation funds nonprofit and for-profit organizations in dozens of issue areas. Grantmaking is global in scope, with partnerships in over 130 countries. IP TAKE: The Gates Foundation remains one of the most powerful … [Read more...] about Gates Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is the statewide community foundation for New Hampshire. It supports health and well-being, basic needs, education and career pathways, the environment and climate, civic health, arts and culture, … [Read more...] about New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Naples Children Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder hosts an annual wine festival and awards grants to Collier County, Florida, nonprofits in the areas of children, education, early learning, child advocacy, and children’s healthcare. IP TAKE: At first glance, grant … [Read more...] about Naples Children Foundation
NewAlliance Foundation
OVERVIEW: This Connecticut bank legacy foundation supports organizations in 42 communities, primarily in Greater New Haven and selected communities east of the Connecticut River. Its grantmaking focuses on arts, community development, health and … [Read more...] about NewAlliance Foundation
Pulte Family Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Pulte Family Charitable Foundation supports education, health, global development, veterans' causes, housing, and human services throughout the U.S. IP TAKE: This South Florida funder makes grants around the country, but maintains a … [Read more...] about Pulte Family Charitable Foundation
Puget Sound Energy Foundation
OVERVIEW: Puget Sound Energy Foundation (PSEF) supports nonprofits serving communities where Puget Sound Energy operates, with current grantmaking organized around three broad priorities: Reducing Household Burdens, Education & Workforce … [Read more...] about Puget Sound Energy Foundation
Robin Hood Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Robin Hood Foundation is dedicated to supporting New Yorkers in need through programs and initiatives that address specific challenges in the city’s low-income communities. IP TAKE: Robin Hood is one of New York City’s most … [Read more...] about Robin Hood Foundation
John and Daria Barry Foundation
OVERVIEW: The John and Daria Barry Foundation supports education, veterans and environmental causes, with additional giving for medical research, community opportunity and grassroots leadership.. IP TAKE: Barry is a large, fast-growing family … [Read more...] about John and Daria Barry Foundation
PNC Foundation
OVERVIEW: The PNC Foundation supports education, economic development, and arts and culture in geographic areas served by its parent banking company. It also conducts grantmaking for housing, work and opportunity, and community development. IP … [Read more...] about PNC Foundation
Overdeck Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New York City-based Overdeck Family Foundation supports education from birth through eighth grade through three current focus areas: School Readiness, School Success and Future Readiness. The foundation also makes significant … [Read more...] about Overdeck Family Foundation
U.S. Department of Education
PayPal Giving Fund
OVERVIEW: The PayPal Giving Fund supports a wide variety of causes in the United States and around the world, including health, education, the environment, LGBTQ, veterans, global development, humanitarian relief, immigrants and refugees, and … [Read more...] about PayPal Giving Fund
Westchester Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New York Community Trust–Westchester supports arts and culture, early childhood education, environmental work, health and behavioral health, human services, animal welfare, community development, civic affairs, social justice and youth … [Read more...] about Westchester Community Foundation
