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 |
| Alba Community Foundation | To improve lives by mobilizing the people of White County and the allocation of resources for local development initiatives |
| Arlington Community Foundation | To actively promote, protect and improve the quality of life for those who live or work in Arlington, providing philanthropic leadership and raising capital for grants and scholarships to address... |
| 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... |
| Barry Community Foundation | To develop and manage endowed funds for helping and involving the people of Barry County, Michigan, to make a positive difference in their lives |
| Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation | To be a catalyst for community development for the area of Bedfordshire and Luton and to positively touch the lives of those who come to us for support |
| 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,... |
| Bexley Community Foundation | To sustain and enhance Bexley as a special place to live, learn, work and play |
| Blair Area Community Foundation | To support activities that enrich the community and support the values of the families that live in Washington County, Nebraska. Areas of support include education, fine arts, community betterment, parks... |
| Bucheon Hope Foundation | Enhance the lives of Bucheon Comminity |
| Bürger helfen Bürgern-Bürgerstiftung Aichach | To support Aichacher citizens who require help for physical, mental or psychological conditions, who live below the poverty line, or who find themselves in an economic situation of emergency |
| Capital Community Foundation | To fund charities, community groups and projects that improve the lives of London’s most disadvantaged people and the environment, bringing together donors, companies, local and regional government, and existing trusts... |
| 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... |
| Cleveland Foundation | To enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking,... |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | To stimulate creative solutions to key challenges in our community. We thoughtfully and effectively support our diverse donors and grantees by providing exemplary service and by demonstrating accountability. We improve... |
| Community Foundation for Crawford County | As a catalyst, the foundation works to enhance the quality of life for all residents of this community by: offering a flexible mechanism that assures that donors’ charitable interests are... |
| Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | Connecting people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York |
| Community Foundation for Merseyside | To advance community and economic development by providing charitable giving for strategic social investments in Liverpool, England |
| Community Foundation for South Sinai | To help Bedouin communities and all who care about South Sinai to improve Bedouin lives and livelihoods, carry the best traditions forward into the future, and safeguard South Sinai’s unique... |
| Community Foundation for Surrey | To improve the lives of people in Surrey by awarding grants to local community and voluntary groups who make a real difference to the well-being of those in their communities |
| Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region | To strengthen our community for current and future generations by helping people make a difference in the lives of others |
| Community Foundation for Wiltshire and Swindon | To improve the lives of disadvantaged people in Wiltshire and Swindon by funding voluntary groups and charities who work to: reduce isolation; improve access to skills development; provide access to... |
| Community Foundation of Fayette County | To help define charitable needs, connect donors with causes that matters to them, support nonprofit organizations and invest charitable assets to make the community a better place to live |
| Community Foundation of Florida Keys | Making Key West and the Florida Keys a better place to live now and in the future by encouraging philanthropy and matching these acts of caring to community needs |
| 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 Chattanooga | Improve the lives of citizens in the greater Chattanooga, Tennessee, area |
| Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador | To promote and sustain healthy communities across our province by providing grant funding to a wide range of community organizations. We combine our broad, province-wide reach with a grassroots focus... |
| Community Foundation of Northeast India | To provide outreach regarding livelihood needs at the community level |
| 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 Randolph County | To bring people and resources together to enrich the lives of Randolph County residents |
| Community Foundation of Wabash County | To serve the citizens of Wabash County by implementing their charitable aspirations, making grants, investing and safeguarding charitable assets, providing information regarding charitable endeavors, and convening citizens and linking resources... |
| Community Foundation of Western North Carolina | To inspire philanthropy and mobilize resources to enrich lives and communities in Western North Carolina |
| Community Foundation Serving the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino | To strengthen the community by meeting the needs and enhancing the lives of individuals in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California, in partnership with philanthropic individuals, community leaders and the... |
| Community Foundation Sonoma County | To connect people, ideas and resources to benefit the lives of those who live here. The foundation fulfills this mission by: making grants to respond to important needs in Sonoma... |
| Connecticut Community Foundation | Fostering creative partnerships to build rewarding lives and thriving communities |
| 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 |
| DOCKDA Rural Development Agency | Build transformational women’s leadership and networks of community organizations to change the lives of women and men in rural areas |
| 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 Appalachian Kentucky | To support collaborative work in the local community around a common vision that enhances the lives of all citizens and to create a permanent endowment to serve as a catalyst... |
| Fuldauerstichting | The Fuldauerstichting financially supports activities of local organisations and groups whose aim it is to make Hengelo a better place to live. |
| Fundació Civica Oreneta del Vallès | To improve our community by identifying and implementing actions to improve the lives of older people, to fight against school failure and the digital divide, to facilitate the integration of... |
| Fundación Tot Raval | Improving the lives of the inhabitants of the Raval |
| Grand Rapids Community Foundation | Our mission is to build and manage our community’s permanent endowment and lead the community to strengthen the lives of its people. |
| 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,... |
| Jefferson Community Foundation | Driving philanthropic engagement, collaboration, leadership and innovation in service of all who live in Jefferson County, WA. |
| KAAPAALIKA | To partner in the struggle to eliminate caste-based atrocities, with special focus on Dalit people, particularly women, so that they can live a life with dignity, equal opportunity and social... |
| Kilimani Project Foundation | The Project is driven by the vision of all who work, live and pass through Kilimani-Nairobi having the experience of community as being vibrantly alive and the responsibility of all. |
| Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Improving people\'s lives and wellbeing through grants, loans and facilitating the development and sustainability of charities, volunteer-led groups and community business. |
| London Community Foundation | Our vision is of a strong and generous London where residents, business, government and civil society are inspired to act for the benefit of all who live in their city,... |
| Marshall Community Foundation | To help make the Marshall area an even better place to live, work and raise a family. This is done by attracting permanently endowed funds from a wide range of... |
| Masindi Community Foundation | To mobilize and endow resources for the promotion and facilitation of asset based development so as to enable local citizens establish and manage sustainable social enterprises capable of improving their... |
| Mehrwert-Die Bürgerstiftung im Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen | To help all citizens in the community, regardless of age, live together in dignity |
| Milton Keynes Community Foundation | To connect people with resources, skills and ideas to enrich lives and create positive growth for Milton Keynes |
| Nevada Community Foundation | Committed to improving the lives of southern Nevadans today and for future generations by matching acts of caring to the many needs in the community |
| 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 |
| Norman Community Foundation | To offer the promise of enlightened leadership, faithful administration and constant striving toward the common objective of enriching lives in Norman, Oklahoma. The foundation is gathering an endowment consisting of... |
| Northwest Minnesota Foundation | The foundation invests resources, creates opportunities and promotes philanthropy to make the region a better place to live and work. |
| Ottawa County Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life for those who live and work in the Ottawa County, Ohio area. |
| Owen County Community Foundation | To help our Owen County communities become better places to live, grow and work |
| Oxford Community Foundation | Enriching lives in Oxford County by attracting, promoting and enabling community giving |
| Pasadena Community Foundation | To improve and enrich the lives of people in the greater Pasadena area |
| 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... |
| Pottawattamie County Community Foundation | A partnership of rural and urban citizens dedicated to improving the lives of all residents of the county’s communities by: serving as an effective catalyst for responses to community issues;... |
| Revia-Carpathian Community Foundation | To improve the lives of inhabitants of the region’s Small Carpathian Wine Route |
| 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... |
| Schenectady Foundation | To assist and promote the welfare of Schenectady County, New York, and the people who live and/or work there. The foundation provides support for general charitable purposes and awards scholarships... |
| Scott Community Foundation | Dedicated to preserving local wealth so the communities in and around Scott County will forever remain attractive places to live, work and raise a family |
| 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... |
| Southfield Community Foundation | Ddedicated to enhancing the lives of those who live, work and play in the cities of Southfield and Lathrup Village. The foundation encourages philanthropy by providing services to donors, program... |
| Spartanburg County Foundation | Committed to improving the lives of Spartanburg County residents by promoting philanthropy, encouraging community engagement and responding to community needs. |
| Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation | To help build a vibrant, caring, “hometown” community where people can be proud to live, work and play |
| Stratford and Perth County Community Foundation | To enrich the lives of people in Perth County, Canada by providing support to charitable organizations through grants made possible by responsible stewardship of endowment funds |
| Summit Area Public Foundation | To foster area-wide philanthropy by identifying local needs and offering donors flexible ways to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors |
| Sussex Area Community Foundation | To respond to challenges and provide opportunities to communities of the greater Sussex Area to live, learn, work and play by encouraging endowment funds, promoting community leadership and fulfilling needs... |
| Tuscola County Community Foundation | To make Tuscola County a better place to live by maintaining a permanent philanthropic endowment base which will assist and fund a variety of efforts, turning needs and dreams into... |
| Wayne County Community Foundation | To encourage individuals who have prospered in Wayne County to leave part of their estates for the good of the community in which they lived; assist community nonprofit organizations in... |