Foundation Directory
This alphabetical listing provides the names, locations and year of establishment for the 1,876 community foundations that have been identified to date. Use the filters to see the names of all the foundations in a geographic region or country of particular interest. Click on the column headlines to sort results, and click on the organization’s name to see its profile page.
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| Organization | Mission |
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| Organization | Mission |
| ACT for Alexandria | To raise the level of charitable giving and community engagement in Alexandria |
| Alaska Community Foundation | To cultivate, celebrate and sustain all forms of philanthropy to strengthen Alaska’s communities forever. Together with our Affiliates, we connect people who care with causes that matter by encouraging and... |
| Allegan County Community Foundation | To provide the means for donors to make a lasting impact on Allegan County through the establishment and growth of endowed funds, giving primarily for education, health and human services |
| Amador Community Foundation | To support organizations that enhance the quality of life for the people of Amador County by: encouraging private giving for the public good by providing a flexible, cost-effective and tax-exempt... |
| Armstrong County Community Foundation | To serve the people of Armstrong County and enhance the quality of life by: giving grants, scholarships and organizational support to address the changing needs of our community; building a... |
| Ashland County Community Foundation | To advance philanthropy and improve the quality of life in Ashland County by supporting charitable activities in the community, providing and administering a variety of planned giving programs, and serving... |
| Athens Area Community Foundation | To promote and facilitate strategic philanthropy by connecting donors with what they care about through charitable giving and by serving as a well-informed and effective grantmaker to meet needs and... |
| Battle Creek Community Foundation | To promote giving, build endowment and provide leadership to improve quality of life. Grantmaking for programming in the Battle Creek, Michigan, area serves the citizens of the community through education,... |
| Berkshire Community Foundation | We exist to inspire a strong generous community in Berkshire where people work in partnership to enhance the quality of local life. We inspire philanthopy and charitable giving, connecting people,... |
| Blue Mountain Community Foundation | To promote effective philanthropy by fostering private charitable giving, providing management of funds, and financially supporting students and charitable organizations to improve the quality of life in the community |
| Branch County Community Foundation | To serve the community by promoting charitable giving, building permanent endowments, and connecting community resources |
| Brazos Community Foundation | Dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Brazos Valley through the development of philanthropic giving, responsible grantmaking, professional stewardship and collaborative leadership |
| Bridge Builders Community Foundations | To facilitate and grow community foundations that serve Clarion, Forest, Venango and other adjacent counties. We will: focus staff and other resources on increasing the capacity of our community foundations;... |
| Bryan Area Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for all citizens of the Bryan, Ohio, area, now and for generations to come by building community endowment, addressing needs through grantmaking, and serving... |
| Buckinghamshire Community Foundation | To encourage and enable more local giving and philanthropy |
| Cardinia Community Foundation | To promote charitable giving for projects in Pakenham, Australia |
| Cass County Community Foundation | To honor the spirit of giving and assist donors in building enduring sources of charitable assets to promote education, enhance humanity and advance community development throughout Cass County. |
| Central Carolina Community Foundation | To promote, facilitate and expand philanthropy to create a sustainable impact within the community through giving |
| Central New York Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for those who live and work within the community by: encouraging the growth of a permanent charitable endowment to meet the community’s changing opportunities... |
| Centre Wellington Community Foundation | To strengthen the Centre Wellington community by helping donors to achieve their giving goals, and by helping local nonprofit organizations find resources to support their important work |
| Charlotte Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in Charlotte County, Florida, advancing the common good by nurturing a giving community and connecting people who care with causes that matter |
| Chesapeake Charities | To provide innovative leadership and quality services that encourage charitable giving, build community resources and enable donors to achieve their charitable purposes, making lasting investments in the Chesapeake Bay region |
| Coastal Bend Community Foundation | To help meet the charitable and educational needs and enhance and improve the quality of life in the Coastal Bend area of Texas through grants to charitable organizations; serve a... |
| Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina | To foster philanthropy for the lasting good of the community, giving primarily for education and human services |
| Community Foundation for Merseyside | To advance community and economic development by providing charitable giving for strategic social investments in Liverpool, England |
| Community Foundation for National Capital Region | To strengthen the Washington metropolitan region by encouraging and supporting effective giving and by providing leadership on critical issues in our community |
| Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia | To promote philanthropy and charitable giving |
| Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties | To devote its resources to building and sustaining vital, prosperous communities region-wide through the power of charitable giving. The foundation fulfills this mission in three principal ways: working in partnership... |
| Community Foundation of Burke County | To encourage, develop and participate in philanthropy by providing flexible giving opportunities, professional support and responsible stewardship for the benefit of donors and qualified recipients |
| Community Foundation of Chaves County | To support and promote the well-being of the community and nurture its continuing viability through charitable giving |
| Community Foundation of East Central Florida | To enhance the quality of life in our community by increasing perpetual giving, building community leadership and connecting donors with the causes they care about |
| Community Foundation of Gaston County | To serve as the primary steward of philanthropic giving by connecting donors with community needs to enhance the lives of present and future generations |
| Community Foundation of Greater Jackson | To help charitable donors establish permanent giving funds that reflect individual philanthropic interests while also making a long-term, positive impact on the community through giving for the arts, education, health,... |
| Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine | To improve the quality of life in Muscatine County through philanthropy by: building a substantial endowment to provide for community needs for generations to come; serving donors’ needs by providing... |
| Community Foundation of Greater Rochester | To enhance the quality of life, the foundation is committed to act as the center for philanthropy and serve as the community’s endowment builder and grant maker by: attracting charitable... |
| Community Foundation of Howard County | To inspire lifelong giving by connecting people, places and organizations to worthy causes across Howard County |
| Community Foundation of Morgan County | The mission of the Community Foundation of Morgan County is to connect donors and their charitable giving with our evolving community needs in order to enhance the quality of life... |
| Community Foundation of Mount Vernon and Knox County | To improve the quality of life in Mount Vernon and Knox County through charitable giving |
| Community Foundation of Northern Illinois | To serve the four-county area through philanthropy, to provide leadership in meeting charitable needs, and to be a responsible steward to donors of the endowment. Giving is primarily for social... |
| Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri | Through regional collaboration increase the power of charitable giving and philanthropy to transform our region into an economically vibrant area. |
| Community Foundation of Nova Scotia | A public foundation created by the people of Nova Scotia to enable effective philanthropy. We work with private donors, communities and charitable organizations to build the financial and social capital... |
| Community Foundation of Orange County | The foundation, through effective use of its endowment, seeks to enhance the quality of life for those who live and work within Orange County by encouraging the growth of a... |
| Community Foundation of Orillia and Area | To work with private donors, service clubs, businesses and charitable organizations to stimulate charitable giving, establish permanent endowment funds and support initiatives which make an ongoing difference and enhance the... |
| Community Foundation of Sarasota County | Partnering to make charitable giving work in our community |
| Community Foundation of Shelby County | To cultivate, administer and distribute legacy gifts for the benefit of the community. Primary areas of giving include arts and culture, family and community, education, environment and Health. |
| Community Foundation of Singapore | To inspire giving in Singapore through bridging donors with innovative grantmaking on community needs |
| Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky | To encourage philanthropic giving for positive impact upon local communities for now and generations to come |
| Community Foundation of Southern Indiana | To build enduring charitable resources used to positively impact our community by: Serving as a partner and resource for donors, their advisors, and not-for-profit organizations Making it simple for donors to fulfill... |
| Community Foundation of Tampa Bay | To encourage the residents and nonprofits of the Tampa Bay area to take advantage of the foundation’s flexibility in developing and implementing their charitable giving through programs that will make... |
| Community Foundation of the Great River Bend | To enhance the quality of life in the communities served by encouraging permanent charitable giving to meet the needs of present and future generations. Giving is primarily for cultural activities,... |
| Community Foundation Serving Boulder County | To improve the quality of life in Boulder County, now and forever, and to build a culture of giving |
| Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado | Giving for the development of endowed funds that serve the southwest Colorado area |
| Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland | Our purpose is to be the hub for community philanthropy in our area – inspiring and supporting giving that strengthens communities and enriches local life. To do this we: Enable effective... |
| Crown Point Community Foundation | To enrich the quality of life in Crown Point and Northwest Indiana, serving as a well-managed agent for giving and receiving to the local community |
| Cumberland Community Foundation | Giving together to enhance the quality and spirit of community life. |
| Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation | The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation promotes private giving for the public good. |
| Durham Community Foundation | To help the community and to provide services for people with disabilities, youth, historic preservation and charitable giving in Ontario, Canada |
| East Tennessee Foundation | Giving to organizations which strengthen the capacity of existing institutions to reach a broader segment of the community, encourage cooperation, decrease duplication of services, and develop partnerships that can have... |
| El Paso Community Foundation | To establish permanent charitable endowments; to provide a vehicle for donors’ varied interests; to promote local philanthropy; to provide leadership and resources in addressing local challenges and opportunities. El Paso... |
| Elgin St. Thomas Community Foundation | To strengthen the community for the benefit of all by fostering the growth of community philanthropy; giving opportunities to benefactors to leave a lasting legacy for future generations; building and... |
| Essex Community Foundation | To inspire philanthropy and charitable giving-matching people, ideas, resources and needs-to make a lasting difference |
| Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation | To enrich the quality of life of the people in the Clay County, Minnesota, and Cass County, North Dakota, area by encouraging philanthropy and developing permanent endowment, assessing and responding... |
| Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation | Dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Hancock County area through collaborative leadership, responsible grantmaking and development of philanthropic giving. The foundation seeks to facilitate philanthropic efforts through... |
| Fort Dodge Community Foundation | To serve as an advocate and a catalyst for charitable giving-developing charitable resources to support important community programs, services, initiatives and nonprofit organizations that advance the public good, foster economic... |
| Foundation for MetroWest | To connect philanthropic opportunity with demonstrated need in Metrowest. The foundation promotes philanthropy in the region, helps donors maximize the impact of their local giving, serves as a resource for... |
| Foundation for the Carolinas | To advance philanthropy by serving donors, increasing charitable giving, and improving communities |
| Franklin County Community Foundation | To build permanent partnerships in giving that effectively connect donors and community projects to promote an enriched future for all citizens of Franklin County, Indiana |
| Fremantle Foundation | To provide philanthropic advice and administration to individuals, families and businesses who are interested in giving back to the community |
| Golden Belt Community Foundation | To provide nonprofit organizations in central Kansas with a permanent source of support and to serve as a vehicle for charitable giving for donors. The foundation serves the counties of... |
| Grand Haven Area Community Foundation | To care for our community with competitive grants, to assist donors with their giving and to be part of community conversations for the good of our community |
| Grays Harbor Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in communities throughout Grays Harbor County by: promoting philanthropy at all levels of giving; seeking permanent endowment funds and other contributions from a diverse... |
| Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation | To connect donors to the priorities they care about and to the needs of the community, to increase charitable giving, and to provide leadership on important community issues. The foundation... |
| Greater Delaware County Community Foundation | Giving for scholarships and community development |
| Greater Green Bay Community Foundation | To inspire and encourage charitable giving in northeastern Wisconsin by connecting caring people with solutions that strengthen our community |
| Greater Greenbrier Valley Community Foundation | To create a tradition of charitable giving and enhance the quality of life of the people of the Greenbrier Valley by accepting contributions, managing funds and making charitable distributions |
| Greater Kansas City Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in Greater Kansas City by increasing charitable giving, connecting donors to the needs in the community they care about, and providing leadership on critical... |
| Greater Worcester Community Foundation | To increase philanthropy and build healthy and vibrant communities throughout Central Massachusetts. The foundation achieves its mission in four primary ways: works with donor on tailored giving programs; invests in... |
| Hardin County Community Foundation | Giving for community services in Hardin County, Ohio, including the fields of arts, health, education, recreation and beautification |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | To help people make a difference by inspiring the spirit of giving and by investing in people and solutions to benefit every island community |
| Healthy City Community Foundation | To strengthen social capital, improve the quality of life in the Banska Bystrica, Zvolen, Sliac region, and support local giving and philanthropy |
| Henderson Community Foundation | The foundation partners with donors, volunteers, nonprofit organizations and the community to connect philanthropic interests with community needs and build a legacy of giving. |
| Hinton Area Foundation | To encourage philanthropic giving and to provide a common source for contributions to benefit the local community. The foundation supports educational, health, human services, artistic, public recreation, beautification and other... |
| Hutchinson Community Foundation | The foundation connects donors to community needs and opportunities, increases philanthropy and provides community leadership. Giving is primarily for arts, education, health care, mental health/crisis services, health associations, housing/shelter development,... |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal | To advance community/economic development and charitable giving for the Jewish community in Quebec, Canada |
| Kalamazoo Community Foundation | Dedicated to enhancing the spirit of the community and quality of life in the greater Kalamazoo area through stewardship of permanently endowed funds. Primary areas of giving include economic development,... |
| Kansas Rural Communities Foundation | To enrich the quality of life in all Kansas communities, build statewide awareness of community needs and opportunities, provide a vehicle by which individuals, families, businesses and organizations can financially... |
| LaGrange County Community Foundation | To encourage philanthropy and charitable giving throughout LaGrange County, Indiana |
| Laguna Beach Community Foundation | To strengthen the community by encouraging philanthropy. The foundation provides expertise and resources to assist local charities, connect donor passions with nonprofit needs, and work with local professional advisors in... |
| Laredo Area Community Foundation | To act as a driving force to develop a permanent endowment, to assess and to respond to emerging and changing community needs, to provide a vehicle and service donors with... |
| Leelanau Township Community Foundation | To support vital civic initiatives until the community becomes all that it’s been envisioned it can be. The foundation pledges to achieve this mission by: helping to meet the needs... |
| Legacy, A Regional Community Foundation | Giving primarily for the health and well-being of children, and for the betterment of South Central Kansas |
| Lehigh Valley Community Foundation | To enable donors, including individuals, families, businesses, private foundations and nonprofit agencies, to establish funds which will serve their charitable intentions temporarily or in perpetuity by providing grants to nonprofit... |
| Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation | To support private giving for all local needs within Leicestershire and Rutland, England |
| Licking County Foundation | To improve the quality of life for the citizens of Licking County, Ohio. Giving is primarily for arts, education, health care, recreation, human services, and children and youth services. |
| London Community Foundation | Through the power of giving, to create a vibrant and caring community by investing in innovative solutions |
| Long Beach Community Foundation | To initiate positive change for Long Beach through charitable giving, stewardship and strategic grantmaking |
| Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation | Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has inspired philanthropy in Melbourne since 1923. Today we are a contemporary community foundation focused on the impact we can have in our community. We aim... |
| Lubbock Area Foundation | A permanent charitable institution dedicated to the South Plains community, giving primarily for education, arts, environment, health, civic affairs and social services |
| Madison Community Foundation | Madison Community Foundation uses its local knowledge and assets to inspire giving, support meaningful initiatives and connect people for the common good. |
| Marion Community Foundation | Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for the greater Marion area through fostering philanthropy consistent with community values by providing a vehicle for planned giving through acceptance, management and... |
| Miami Foundation | To encourage philanthropy and charitable giving by developing a permanent endowment to meet current and future emerging charitable needs. Grants are made in broad program areas including education, health, human... |
| Midland Area Community Foundation | To strengthen the community by providing leadership, fostering collaboration on local needs and issues, and encouraging a legacy of giving through grants, scholarships and events |
| Midlands Community Foundation | Giving primarily for arts and culture, human services, community and economic development, health care and education |
| Mirboo North and District Community Foundation | To advance charitable giving and business, and enhance the socail & ecinimic strength of our community,encourage philanthropy & grow our legacy through good stewardship and effective partnerships, for the... |
| Montana Community Foundation | To cultivate a culture of giving so Montana communities can flourish |
| Mount Angel Community Foundation | Giving to supplement and enhance community support and involvement in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Scholarship awards are based on community service, academic achievement and citizenship. |
| Muskoka Community Foundation | To champion the power of giving and its enduring impact, and connect philanthropy to community needs and opportunities in Muskoka |
| Napa Valley Community Foundation | The foundation mobilizes resources, inspires giving, builds knowledge and provides leadership on vital community issues to improve the quality of life for all in Napa County. |
| Nebraska Community Foundation | To use the tools of philanthropy, community development and economic development to help communities help themselves. The foundation creates a path to greater prosperity for all by helping communities: envision... |
| New Braunfels Area Community Foundation | The New Braunfels Area Community Foundation connects people who care with causes that matter for the enduring benefit of our community. The foundation does this by: — Creating a culture of charitable... |
| New Hampshire Charitable Foundation | To strengthen communities and inspire greater giving by investing in charitable assets for today and tomorrow; connecting donors with effective organizations, ideas and people; and leading and collaborating on important... |
| New Mexico Community Foundation | Giving primarily to build community resources and relationships, with special emphasis on rural communities and issues important to communities, such as water, kids, health, families, elderly, education, hardship and livelihoods |
| New Richmond Area Community Foundation | To serve as the center point for service-based philanthropy, creating collaborative partnerships that identify needs in the communities the foundation serves. It develops strategies to provide citizens in these communities... |
| Nicholas County Community Foundation | To connect charitable giving with a permanent source of funds to ease local needs while enriching the community for today and tomorrow |
| North Dakota Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life for North Dakota’s citizens through charitable giving and promoting philanthropy. Unrestricted funds are used largely for aid to the elderly and disadvantaged; support is... |
| North Haven Foundation | Giving primarily for scholarships to residents of North Haven, Maine |
| North Woodward Community Foundation | Dedicated to investing in and enhancing the quality of life in Troy and the surrounding communities by awarding grants to support outstanding organizations and projects. Giving is primarily in the... |
| Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for the citizens of its service area by: identifying community needs and opportunities with a focus on the arts, education, the environment, health and... |
| Oxford Community Foundation | Enriching lives in Oxford County by attracting, promoting and enabling community giving |
| Park City Community Foundation | To strengthen and unite us by identifying needs, giving, supporting and connecting our community |
| Paulding County Area Foundation | Recognized as the primary philanthropic organization for tax-deductible giving, at all levels, allowing individuals and groups to fund endowments providing grants for the benefit of Paulding County today and for... |
| Phelps County Community Foundation | To encourage and provide opportunities for charitable giving, to manage and distribute the funds in a responsible manner and to enhance the quality of life for the people of Phelps... |
| Piqua Community Foundation | To encourage charitable giving that benefits residents of Piqua, Ohio, and to provide a variety of ways to help them meet their charitable giving goals |
| Pittsburgh Foundation | To promote and champion the betterment of the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, community and the quality of life for all its citizens by helping a wide variety of donors fulfill their... |
| Pondong Batangan Community Foundation | To build funds by way of “small giving” and to support people and community development projects |
| Powell River Community Foundation | To foster a spirit of giving to build a capital fund as a permanent legacy and distribute its earnings wisely in response to needs within the community |
| Racine Community Foundation | The mission of the Racine Community Foundation is to enhance the quality of life for the people of Racine County by encouraging and providing opportunities for charitable giving and by... |
| Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia | To build on the strengths and assets of Nova Scotia’s coastal and rural communities by encouraging philanthropic giving, developing a permanent endowment and managing the granting of funds |
| Sandusky/Erie County Community Foundation | To develop a permanent endowment to identify and respond to community needs, and to facilitate charitable giving |
| Scott County Community Foundation | Growing and preserving charitable gifts to strengthen Scott County by looking forward and giving back |
| Siouxland Community Foundation | The foundation awards grants to social service agencies that offer assistance with addiction, domestic violence and other issues. Giving also supports arts and culture, education, civic affairs and health. |
| Solano Community Foundation | Solano Community Foundation is dedicated to building a stronger community and enhancing the quality of life in Solano County through the support of philanthropic activities that make a deep and... |
| Somerset Community Foundation | To promote vibrant, inclusive communities in Somerset through developing a culture of local giving and enabling voluntary groups to combat disadvantage and isolation |
| Southern Highlands Community Foundation | To provide charitable giving to the community and philanthropy insight in New South Wales, Australia |
| Squamish Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in Squamish by providing philanthropic leadership in assessing and responding to community needs, providing donors with the opportunity for flexible gift giving, investing and... |
| Steuben County Community Foundation | To preserve and enhance the lifestyle and assets of Steuben County, Indiana, for all current and future generations by providing ongoing assessment and financial support of identified needs through philanthropic... |
| Stevenage Community Trust | To raise funds and promote charitable giving in order to enhance the quality of life of people living in the borough of Stevenage and its surrounding villages in England |
| SurreyCares Community Foundation | Our primary mandate is to support philanthropic giving to local causes throughout Surrey, BC. We’re a registered charity, and a member of Community Foundations of Canada. We’re non-political and non-partisan.... |
| Taos Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in the communities served by encouraging permanent charitable giving for present and future generations, primarily in the areas of health and human services; education... |
| The Community Foundation for Ireland | We respond to Ireland’s complex needs by building deep relationships with non-profit organisations working at the coal face. We build platforms with local communities and collaborate with the public sector.... |
| The Summit Foundation | To improve the quality of life for residents and guests of Summit County and neighboring communities. Giving is primarily for arts and culture, health and human services, education, environment, sports... |
| The Winston-Salem Foundation | To invest in the community by making philanthropy and its benefits available to all. The foundation accomplishes this by assisting individuals and organizations with their charitable giving, making grants to... |
| Topeka Community Foundation | To connect donors with their interests and community needs, increasing charitable giving in our community, providing leadership on key community issues and ensuring stewardship and accountability for effective community investment... |
| Trinidad Community Foundation | To enhance and develop the quality of life in Trinidad and Las Animas County by building a culture of giving, and by providing grants in the areas of education, health... |
| Truman Heartland Community Foundation | Improving area communities by promoting and serving private giving for the public good |
| Tucker Community Foundation | To build a permanent pool of endowed funds to serve the broad charitable needs of the community, to manage these funds responsibly, and to use them efficiently in responding to... |
| Tulsa Community Foundation | To be the recognized, community owned-organization that initiates, teaches and encourages personal and corporate charitable giving today to ensure that the philanthropic needs of Oklahomans can be met for all... |
| Tuzla Community Foundation | To support the participation of citizens in the democratic development of their communities through networking and partnership, involvement and empowerment of youth, and co-financing of citizens’ initiatives and projects for... |
| Vermillion County Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in the community by providing donors with a permanent, flexible, efficient, tax-effective vehicle that ensures their charitable giving will achieve their goals and provide... |
| Victoria Foundation | To provide leadership by inspiring giving, thoughtfully caring for the assets entrusted to us, and investing in people, ideas and activities that strengthen our communities |