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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Agrupacion De Jubilados De La Polica, Transito Y Bomberos Del Df. A.C. | Promotion and protection of human rights, education. |
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 |
Amarillo Area Foundation | To improve the quality of life in the Texas Panhandle through effective philanthropic efforts, currently focused on four areas of particular priority: education, health, human services, and youth and families |
Bangladesh Women’s Foundation | To fund women’s initiatives focused on human rights, gender equality and improved conditions of women and children in Bangladesh |
Baton Rouge Area Foundation | Uniting human and financial resources to enhance the quality of life in Southern Louisiana |
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,... |
Bay Harbor Foundation | Established to provide a structure for receiving donations and distributing grants in northern, lower Michigan for programs in the arts, education, the environment, and health and human services |
Beaver County Foundation | To create an atmosphere for and an understanding of philanthropy, the love of humankind, in order to preserve and encourage the development of organizations and programs that meet human needs.... |
Beckley Area Foundation | Grantmaking on the arts, health and human services, public recreation, education and civic beautification in specific geographic areas of southern West Virginia |
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation | To build stronger, more vibrant communities and improve the quality of life for all residents, providing support primarily for education, the arts, the environment, and health and human services |
Boissevain and Morton Foundation | To manage donated funds in Boissevain, Canada and support programs that deal with health, human services, arts and culture, environment, community development and service, education and training, and recreation |
Broomfield Community Foundation | To accept contributions and provide support through grants in the areas of civic projects, human services, arts, humanities, seniors and education which benefit Broomfield citizens; to manage an endowment whose... |
Brown County Community Foundation | To receive, hold and distribute funds for charity, with primary areas of focus including arts and humanities, education, the environment, health care, human services and community development |
Bürgerstiftung Haltern | To help people in need and enhance the quality of life for everyone in the community by providing support for education, sports, culture, nature and land protection, maintenance of customs... |
Cape Cod Foundation | To improve community life on Cape Cod through philanthropy and grantmaking. One of the ways this mission is accomplished is by developing permanent and flexible endowment funds to help nonprofit... |
Carlsbad Foundation | To improve the quality of life for the people of Carlsbad and South Eddy County, New Mexico. The foundation provides leadership for local charitable organizations by building and preserving permanent... |
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. |
Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation | The foundation receives and administers funds for charitable purposes primarily in the Cattaraugus County (New York) region, but also has funds for support in McKean County (Pennyslvania) and some other... |
Central Alabama Community Foundation | Created by and for the people of central Alabama so that individuals and corporate donors can make gifts and bequests of any size for the betterment of the community. Through... |
Cherokee Strip Community Foundation | To distribute resources to the community, particularly in the areas of arts and culture, health and human services, recreation and neighborhoods, economic development, and education and the environment |
Chicago Community Trust | To lead and inspire philanthropic efforts that measurably improve the quality of life and the prosperity of the region. With new strategic focus, the trust seeks to advance four overarching... |
Chisholm Trail Communities Foundation | To grant funds for projects and programs that address community needs in the areas of community development and community services, education and training, arts and culture, health and human services |
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina | To foster philanthropy for the lasting good of the community, giving primarily for education and human services |
Cobb Community Foundation | To invest in solutions to solve Cobb County’s civic, educational, health, human service and cultural challenges |
Community Foundation for Monterey County | To improve the quality of life in Monterey County by raising, managing and distributing charitable funds to worthy organizations and by creating positive connections between donors and their interests. Primary... |
Community Foundation for Muskegon County | To build community endowment, effect positive change through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues, all to serve donors’ desires to enhance the quality of life for the people... |
Community Foundation for Southwest Washington | To enrich the quality of life in southwestern Washington by supporting the needs of the local region and sustaining existing organizations through grants made in the areas of health and... |
Community Foundation Of Central Connecticut | To encourage the creation of endowments to serve the Meriden and Wallingford communities now and in the future and to address the charitable and humanitarian needs of our community by... |
Community Foundation of Central Illinois | To serve the Central Illinois area by providing an intelligent bridge between needs and resources through a growing endowment, entrepreneurial grantmaking service to the nonprofit sector and promotion of philanthropy.... |
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain | To meet the needs of the greater New Britain, Connecticut, community through support of programs dedicated to health and human services, education, community and economic development, the environment, arts and... |
Community Foundation of Northwest Florida | To service human needs in the area, with emphasis on serving children. As the foundation matures, it will reach out into other areas of public need to ensure that critical... |
Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin | To support the arts, the environment, education, health, human services and historic preservation in Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk, Vernon and Walworth counties, Wisconsin |
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 of West Chester/Liberty | To encourage, support and facilitate philanthropy and improve the quality of life in the West Chester/Liberty area. The foundation provides support for civic affairs and community development, education (including scholarships),... |
Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio | To attract and invest permanent endowment resources, with the purpose of enhancing the quality of life for the residents of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, in accordance with the charitable... |
Community Foundation Partnership | To enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Lawrence and Martin Counties, Indiana, in the areas of education, health and human services, civic and historical affairs, the arts... |
Community Foundation “Center Dobrochyn” | To assist in developing open democratic society by means of human rights protection and its realization in all spheres of social life; development of civil initiatives; assistance to Euro integration... |
Coshocton Foundation | To provide a community-controlled organization dedicated to the betterment and long-term development of Coshocton County’s natural, community and human resources |
CREATE Foundation | To act as a catalyst for positive change by supporting projects that will improve the quality of life for all citizens of northeast Mississippi, and by helping individuals and groups... |
Decatur County Community Foundation | To provide a general depository for charitable contributions that will service Decatur County. The foundation supports the following areas of interest: civic and community, education, health and human services, arts... |
Dickinson Area Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in local communities by meeting the changing needs with endowments for good and forever. To that end, the foundation makes grants in broad program... |
East Texas Communities Foundation | To support philanthropy by offering simple ways for donors to achieve their long-term charitable goals. The foundation does this by: serving as a flexible and cost-effective vehicle for donors to... |
Elkhart County Community Foundation | To maintain funding in the areas of arts and culture, community development, education, health and human services |
FECHAC-Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense | To achieve better opportunities for human and social development for the people of Chihuahua |
Fondazione Di Comunità Di Messina Onlus | The Messina Community Foundation was launched in 2010 to promote human development in Messina, a city in Southern Italy, which has been caught in the poverty threshold trap for years.... |
Foundation for Social Transformation: Enabling North East India | To invest in, support and promote the region’s abundant human, natural, cultural and creative resources; to enable communities of the region to be owners of development processes; to promote and... |
Four County Community Foundation | To serve the current and emerging needs of the local community, continuing the tradition of philanthropy begun generations ago. The foundation is dedicated to bringing together human and financial resources... |
Fundació Cívica Novessendes | We work with citizens to find solutions to community needs and improve the quality of life for people locally, contributing to human and economic development of our country. |
Fundación Social del Empresariado Jalisciense | To promote education, health and sustainable human development for vulnerable populations, and contribute to social equity in Jalisco |
Grand Foundation | Serving all of Grand County, Colorado, the foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in the county by proactively addressing current and future needs in the areas of health... |
Grassroots Jerusalem | To develop a culture of justice and human rights; to raise the local standard of knowledge and understanding of human rights as “rights”-not privileges-and to demand them constructively; to develop... |
Gratiot County Community Foundation | To enhance the lives of Gratiot County citizens by identifying and addressing needs within the county, building permanent endowments, and distributing grants in the fields of the arts, education, environment,... |
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 Lynchburg Community Trust | To enhance the quality of life in the communities served by establishment of permanent endowments for the cities of Lynchburg and Bedford and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and... |
Hamilton Community Foundation | To meet local community needs for all manner of civic, charitable, educational, cultural, health, recreational and humanitarian purposes |
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... |
Howard County Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in Howard County, Missouri, through grants supporting human services, education and humanities |
Huntington County Community Foundation | To fund charitable projects that will make a positive impact on Huntington County, Indiana, and its people. The foundation is particularly interested in ideas that shed new light on local... |
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,... |
Inland Northwest Community Foundation | To foster vibrant and sustainable communities in the Inland Northwest. Primary areas of interest include the arts, humanities, education, community development and human services. |
Lapeer County Community Foundation | The foundation builds and manages permanent endowment funds from a wide variety of donors to provide grants that enhance the quality of life in Lapeer County, now and for future... |
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... |
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. |
Lower Flathead Valley Community Foundation | To bring tribal and non-tribal members together to work on projects preserving and conserving the cultural, natural and human resources of the region, with special emphasis on meeting the needs... |
Luzerne Foundation | To cultivate measurable community improvement by: serving as a leader, catalyst and resource for charitable activities; building and administering a permanent reserve of charitable capital for the community’s present needs... |
Mackinac Island Community Foundation | Recognizing the dignity and beauty of Mackinac Island, the foundation serves the general well-being of Island residents and visitors. The foundation is most interested in projects that focus on arts... |
Marin Community Foundation | The foundation’s mission is to encourage and apply philanthropic contributions to help improve the human condition, embrace diversity, promote a humane and democratic society, and enhance the community’s quality of... |
Marquette County Community Foundation | To support organizations involved with the arts, education, health, human services and other projects and programs that enhance life |
Marshall County Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in Marshall County by providing funds through a grantmaking process for humanitarian, cultural, educational, recreational and environmental activities. The general policy of the foundation... |
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... |
Midlands Community Foundation | Giving primarily for arts and culture, human services, community and economic development, health care and education |
Mission Community Foundation | To collect funds from donors and invest the funds, using the income for the benefit of the citizens of the Mission area of Canada, in the fields of education, recreation,... |
Moline Foundation | To provide grants to health, human services, education, community development, the arts and other charitable organizations which benefit the citizens of Moline and the Quad Cities, Illinois, region |
Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust | Vision: The establishment and protection of a just, equitable and peaceful society Mission: To collectively promote peace, reconciliation and human rights, sharing responsibility, resources and risks through strategic partnerships with civil... |
NGO "Foundation for Community Development" | Our activities aim at improvement of quality of life for the population of the region through social partnership, development of philanthropy and leadership in communities, striving for humanistic, social and... |
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... |
Ohio County Community Foundation | To assist donors with building, managing and distributing a lasting source of charitable resources for Ohio County, Indiana. The foundation makes grants in the fields of community development, education, human... |
Oxford Community Foundation | To serve Oxford and the surrounding community by providing leadership in enhancing the quality of life; by supporting natural, community and human resources; by acting as a catalyst in identifying... |
Porter County Community Foundation | The foundation provides resources and ideas by which donors can make lasting contributions to humanitarian, cultural, educational, recreational and environmental causes in Porter County, Indiana, and provides asset management which... |
Prayatna Foundation | “Local Ownership of Local Problems”: Residents of five villages, most of them Dalit and Muslim, contribute their time, food, money and other resources to successfully advocate for human rights, housing,... |
Rochester Area Foundation | Dedicated to using its resources to improve the quality of life, promote greater equality of opportunities, and develop effective methods to assist those in need in the greater Rochester area.... |
Santa Barbara Foundation | To enrich the lives of the people of Santa Barbara County through philanthropy. To achieve this mission, the foundation will: serve as a leader, catalyst and resource for philanthropy; strive... |
Savannah Community Foundation | To support organizations involved with arts, education, health, human services and religion |
Social Trust Fund | To make philanthropy work for a better world for humanity |
Sonora Area Foundation | The foundation assists donors, makes grants and provides community leadership. Primary areas of interest include human services, education, arts, culture and humanities, health, public and society benefit, and environment and... |
South Asia Women’s Fund | To create a regional and national platform for South Asian women to ensure, address and advocate for women’s human rights by creating a sustainable philanthropic institution for, by and with... |
St. Albert Community Foundation | To support charitable organizations working in the St. Albert community in Alberta, Canada, with emphasis on programs that support youth, human services, seniors, arts and culture, and recreation |
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 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... |
Virden Area Foundation | To provide care for the needy, sick, aged, destitute and helpless; to promote educational advancement; to promote conservation of human, natural and heritage resources; and to provide for such other... |
Waccamaw Community Foundation | The foundation uses distributions from various funds to award grants to many of the humanitarian, educational and cultural organizations in the community. |
Walker Area Community Foundation | To serve as a nonprofit dedicated to the nurture and advancement of the community through forming and preserving charitable capital and using the proceeds of that capital to better the... |
Wapakoneta Area Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in the Wapakoneta area through organized philanthropy by: providing leadership and acting as a catalyst in identifying and addressing evolving community needs; distributing grants... |
Washington County Community Foundation | To foster philanthropy by offering charitable gifting opportunities to donors. The foundation’s purpose includes helping donors accomplish their goals by professionally managing funds entrusted to it for today and for... |
Wawanesa Community Foundation | To fund capital projects within the Village of Wawanesa in order to promote, develop, preserve and enrich human, natural and heritage resources |
Wells County Foundation | To enhance the quality of life of the Wells County, Indiana, community through the generation and prudent administration of entrusted donor funds to meet present and future changing community needs.... |
Yampa Valley Community Foundation | The foundation provides leadership in raising funds, in partnership with community members, to support innovative programs benefiting the Yampa Valley community. Giving is primarily to arts and culture, education, environment,... |