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 |
| Albuquerque Community Foundation | To build, invest and manage endowment funds to enhance the quality of the community through informed strategic grantmaking |
| Arusha Municipal Community Foundation | To mobilize resources, build and manage a permanent endowment fund, and provide grants to individuals and groups in Arusha City in order to improve their quality of life |
| B.C. Interior Community Foundation | To manage a collection of permanently endowed funds created by individuals, companies, other foundations, and by charitable organizations for the long-term benefit of the Thompson, Nicola and South Cariboo area... |
| Bani Community Foundation | To enrich our community by providing professional management services to donors for their charitable causes, awarding visionary grants and scholarships and nurturing collaborations in our community |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bottroper Bürgerstiftung | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, a democratic political system, historic preservation and maintenance, development cooperation, religion, arts and culture, sports, animal welfare, the environment,... |
| Brant Community Foundation | To attract and manage permanent funds from donors of all means, and provide grants to charitable organizations in Brantford and Brant County, Canada |
| 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;... |
| 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... |
| Bulkley Valley Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in our communities by awarding local organizations grants generated through responsible managed donations and legacies |
| Bürgerstiftung Augsburg | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, arts and culture, sports, the environment, conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Backnang | To support education and training, student assistance, arts and culture, sports, the environment, conservation and land management |
| 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... |
| Bürgerstiftung Baden-Baden | To support elder care, education and training, public welfare, arts and culture, sports, environment, conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Bernkastel-Kues | To support elder care, education and training, student assistance, historic preservation, arts and culture, traditional customs, environment, nature conservation, land management, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Biberach | To support education and training, student assistance, arts and culture, environmental and nature conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Blankenhain | To support elder care, education and training, student assistance, historic preservation, arts and culture, sports, animal welfare, traditional customs, environment and nature conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Böblingen | To support elder care, education and training, arts and culture, sports, environment, conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Bremen | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, civic engagement, a democratic political system, historic preservation, arts and culture, sports, crime victim assistance, environment, nature conservation, land... |
| Bürgerstiftung Coesfeld | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, a democratic political system, historic preservation, arts and culture, sports, traditional customs, environment, nature conservation, land management, international understanding,... |
| Bürgerstiftung Detmold | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, historic preservation, arts and culture, sports, traditional customs, environment, nature conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Dormagen | To support education and training, student assistance, a democratic political system, historic preservation, developmental cooperation, public health and welfare, arts and culture, sports, animal welfare, environment, conservation and land management,... |
| Bürgerstiftung Dresden | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, historic preservation, arts and culture, environment, conservation and land management |
| Bürgerstiftung Eberbach | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, historic preservation, arts and culture, environment, conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Filderstadt | To support elder care, public health, education and training, student assistance, a democratic political system, historic preservation, arts and culture, environment, conservation and land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung Fürth | To support education and training, student assistance, civic engagement, arts and culture, public health and welfare, sport, traditional customs, environment, conservation, land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Bürgerstiftung im Landkreis Nienburg | To support elder care, education and training, student assistance, environment, nature conservation, land management, international understanding and public welfare |
| Bürgerstiftung Jüchen | To support training and education, student assistance, historic preservation, arts and culture, public health, sports, traditional customs, environment, nature conservation and land management |
| Bürgerstiftung Lebensraum Aachen | To support the elderly, public health, education and training, student assistance, a democratic political system, arts and culture, the environment, conservation and land management, international understanding, science and research |
| Cadillac Area Community Foundation | To develop a community-wide vehicle for permanent endowments to enhance the quality of life in the area and to establish and manage worthwhile endowed funds for the betterment of the... |
| Community Foundation for Northeast Florida | Stimulating Philanthropy to Build a Better Community: In support of our mission, the foundation is committed to grantmaking that is fair and thoughtful; management that trusts and respects the intent... |
| Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area | To encourage and promote philanthropy through education, responsible management of charitable contributions and the distribution of these funds, and to provide the structure for this to be accomplished by individuals,... |
| Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin | To help make the Portage County community a better place to grow, work, play and retire by helping people, enhancing education, enriching arts and culture, contributing to wellness and improving... |
| Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Region | To manage and develop diverse endowments that generate funding to address the quality of life in the Grand Forks, North Dakota, area |
| Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne | To encourage requests that are developed in consultation with other agencies and planning groups, increase coordination and cooperation among agencies, and reduce unnecessary duplication of services. Preference is given to... |
| Community Foundation of Johnson County | To provide a means for citizens to make gifts to specific organizations, general areas of concern or the common good, to pool and manage endowment funds for local nonprofit organizations,... |
| Community Foundation of Swan Valley | To manage an endowment fund whose profits go towards improving the community of Swan Valley, Canada |
| Community Foundation of the Virginias | To promote and support the betterment of the greater Bluefield area and surrounding communities by receiving financial contributions, providing responsible management for a growing endowment, and distributing grants to effective... |
| Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts | To enrich the quality of life in our community through encouraging philanthropy, developing permanent endowments, responding to emerging needs, serving as a resource and coordinator for charitable activities and promoting... |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| Dacorum Community Trust | To provide a locally managed fund for individuals, organizations and charities in the Dacorum area, helping the people of Dacorum to help each other and responding quickly and effectively to... |
| Dauphin and District Community Foundation | To manage a permanent endowment fund whose income earned is used to make grants to local registered charities working to improve the quality of life in Dauphin, Canada |
| Deep River and District Community Foundation | To manage donated endowment funds to support activities in the Canadian communities of Deep River, Laurentian Hills (including Chalk River), Rolphton, Rapides Des Joachims (Swisha), and the United Townships of... |
| Delmenhorster Bürgerstiftung | To support elder care, education and training, arts and culture, public health, sports, environment, conservation, land management and international understanding |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Fondation communautaire de Hearst Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life and sustainability of the Hearst community in Canada by distributing the revenue generated by the fund’s management to a wide range of community organizations,... |
| Fondazione Di Comunità Del Salento Onlus | Local Develop, Social Cohesion, Welfare, Assistance, Fundraising, Fund management, Microfinance |
| Fondo Región Colonia | To mobilize and manage resources efficiently in order to promote social participation in strengthening development projects and organizations in Cologne and the region |
| Forest Community Foundation | To effectively attract and manage funds, to provide leadership in identifying and funding community needs in the former Town of Forest, significant or otherwise, and to help donors fulfill their... |
| Foundation for Southeast Texas | To manage, invest and administer charitable funds given by numerous donors to numerous community charities |
| Foundation of Greater Montreal | To help individuals, families and organizations establish funds for charity purposes in the areas of the environment, education, health and social development, arts and culture; to manage funds and guide... |
| Gloucestershire Community Foundation | To manage charitable funds for Gloucestershire and make grants to charities and communities within Gloucestershire, England |
| 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. |
| 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 Poweshiek Community Foundation | To strengthen the community by building charitable endowments, assisting donors, making effective grants and providing for county needs. The foundation’s directors look for projects that: increase citizens’ commitment to meet... |
| Greater Salina Community Foundation | To enhance quality of life, both today and in the future, by enabling donors to fulfill their charitable desires, building a permanent endowment, facilitating prudent management and care of funds,... |
| Greenville Area Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in the Greenville area. To do this the foundation will attract and hold permanent endowment funds from a wide range of donors; it will... |
| Hancock County Community Foundation | To provide philanthropic leadership to effectively manage and direct the resources of donors in ways which enrich and enhance the quality of life in Hancock County |
| Hastings Community Foundation | To perpetuate and enrich the quality of life in Hastings and the surrounding area through the prudent investment and management of philanthropic donations. The foundation does this by: receiving and... |
| Huronia Community Foundation / La Fondation communautaire de la Huronie | To manage permanent income-earning endowment funds from charitable donations, and distribute the earnings to local charities based on the needs of the community in Huronia, Canada |
| 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... |
| Keweenaw Community Foundation | To promote philanthropy, develop and manage permanent endowments from a broad range of donors, and award charitable grants that enhance quality of life in the Keweenaw area |
| Lac du Bonnet and District Charitable Foundation | To improve the quality of life in the town of Lac du Bonnet in Canada and the adjacent area of Alexander through the creation and management of funds gifted in... |
| 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... |
| Liptov Community Foundation | To systematically encourage the development of grant programs in the Liptov region, effectively manage our endowment assets and continuously reach new local partners, who enable us to create tools to... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Montgomery County Foundation | To develop, receive, administer and manage, under community control, funds received from public and private sources and distribute them for charitable purposes, primarily to meet local needs |
| Mt. Lebanon Community Endowment | To build, promote and manage a permanent fund that sustains and enhances the quality of life in Mt. Lebanon |
| 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... |
| North Norfolk-MacGregor Foundation | To manage an endowment fund and the income generated from the fund to grant to projects within North Norfolk-MacGregor, Canada |
| North Thompson Communities Foundation | To award grants through local charitable organizations generated from responsibly managed donations and legacies which promote community capacity building and unity throughout the North Thompson Valley |
| Northern New York Community Foundation | The foundation raises, manages and administers an endowment and collection of funds for the benefit of the community, built and added to by gifts from individuals and organizations committed to... |
| Oak Park/River Forest Community Foundation | To serve the community by: stimulating and facilitating individual philanthropy; being accountable and prudent managers of donor funds; making responsive and informed grants; and convening resources to address community priorities... |
| 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... |
| Pinawa Foundation | Dedicated to improving the quality of life in the LGD of Pinawa through the creation and management of funds gifted in perpetuity and the distribution of earnings generated from these... |
| Portage Foundation | To perform as a responsible solicitor and prudent manager of charitable gifts and bequests which enrich the community through funding of various charities |
| 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... |
| Renton Community Foundation | To manage a group of individual charitable funds for a broad array of community services such as the arts, health care, pet care, education, emergency services and more |
| 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... |
| 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.... |
| 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... |
| Waco Foundation | Waco Foundation promotes solutions to community challenges, strengthens local nonprofits, engages philanthropists and manages charitable assets in order to improve quality of life in McLennan County. |
| 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... |
| Western Colorado Community Foundation | To promote philanthropy and to build and manage permanent charitable assets to benefit the residents of western Colorado |