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 |
| Akron Community Foundation | The foundation embraces and enhances the work of charitable people and organizations, who make a permanent commitment for the good of the community. |
| 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... |
| Alba Community Foundation | To improve lives by mobilizing the people of White County and the allocation of resources for local development initiatives |
| 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... |
| Arkansas Community Foundation | To engage people, connect resources and inspire solutions to build communities |
| 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... |
| Aspen Community Foundation | To build philanthropy and support nonprofit organizations by connecting donors with community needs, building permanent charitable funds, and bringing people together to solve community problems |
| Atchison Community Educational Foundation | To assist at-risk youth in the community, positioning young people to become vital contributors in the community’s growth and development, and providing help through educational and mentoring programs that develop... |
| Athens Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for the people of the Athens region through building endowments, awarding grants and providing leadership on key community issues now and for generations to... |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| 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.... |
| 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 Grass Community Foundation | To receive gifts and give grants to people and causes in central and eastern Kentucky |
| Border Trust | To create a strong, sustainable financial base that will enable us to meet community needs; to build on existing and new develop new relationships; to position Border Trust as the... |
| Brooklyn Community Foundation | To spark lasting social change, mobilizing people, capital and expertise for a fair and just Brooklyn. |
| Bucharest Community Foundation | To invest the time, money and energy of the people of Bucharest in order to develop communities where we feel at home |
| Buderim Foundation | To improve the quality of life in Buderim by supporting the following areas: environmental conservation, disadvantaged people, arts, heritage and culture, education, recreation and community development |
| Buergerstiftung Wiesloch | To encourage civic engagement, strengthen the local community, activate innovative capacity within the community, enhance public participation for everyone, help people in acute situations of financial neediness, enhance cooperation among... |
| Bürgerstiftung Aulendorf | To bring people together and create an endowment to help all kinds of people |
| Bürgerstiftung Bad Tölz | To provide help for acute problems by bringing together people who are willing and motivated to change something in their city |
| Bürgerstiftung Bispinghof Nordwalde | To raise funds for other charities or public bodies to ensure support for youth, families, seniors and people with disabilities, and for home care services, education and the environment |
| Bürgerstiftung Engen | To help people, businesses and organizations fulfill their social responsibility in actively shaping the city’s future |
| Bürgerstiftung für Bergisch Gladbach | To promote the social engagement and sense of community of the people of Bergisch Gladbach |
| Bürgerstiftung Großenlüder | To support sustainable projects that enhance the quality of life for many people in our region |
| 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... |
| Bürgerstiftung Henstedt-Ulzburg | To bring together people who want to change something: with ideas, commitment and the necessary money to transform a good concept into a successful project |
| Bürgerstiftung Holdorf | To support the community by helping disadvantaged children, young people, older individuals and self-help groups with issues such as education, sports and social work |
| Bürgerstiftung Holzkirchen | To improve our community and the vicinity in the fields of culture, nature and the environment, and to support young people, senior citizens and the disabled |
| Bürgerstiftung Ludwigshafen | To strengthen the self-reliance of our citizens by supporting people so that they can help themselves and others. We focus on quality of life, education, sciences, culture, youth and the... |
| Bürgerstiftung Nottuln | To promote projects in the fields of nonformal education, culture, children and young people, integration of people with disabilities, nature and environment, home and preservation, international understanding and development aid |
| Bürgerstiftung Region Lahr | To promote the general welfare of people living in the Lahr region |
| Bürgerstiftung Rheinstetten | To promote education, arts and culture, and the environment and to provide support for youth, the elderly, families and people with disabilities |
| Bürgerstiftung Sendenhorst Albersloh | To bring together people who are committed to their city and want to share responsibility |
| Bürgerstiftung Weimar | To promote civic engagement among the people of Weimar for the betterment of their city and fellow citizens |
| 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 |
| Calgary Foundation | WE INSPIRE PHILANTHROPY, SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE SECTOR AND BUILD A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. |
| 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... |
| Capital Region Community Foundation | To serve the charitable needs and enhance the quality of life in Michigan’s Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties by helping people and organizations establish permanent, charitable endowment funds that serve... |
| 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... |
| Cartwright and Area Foundation | To administer funds and property left at various times by citizens for the benefit of people in Cartwright, Canada |
| 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... |
| Central Kentucky Community Foundation | To help people fulfill their dreams for our community |
| Central Minnesota Community Foundation | To engage people, connect resources and build community. The foundation fulfills this mission by making grants to support key issues in Central Minnesota by: encouraging individuals, families and businesses to... |
| 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 |
| Charlottesville Area Community Foundation | Dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people of the City of Charlottesville and its seven surrounding counties. The foundation also assists Charlottesville-area donors with their philanthropic... |
| Chester County Community Foundation | Connecting people who care with causes that matter, so their legacies make a difference now and forever |
| Coffeyville Area Community Foundation | To endow funds to improve the quality of life for people of the Coffeyville area |
| Community Development Centre | “CDC actively supports and works towards a just and sustainable society by creating conditions for meaningful and disciplined involvement of all people and their organizations, in the development process which... |
| Community Development Foundation Western Cape | To improve the quality of life, strengthen the common good and address the most challenging social concerns of people living in the Western Cape. We do this by raising funds... |
| Community Foundation for Calderdale | To promote philanthropy, attract donations and funding and redistribute to individuals and voluntary/charitable organizations to tackle poverty and disadvantage and generally improve the quality of life for the people of... |
| Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | Connecting people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York |
| 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 Nantucket | To connect people who care to causes that matter by providing powerful and creative ways to support the community and create a legacy |
| Community Foundation for Shropshire and Telford | To enhance the quality of life for people in the communities of Shropshire and Telford, England |
| 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 Grey Bruce | To enrich the quality of life of the people of the community by supporting nonprofit charitable, educational and cultural organizations |
| Community Foundation of Acadiana | To connect all generous people to the causes they care about |
| Community Foundation of Broward | To provide leadership on community solutions and foster philanthropy that connects people who care with causes that matter |
| 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 Chippewa County | To enable donors to achieve their philanthropic goals, to meet changing community needs, and thereby to benefit the communities, people and other nonprofit organizations of Chippewa County |
| Community Foundation of Dunn County | To actively serve the people of Dunn County, Wisconsin, by building permanent charitable capital, making philanthropic grants and providing services that contribute to the health and vitality of local communities |
| Community Foundation of Frederick County, MD | Dedicated to connecting people who care with causes that matter to enrich the quality of life in Frederick County now and for future generations |
| Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham | The foundation leverages gifts and bequests from many people to drive positive change, bring people together to address community issues, build on opportunities and achieve measurable results, and work in... |
| Community Foundation of Greater Flint | Serving the common good by engaging people in philanthropy and building the community’s endowment |
| Community Foundation of Howard County | To inspire lifelong giving by connecting people, places and organizations to worthy causes across Howard County |
| Community Foundation of Lorain County | To Connect People Who Care with Causes That Matter, by; Helping donors turn charitable dreams into permanent legacies Investing in our community through strategic grantmaking Engaging with our community to build a better... |
| Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County | To build a strong, vibrant community by helping donors provide perpetual funding for the people, projects and passions of Jefferson County, Indiana |
| Community Foundation of Mendocino County | To help people give back in ways that matter to them and in ways that strengthen local communities |
| Community Foundation of Middlesex County | To improve the quality of life for the people of the county now and in the future by developing endowments, making grants that have impact and assisting donors in meeting... |
| Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin | A nonprofit community corporation, created by and for the people of north central Wisconsin. The foundation devotes special emphasis to programs enriching life in five distinct areas: education, the arts,... |
| Community Foundation of Northern Colorado | To provide a trusted, local platform that enables people to give more effectively and to think strategically and creatively about the future of our community |
| 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 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 Northwestern Alberta | Connect people. Build community. For good, and forever. |
| 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 Quincy Area | Connect people who care with causes that matter |
| Community Foundation of Randolph County | To bring people and resources together to enrich the lives of Randolph County residents |
| Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta | To improve the quality of life for the people of Southeastern Alberta through developing permanent endowments, making responsible grants and inspiring community leadership |
| Community Foundation of Switzerland County | To connect people who care with causes that matter for good, forever, for Switzerland County |
| Community Foundation of Teton Valley | To improve the quality of life in Teton Valley by bringing people together through philanthropic leadership |
| Community Foundation of the Lowcountry | To strengthen community by connecting people, resources and needs |
| Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands | To serve both donors and nonprofit organizations of the Virgin Islands that want to ensure the highest quality of life for both present and future generations. The foundation’s primary goal... |
| Community Foundation of Utah | Our mission is to harness Utah’s entrepreneurial spirit in service to the common good through smart philanthropy. We are focused on the people, places, causes and resources of Utah.... |
| Community Foundation of Verdugos | To build enduring resources for the benefit of people in the Verdugo area . . . for good, forever |
| Community Foundation of West Alabama | To connect people and resources to the real needs of the community. The foundation strives to help build partnerships between donors, nonprofit organizations and the community at large in order... |
| Community Foundation of West Georgia | To enhance the quality of life for the people of the West Georgia area |
| Community Foundation of Western Nevada | To strengthen our community through philanthropy and leadership by connecting people who care with causes that matter. |
| Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia | To serve and inspire people to build philanthropy for our region and to engage in our community |
| 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... |
| Community Foundation SUMY | We unite people for the development of the city |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Construction Youth Trust | To help young people access training and employment in the construction industry within London, England |
| Coral Gables Community Foundation | To promote programs and initiatives that enhance the quality of life for people living and working in Coral Gables, Florida |
| Cottage Grove Community Foundation | To create a self-perpetuating, economically prosperous community in which people enjoy living |
| County Durham Community Foundation | To give back to the community by supporting and enabling the people and region of County Durham and Darlington to fulfill aspirations, prosperity and growth |
| 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 |
| Coweta Community Foundation | To strengthen the diverse community, for the present and future generations, by connecting people who care with causes that matter through philanthropy |
| Cumbria Community Foundation | We exist to tackle poverty and disadvantage and improve the quality of community life for the people of Cumbria by raising money and making grants, responding quickly to emerging need,... |
| 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... |
| Davie Community Foundation | To promote the well-being of the people of Davie County. The foundation is operated exclusively for civic, educational, cultural, religious and charitable purposes. |
| Dearborn Community Foundation | To serve as a catalyst to connect people who care with causes that improve the quality of life in the community by advancing cultural, educational and social opportunities, while preserving... |
| Delaware Community Foundation | Dedicated to inspiring and helping people of all backgrounds and means create lasting legacies to benefit the people of Delaware. The foundation enables people with philanthropic interests to easily and... |
| Denver Foundation | To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community |
| Door County Community Foundation | To inspire people to give back to sustain and advance the community we love |
| Dubois County Community Foundation | The foundation believes every Dubois County citizen now and in future generations deserves a community that is vibrant, healthy and sustainable. It facilitates this belief by connecting people with the... |
| 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 Bay Community Foundation | To be the organization of choice for philanthropy in the East Bay through leadership in leveraging all assets in our communities to speed the transformation of low-income, disadvantaged, impoverished, underserved... |
| Edmonton Community Foundation | To help the people of Edmonton and area by encouraging philanthropy and funding charitable activities. Through contributions from donors, the foundation assembles and administers permanent pools of capital so the... |
| Emporia Community Foundation | To connect caring people with causes that build stronger communities within the Emporia area which includes Chase, Coffey, Greenwood, Lyon, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties. |
| Essex Community Foundation | To inspire philanthropy and charitable giving-matching people, ideas, resources and needs-to make a lasting difference |
| Ełckie Stowarzyszenie Aktywnych “Stopa” | The mission of our association is to support people and active groups and the animation of the local community as well as the integration of the non-governmental sector. We operate in... |
| 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... |
| FECHAC-Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense | To achieve better opportunities for human and social development for the people of Chihuahua |
| Fondacija Mozaik | To encourage people to organize and advance their own communities within Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Fondation communautaire Gaspesie-Les Iles | To promote the development of philanthropy and participate in activities of fund formation and subsidy for the entire community of Gaspe or the Magdalena Islands, Canada, especially for young people |
| 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.... |
| 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 Barossa | To enable donors to make tax-deductible donations which can be allocated towards community development projects that benefit the Barossa region and its people |
| Foundation for the Mid South | To invest in people and strategies that build philanthropy and promote racial, social and economic equity in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Priority areas include health and wellness, education, wealth building... |
| Fundação ADFP - Assistência, Desenvolvimento e Formação Profissional | ADFP is a nonprofit social institution, with recognition of Public Utility, founded in 1987. It has about 2800 “friends”, about 3400 regular users and integrates approximately 390 residents with different... |
| 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. |
| 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 Cuesta Holguín | To create wealth and opportunities for community development in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador and to improve the living conditions of people who are in poverty or whose rights have... |
| Fundación Galicia Sustentable | To contribute to the self-development of Galicia’s people and organizations |
| Fundy Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life for the Canadian people of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, through developing permanent endowment funds, making responsible grants and inspiring community leadership |
| Geelong Community Foundation | To make a lasting difference for the people of Geelong by supporting education, training and research, aging services, family, health, youth development, arts and community well-being |
| Glens Falls Foundation | To promote the mental, moral and physical improvement of the people of Glens Falls and environs. Direct financial aid to individuals is limited to scholarships to medical students and to... |
| Global Alliance for Development Foundation | To promote community building, effective partnerships, social and economic networking, youth opportunities and participation, and education and advocacy on natural resources and environmental sustainability. GADeF’s Youth Community Development Foundation supports... |
| 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. |
| 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 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 Tacoma Community Foundation | To foster generosity by connecting people who care with causes that matter, forever enriching the community |
| 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... |
| Hamilton Community Foundation | To drive positive change by connecting people, ideas and resources |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation | To help vulnerable people who are disadvantaged and who suffer discrimination in the communities of Hampshire and Isle of Wight, England |
| Hana Maui Trust | To promote health, welfare, happiness and development for the people of the District of Hana, Hawaii |
| 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 |
| Hillsdale County Community Foundation | The foundation receives and administers funds for artistic, charitable, educational and scientific purposes in a manner that both promotes the spirit of philanthropy and meets the needs of the people... |
| 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... |
| Iași Community Foundation | To bring together good people and worthy causes to benefit the entire community |
| Incourage Community Foundation | Building a community that works well for all people |
| Initiative Foundation | To unlock the power of the people of central Minnesota to build and sustain thriving communities |
| Jasper and Newton County Community Foundation | To provide a vehicle for our donors to create a source of assets that will meet the ongoing and changing charitable needs and interests of the people living in our... |
| JungBu Foundation | Our mission is to support parents by providing quality Christian education from the people of Bayanan, Bacoor City, Cavite as well as the key cities of Metro Manilaand Calabarzon Area,... |
| 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... |