OVERVIEW: This funder supports five northeastern Kentucky counties and two southeastern Ohio counties. Funding priorities include health, mental health, human services, arts and culture, and community development. IP TAKE: The Hayswood … [Read more...] about Hayswood Foundation
Grants for Higher Education
Nancy and Joachim Bechtle Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Nancy and Joachim Bechtle Foundation primarily funds arts, education, and health. IP TAKE: The Bechtle Foundation is a longtime supporter of San Francisco's arts and cultural institutions, with additional interests in education, … [Read more...] about Nancy and Joachim Bechtle Foundation
Swig Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Swig Foundation focuses its grantmaking on the San Francisco Bay Area and funds art, education, youth, and other nonprofit organizations. IP TAKE: The Swig Foundation is a low-profile, difficult-to-access funder with no dedicated … [Read more...] about Swig Foundation
Chavez Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Chavez Family Foundation supports immigration, education and entrepreneurship in the Bay Area and elsewhere in California. IP TAKE: This funder favors well-led organizations with strong financial management, a record of meaningful … [Read more...] about Chavez Family Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation San Diego
OVERVIEW: The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego supports San Diego nonprofits focused on Jewish Causes, arts and culture, education, health, community development, and veterans. IP TAKE: The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego “is the oldest … [Read more...] about Jewish Community Foundation San Diego
Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation
Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund
OVERVIEW: The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund supports democracy and civic engagement, racial equity, wealth-inequality initiatives, higher education and health. Arts and culture and Jewish causes are additional areas of giving. IP TAKE: The Leonard … [Read more...] about Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
OVERVIEW: The Jessie Ball duPont Fund supports economic opportunity, inclusive public spaces and efforts by educational, cultural and historic preservation institutions to address legacies of exclusion. It works nationally but concentrates much of … [Read more...] about Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation’s interests include research on eating disorders, eating disorder treatment, youth and K-12 education. IP TAKE: The foundation's headquarters have moved from Philadelphia to Sarasota in July 2025, … [Read more...] about Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation
Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation supports housing, human services, education, legal aid, and arts and culture. Its giving focuses on geographic areas served by its parent law firm. IP TAKE: This is a relationship-driven funder that … [Read more...] about Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation supports leadership development, humanities, Jewish life, urban engagement and the management of nonprofits in Ohio and beyond. IP TAKE: The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation runs … [Read more...] about Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
OVERVIEW: he Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is a specialized but relatively straightforward prospect for organizations working in the humanities, research libraries and Venetian studies. IP TAKE: Eligible organizations can apply directly … [Read more...] about Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New York City-based Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation’s philanthropy consists of several awards and prizes for institutions of higher education, teachers and researchers in the areas of chemical sciences and engineering. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
DeLoitte Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Deloitte Foundation aims to “prepare students for tomorrow’s business challenges.” The foundation runs a range of signature programs and awards fellowships and awards, most in the fields of business and accounting education. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about DeLoitte Foundation
Dhanam Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dhanam Foundation is the personal foundation of Ram and Vijay Shriram and supports higher education, arts and culture, civic engagement, and human services. IP TAKE: Dhanam is a relatively low-profile but substantial funder that … [Read more...] about Dhanam Foundation
William H. Donner Foundation
OVERVIEW: The William H. Donner Foundation’s main areas of giving are education, environmental conservation and animal welfare. It also supports organizations working in global security, civic engagement and democracy, disease research and arts and … [Read more...] about William H. Donner Foundation
John Deere Foundation
OVERVIEW: The John Deere Foundation supports global development, community development and education in geographic areas of interest. IP TAKE: The philanthropic arm of the U.S.-based agricultural equipment giant, the John Deere Foundation, is a … [Read more...] about John Deere Foundation
Daniels Fund
OVERVIEW: The fund supports education, mental health and housing and homelessness, taking special interest in youth, sports, the elderly and addiction recovery. IP TAKE: The Daniels Fund is a major Rocky Mountain West grantmaker with a clearly … [Read more...] about Daniels Fund
Green Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Miami-based Green Family Foundation supports education, arts and culture and civic engagement prioritizing the South Florida area. It also supports development and education in Haiti. IP TAKE: This funder prioritizes higher … [Read more...] about Green Family Foundation
John R. & Kiendl Dauphinot Gordon Fund
OVERVIEW: The John R. & Kiendl Dauphinot Gordon Fund primarily funds grantmaking related to education, the arts and health. IP TAKE: The foundation lacks transparency, which limits information available on its grantmaking priorities and … [Read more...] about John R. & Kiendl Dauphinot Gordon Fund
Grace & Mercy Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New York City-based Grace & Mercy Foundation supports housing and homelessness, work and opportunity, education, mental health and human rights. A significant portion of funding goes to Christian organizations. IP TAKE: The Grace … [Read more...] about Grace & Mercy Foundation
Getty Foundation
OVERVIEW: An iconic arts funder, the Getty Foundation funds a variety of projects in support of the visual arts, art museums, art conservation, and art history. While visual art is prioritized, Getty also funds culture and the humanities. Grantmaking … [Read more...] about Getty Foundation
Goldman Sachs
OVERVIEW: Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs supports education, work and opportunity, women and girls causes and global development in areas where its corporate sister operates. IP TAKE: Goldman Sachs is a strategic, theme-driven funder, not … [Read more...] about Goldman Sachs
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation runs funding initiatives for college access, health, arts education, Jewish life, Israel and the University of California. A significant portion of funding is directed at Los Angeles-based … [Read more...] about Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
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
Sue J. Gross Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sue J. Gross Foundation supports youth, environmental conservation, K-12 education and nursing programs at major universities and hospital systems. IP TAKE: A real estate mogul, art collector and billionaire philanthropist, Sue … [Read more...] about Sue J. Gross Foundation
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
Griffin Catalyst
OVERVIEW: Griffin Catalyst was created by hedge fund billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin with the funding priorities of education, health and science research, community development, upward mobility, democracy, civic engagement, and … [Read more...] about Griffin Catalyst
Gatsby Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The London-based Gatsby Charitable Foundation supports plant sciences, neuroscience, education, global development, policy development and arts and culture in the U.K. and elsewhere. IP TAKE: The Gatsby Charitable Foundation works mainly … [Read more...] about Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
OVERVIEW: The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research supports research on the aging processes at leading research universities and medical institutes in the U.S. IP TAKE: The Glenn Foundation is a highly targeted funder. Its philanthropy consists … [Read more...] about Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
