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 |
| Alaska Conservation Foundation | To protect Alaska’s natural environment and the diverse cultures and ways of life it sustains by promoting conservation philanthropy and by strategically directing resources to conservation leaders, organizations and initiatives |
| Alba Community Foundation | To improve lives by mobilizing the people of White County and the allocation of resources for local development initiatives |
| Angarsk Community Foundation | “New Angarsk”: Support and encourage public and private initiatives aimed at addressing issues of public importance and local development; promote the establishment and development of philanthropy in Angarsk |
| Arkhangelsk Community Foundation “Garant” | To promote social stability in the region by coordinating the efforts of various organizations, introducing innovative approaches to solving community problems, and creating favorable conditions for the development of nonprofit... |
| Bacau Community Foundation | To link community needs with resources within organizations, initiative groups, individuals or companies and create a strong mechanism to move the community forward; to support community initiatives and foster active... |
| Bangladesh Women’s Foundation | To fund women’s initiatives focused on human rights, gender equality and improved conditions of women and children in Bangladesh |
| Bardejov Community Foundation | To unite people in the name of solving common local issues, to convince Bardejov citizens that they have the power to address the issues in their community. The foundation strives... |
| Barrington Area Community Foundation | To establish a permanent, long-term fund for the betterment of the Barrington Area community, using the annual proceeds to support initiatives that benefit the community and maintain local quality of... |
| Benton Community Foundation | To enhance the community through civic leadership, philanthropy and charitable development initiatives |
| Biłgoraj Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life among citizens of Biłgoraj and other adjacent territories through: assistance in realization of donors’ generous and philanthropic objectives; support in funding different initiatives, such... |
| Blagoevgrad Community Foundation | To provide sustainable community development through the promotion of charity and to support the implementation of initiatives consistent with local needs |
| Bolu Community Foundation | To improve the quality of urban life; support individuals, initiatives and civil society organizations which target the pressing local issues; provide not only grants but increase capacity of and collaboration... |
| Boston Foundation | The foundation devotes its resources to building and sustaining a vital, prosperous city and region, where justice and opportunity are extended to everone. It fulfills this mission in three principal... |
| Brockville and Area Community Foundation | To strengthen our community for the benefit of all by providing leadership on key local issues, supporting charitable initiatives and encouraging the establishment of endowment funds |
| Bürgerstiftung Bad Ems | To promote volunteer work and initiate community projects and initiatives in city history, science and research, education, sports, arts and culture, international understanding, environmental, animal and nature protection, land management... |
| Caledonia Community Foundation | To foster ideas and connect people, initiatives and resources that will have a meaningful and lasting impact in Caledonia and the area |
| Charity Fund “Young Community” | Development of philanthropy, charity and public participation, support of youth and public initiatives, and participation in the development of an online platform for crowdfunding |
| Cluj Community Foundation | To connect the needs and resources of Cluj, with the aim of improving the life of its inhabitants; to stimulate the involvement and the initiative of local-interest companies and of... |
| 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 for Western Region of Zimbabwe | To provide for the well-being of the economically disadvantaged communities in the western region of Zimbabwe by supporting and mobilizing resources for development initiatives coming from the communities themselves |
| 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 Northwest Mississippi | To impact its communities by connecting people who care with causes that matter; priorities include education, health care and young people. The foundation’s current strategies to address these issues are... |
| 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 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 the Holland/Zeeland Area | The mission of the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area is to create lasting positive change. We work to build a permanent community endowment that supports high impact charitable... |
| 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... |
| Comox Valley Community Foundation | To provide an opportunity for people to contribute to a permanent endowment fund which is used to enrich the quality of life in Canada’s Comox Valley through initiatives focusing on... |
| Comunidad A.C. | The mission is to join local capacities and resources of diverse groups and individuals in sustainable community initiatives, to strengthen the capacity of local self-development, and improve the quality of... |
| Coral Gables Community Foundation | To promote programs and initiatives that enhance the quality of life for people living and working in Coral Gables, Florida |
| Covasna Community Foundation | To make local people’s lives better by mobilizing and developing local resources in order to support local and regional initiatives of the community |
| Fairfield County Community Foundation | To promote the growth of philanthropy by helping donors achieve their philanthropic goals. The foundation serves as a leader, catalyst and resource for philanthropy; creates and manages charitable funds; and... |
| 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... |
| Fundació Ciutat de Valls | To promote initiatives to boost awareness and development of culture, art, local history, technology, conservation of artistic heritage, monuments and natural resources in relationship to the District Alt Camp in... |
| Fundación Ciudad Rodrigo-2006 | To remain open to all forward-looking projects and initiatives that improve life in the region of Ciudad Rodrigo |
| Fundación Comunitaria Oaxaca | To promote social participation in and out of Oaxaca to improve the welfare and quality of life of vulnerable population groups and those marginalized in the Oaxacan community, through initiatives... |
| Fundación León | To contribute to the achievement of a better Leon, supporting the civil society initiatives that promote the holistic development of the community |
| Fundatia Comunitara Oradea | Oradea Community Foundation connects the needs and resources of Bihor county, which aims to improve the life of its inhabitants by mobilizing and distributing resources for local initiatives. We make... |
| Fundusz Lokalny Masywu Snieznika | To improve the four municipalities of Massif through initiatives in education, culture, health, sports and environmental protection |
| Gregory Shelekhov Community Foundation | To promote and support initiatives of citizens in solving social problems of the community |
| Highland Area Community Foundation | To be a builder of permanent charitable assets to use on behalf of the Highland area community, act as good stewards for those funds, and serve as a resource in... |
| ICom - Instituto Comunitário Grande Florianópolis | To promote community development by mobilizing, connecting and supporting donors and nonprofits and other social initiatives in Florianópolis and neighbor cities |
| Ikhala Trust | To support community-led initiatives in the Eastern Cape by building relationships, enhancing capacity and facilitating access to funds |
| Instituto Rio | To foment, strengthen and articulate initiatives that promote the community development of the Zona Oeste of Rio de Janeiro |
| Irpin Community Foundation | Building the capacity of the local community to solve its own social problems and needs through grantmaking and events for local nonprofit organizations. Our task is to monitor the problems... |
| Kalinigrad Community Foundation | To promote the ideas of philanthropy in society, target charitable support of socially significant initiatives on a competitive basis, monitor and implement the social climate of charitable projects and programs... |
| Krasnokamsk Community Foundation “Territory of Success” | To create conditions for the effective activity of nonprofit organizations and initiative groups in the Krasnokamsk district of Perm Krai |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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. |
| 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... |
| Monteverde Community Fund | We are a philanthropic organization that unites diverse resources, stakeholders and strategies to promote sustainability initiatives in the Monteverde region. |
| Mures Community Foundation | Dedicated to the development of local community by analyzing and solving the puzzle of local necessities. The foundation supports charity and initiative, pulling together with local community members to reach... |
| Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundations | To encourage philanthropic behavior and local initiatives which increase the quality of life in Odorhei Region |
| Oradea Community Foundation | Oradea Community Foundation is a non-guvernamental organization, apolitic and non-profit that has declared it’s main objectiv the improvement of the life quality for the Bihor County habitants by mobilizing and... |
| Pazardzhik Community Foundation | To mobilize local resources to solve societal problems in the Pazardjik region identified by the citizens themselves and to work to stimulate the citizens’ initiative and revive charitable traditions |
| Saginaw Community Foundation | To fulfill donor wishes and enable community initiatives to come to life, now and forever across Saginaw County. |
| Saint Paul Foundation | The foundation actively serves the people of St. Paul, Minnesota, and the surrounding communities by building permanent charitable capital, making philanthropic grants and providing services that contribute to the health... |
| Salt Spring Island Foundation | To enrich Canada’s Salt Spring Island’s quality of life by encouraging local philanthropy through endowment funds, supporting the network of charitable organizations through granting, and serving as a catalyst for... |
| San Gennaro Onlus Community Foundation | We believe that beauty can save the world, this is why we support bottom up initiatives that promote the cultural heritage of the district of Sanità and the city... |
| Sibiu Community Foundation | To transform the city into a place where citizens, companies and local institutions work together to create a strong, powerful community; to encourage and speed the process of social change;... |
| Sokółka Community Foundation | To develop and promote initiatives, attitudes and actions encouraging community and economic development as well as enhancement of life quality in the Sokólski region |
| Stara Zagora Community Foundation | To fund civic initiatives that satisfy community needs by uniting civic organizations, local authorities and businesses of Bulgaria’s Stara Zagora region |
| 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.... |
| Térerő - Közösségi Alapítvány a Városunkért | To increase the quality of life in the district of Ferencváros through promoting local philanthropy, supporting civic initiatives aiming to develop our community, and strengthening the sense of attachment and... |
| The Gandjabasar Community Foundation (GCF) | Provide direct aid to the poor people, involve people in their own development, helping them to realize their potential, promote the community planning and development; help people break the... |
| Tutrakan Community Foundation | To ensure sustainable community development through the promotion of charity and support the implementation of citizens’ initiatives, responsive to local needs and problems |
| 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... |
| Tyumen Community Foundation | Improving the quality of life of residents through grant support of social initiatives of citizens/nonprofit organizations and joint efforts of various social forces to solve social problems |
| UThungulu Community Foundation | To provide grants to community groups, NGOs and other local actors to support local initiatives such as health, HIV/AIDS education, neighborhood improvements, and environmental and local development within South Africa |
| Winona Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in the Winona area by: educating the public about the practice of philanthropy and its benefits both to donors and to the community; connecting... |
| Wir für Rheinbach Bürgerstiftung | To support projects of public institutions, organizations, clubs and other initiatives, primarily through statutory funding in the fields of activity training, education and sports, arts and culture, heritage protection, public... |
| York County Community Foundation | Create a vibrant York County by engaging donors, investing in high-impact initiatives, providing community leadership while building endowment for future generations. |