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• American Bar Foundation

  http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/
  Nonprofit, independent national research institute committed to basic empirical research on law and legal institutions.

• American Council of Learned Societies

  http://www.acls.org/
  Private non-profit federation of sixty-one national scholarly organizations. The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its constitution, is to "advance humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the Humanities and the related social sciences and to maintain and strengthen relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."

• Archstone Foundation

  http://www.archstone.org/
  For issues related to older people in the US. Contains information about types of projects funded, news and publications.

• Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation

  http://www.blowitzridgeway.org/
  Founded with the proceeds from the sale of Chicago's Ridgeway Hospital, a nonprofit psychiatric facility focusing on low-income adolescents. One of its primary funding areas is the support of nonprofit agencies which provide medical, psychiatric and psychological care to economically disadvantaged children and youth, thereby continuing the original mission of the hospital.

• Boston Foundation for Architecture

  http://www.bfagrants.org/
  Supports public education programs in Massachusetts related to design and the built environment; includes grant application and list of past recipients.

• Bread and Roses Community Fund

  http://www.breadrosesfund.org/
  A partnership of donors and activists committed to supporting social change in the Delaware Valley.

• Brown Foundation

  http://www.brownfoundation.org/
  Supports education, community service and the arts, primarily in Houston and Texas. Provides annual report and funding criteria.

• Donald W. Reynolds Foundation

  http://www.dwreynolds.org/
  National grants in the areas of journalism, aging care, and cardiovascular research, as well as special regional initiatives. Provides application guidelines, current financial report and list of grantees, and history of founder.

• Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation

  http://www.edythbush.org/
  Supports various needy charitable, educational, health services and cultural organizations, mainly in Florida.

• Foundation for the Mid South

  http://www.fndmidsouth.org/
  makes grants "to build the capacity of communities, organizations, and individuals" throughout the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

• Fund for Southern Communities

  http://www.fundforsouth.org/
  Public charity funding organizations working for social change in Georgia and the Carolinas. Provides grant application, list of grantees, and information on fundraising events.

• Gill Foundation

  http://www.gillfoundation.org/
  Considers grant applications from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and allied organizations in non-urban areas, as well as HIV/AIDS organizations and Colorado cultural groups.

• Grand Victoria Foundation

  http://www.grandvictoriafdn.org/
  Illinois. Describes grant programs focused on Elgin and on the state, with history of the organization.

• Jenifer Altman Foundation

  http://www.jaf.org/
  Private foundation which funds environmental health programs, as well as groups in Bolinas, California. They list grantees and provide application guidelines.

• Joe W. & Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation

  http://www.thebrownfoundation.org/
  Their focus is on south Louisiana, the New Orleans area and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, in the issue areas of service learning, medical research, and basic human needs. they briefly describe each area, and provide a grant application.

• Katharine Matthies Foundation, The

  http://electronicvalley.org/matthies/index.html
  Supports programs that meet social and community needs for tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations in the towns of Seymour, Oxford, Beacon Falls, Ansonia and Derby. Presents previous recipients, application guidelines, submission requirements, and geographic focus.

• Kronkosky Charitable Foundation

  http://www.kronkosky.org/
  Various programs including prevention of cruelty to animals. Provides program information, grant application on-line, and evaluation tools. Giving limited to Bandera, Bexar, Comal, and Kendall counties in Texas.

• LEF Foundation

  http://www.lef-foundation.org/
  Group supporting the creation and presentation of contemporary work in the fields of visual art, performing art, new media, literary art, architecture and design. History, guidelines, funding deadlines, and contact details.

• Luther I. Replogle Foundation

  http://www.lirf.org/
  Describes specific funding priorities, which include disadvantaged children, supportive housing, archaeology, and geography, with a list of recent grantees and financial information.

• Marguerite Casey Foundation

  http://www.caseygrants.org/
  Funds efforts to assist parents, caregivers and youth be active, engaged, and empowered members of society. Describes priorities and approach, lists current grantees, and offers research and evaluation resources.

• McCormick Tribune Foundation

  http://www.rrmtf.org/
  Supports work in journalism, communities, citizenship, and education. Lists current grantees with information on granting goals and application requirements, with descriptions of the Cantigny and the Cantigny First Division Foundations.

• McKnight Foundation

  http://www.mcknight.org/
  Minnesota foundation working to strengthen communities, families and individuals. Provides news items, application details, entities funded, and current issues.

• Meadows Foundation

  http://www.mfi.org/
  Addresses basic human needs, the environment, and cultural enrichment, primarily in Texas. Describe current programs and funding priorities, with financial and staff information.

• Morgan Family Foundation

  http://www.morganfamilyfoundation.org/
  Describes program goals and grant application process. Focus areas are youth, education, environment, and stewardship.

• Nancy Graves Foundation

  http://www.nancygravesfoundation.org/
  Established in 1996 through a provision of the artist's Last Will and Testament to give grants to individual artists.

• National Endowment for the Humanities

  http://www.neh.gov/
  Agency of the US government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. They describe criteria for various granting programs, with information on past projects.

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

  http://www.preservationnation.org/
  Preservation information, features, events and activism for America's historic places.

• Open Meadows Foundation

  http://www.openmeadows.org/
  Makes grants to small organizations for projects led by women and girls. They provide their application, with lists of previous grantees.

• Otto Bremer Foundation

  http://www.ottobremer.org/
  The mission of the foundation is to be an accessible and responsible financial resource to aid in the development and cohesion of communities within the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Montana, with preference given to those communities served by the affiliates of Bremer Financial Corporation.

• Pacific Northwest Foundation

  http://www.pnf.org/
  Focuses on unique medical/dental health issues. Includes how to give, and self evaluations of nonprofit boards of directors.

• Park Foundation

  http://www.parkfoundation.org/
  Provides funding guidelines and application procedures for higher education scholarships as well as grants in media and the environment.

• Rahima Charitable and Educational Organization

  http://www.rahima.org/
  Established to serve the needy, the less fortunate, and those requiring assistance; to take care of their immediate needs; and then to help them get back on their feet and become productive members of society. Its main focus is in San Francisco Bay Area, California.

• Resist, Inc.

  http://resist.org/
  For more than 30 years, Resist has funded progressive organizations in the United States that are actively part of a movement for social change.

• Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust

  http://www.carvertrust.org/
  Funds education, medical and scientific research, and youth programs, primarily in Iowa and Illinois. Describes history, specific funding interests, and application process.

• San Diego Foundation for Change

  http://www.foundation4change.org/
  Promotes change by funding and supporting small and/or emerging community-led grassroots organizations working for social, economic and environmental justice in San Diego County and the Tijuana, Mexico border region.

• Scott and Helen Nearing: The Vermont Experiment Symposium

  http://www.strattonfoundation.org/
  Learn about Scott Nearings activism during this educational symposium, June 22, 2002 at Stratton, Vermont.

• Sid Richardson Foundation

  http://www.sidrichardson.org/
  Education, health, human services, and the arts, in Texas. Provides foundation history, information on application process, and reports on education in the state.

• Special Hope Foundation

  http://www.specialhope.org/
  Funds nonprofit organizations with innovative programs for physically, mentally, and developmentally disabled children and adults. They provide application guidelines and a list of previous grantees.

• The Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation

  http://www.strausfoundation.org/
  Focuses on Baltimore, Maryland, in the areas of Jewish community services, fragile families, and nonprofit infrastructure. Describes history and grant application process.

• The Abell Foundation

  http://www.abell.org/
  Baltimore, Maryland. About the endowment, programs funded, publications and research, special programs, news and contact information.

• The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

  http://www.sloan.org/
  The foundation's programs and interests fall into the following areas: science and technology, standard of living and economic performance, education and careers in science and technology, and selected national issues and civic programs.

• The Annie E. Casey Foundation

  http://www.aecf.org/
  Devoted to helping disadvantaged children, their families, and their neighborhoods.

• The Bonner Foundation

  http://www.bonner.org/
  The Foundation allocates its resources to two primary projects: the Bonner Scholars Program, a community service scholarship program supporting 1500 students at 24 colleges and universities; and the Crisis Ministry Program, which supports faith-based anti-hunger initiatives.

• The Chesapeake Bay Trust

  http://www.cbtrust.org/
  Nonprofit organization that provides financial support grants to civic and community organizations, schools and volunteer groups for Chesapeake Bay restoration and education projects in Maryland.

• The Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation, Inc.

  http://www.beveridge.org/
  Private family foundation which supports corporations, trusts, community chests (united ways), funds or foundations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children; such persons as the directors deem proper, to be used for the benefit of poor, needy, and deserving persons to enable such persons to become self-supporting or to become more useful citizens; and such persons as the directors deem proper, to be used for the advancement or promotion of science, learning, medicine, surgery, literature, music, art or human welfare.

• The Gladys Brooks Foundation

  http://www.gladysbrooksfoundation.org/
  Purpose is to provide for the intellectual, moral and physical welfare of the people of this country by establishing and supporting non-profit libraries, educational institutions, hospitals and clinics.

• The Horizon Foundation

  http://www.thehorizonfoundation.org/
  Promotes and enhances the health and wellness of Howard County, Maryland. Includes foundation information, mission, grants, news, initiatives, and publications.

• The James Irvine Foundation

  http://www.irvine.org/
  Goal is to expand opportunity for Californians, with grantmaking in education, economic development, civic engagement, and creativity. Describes grant programs and publications, with links to state data and analysis.

• The Joyce Foundation

  http://www.joycefdn.org/
  Environmental and economic development issues in the Great Lakes area, as well as campaign finance reform. Provides information about each program area.

• The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation

  http://www.knottfoundation.org/
  Funds Baltimore-area nonprofits, including capital campaigns and operating expenses. Describes application process, and lists previous recipients.

• The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

  http://www.mrbf.org/
  Concentrates on assisting people in the southern United States to build communities - just and caring communities - that nurture people, spur enterprise, bridge differences, foster fairness and promote civility.

• The Pew Charitable Trusts

  http://www.pewtrusts.org/
  Committed to the same fundamental values that guided the founders' lives: encouraging individual growth and potential; improving the quality of people's lives; maintaining and nurturing our democratic traditions; ensuring an educated and engaged citizenry; protecting religious freedom; and assisting and supporting those in need.

• The Rose Hills Foundation

  http://www.rosehillsfoundation.org/
  Makes grants to nonprofit agencies serving Southern California, particularly the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles, in the areas of arts and culture, civic and community services, education, community-based health programs, and the advancement of knowledge. Grant guidelines provided.

• The W. M. Keck Foundation

  http://www.wmkeck.org/
  The foundation's grantmaking is focused primarily on the areas of medical research, science, and engineering. The foundation also maintains a program for liberal arts colleges and a Southern California Grant Program that provides support in the areas of civic and community services, health care and hospitals, precollegiate education, and the arts.

• The William Bingham Foundation

  http://www.wbinghamfoundation.org/
  The foundation furthers the charitable purposes of its founder, Elizabeth Bingham Blossom, in the fields of education, health and human services, science, and the arts; seeks to strengthen civil society and its institutions; works for a world that is environmentally self-sustaining; educates family members and others in the values and practices of philanthropy, community service, and stewardship; and seeks to build a sense of community among ourselves and with the world we share.

• Tiger Woods Foundation

  http://web.tigerwoods.com/
  The foundation supports programs that encourage youth to dream big dreams, engage the community in helping youngsters pursue their goals, and ensure young people's access to developmental opportunities in society.

• TKF Foundation

  http://www.tkffdn.org/
  Gives to open spaces, sacred places and community greening projects that nurture the human spirit and foster a sense of community in greater Washington, D.C., Annapolis, Maryland, and Baltimore, Maryland.

• Toby Wells Foundation

  http://www.tobywells.org/
  San Diego. Presents guiding principles, funding and submission guidelines, and general information regarding the foundation.

• Topfer Family Foundation

  http://www.topferfoundation.org/
  Describes grant programs for organizations serving children, youth and adults in the Chicago and Austin areas, with application and reporting process and list of previous recipients.

• Walton Family Foundation

  http://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/
  Funds programs in specific areas of K-12 education, delta and northwest Arkansas, and restoration of marine and fresh water ecosystems. They provide detailed guidelines, a list of previous recipients, and links to information on their interest areas.

• Z. Reynolds Foundation

  http://www.zsr.org/
  Funds projects that accomplish systemic reform and have North Carolina-wide impact. Features history, focus areas, awards information, application guidelines.

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