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 |
| Abbotsford Community Foundation | To take a leadership role to enhance the quality of life in British Columbia, Canada |
| Adams County Community Foundation | To build partnerships between donors and community organizations to enrich and enhance the quality of life in Adams County, Indiana |
| Albion Community Foundation | To strengthen the greater Albion area by cultivating community assets to enhance the community’s quality of life |
| Albuquerque Community Foundation | To build, invest and manage endowment funds to enhance the quality of the community through informed strategic grantmaking |
| Allegany County Area Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for both present and future generations in the Allegany County area by providing scholarships and grants to organizations in support of educational, social, cultural... |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation | To enrich the quality of life in our region through our knowledgeable leadership, engaged grantmaking and creative partnerships with donors to make philanthropic investments and build endowment |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| Ashland County Community Foundation | To advance philanthropy and improve the quality of life in Ashland County by supporting charitable activities in the community, providing and administering a variety of planned giving programs, and serving... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Austin Community Foundation | The Austin Community Foundation promotes philanthropy in Central Texas to improve the quality of life for all, for today and for the future. |
| Ballarat Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Ballarat and its surrounding communities in Victoria, Australia |
| Baltimore Community Foundation | To inspire donors to achieve their charitable goals from generation to generation and to improve the quality of life in the Baltimore region through grantmaking, enlightened civic leadership and strategic... |
| Bangladesh Women’s Foundation | To fund women’s initiatives focused on human rights, gender equality and improved conditions of women and children in Bangladesh |
| Baraga County Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Baraga County, Michigan. The foundation shall serve as a resource developer, building permanent endowments and providing services to donors, nonprofit... |
| Barberton Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life for Barberton residents |
| 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... |
| 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,... |
| Beautiful Plains Community Foundation | To preserve and advance the quality of life in the community by developing permanent endowment funds, making responsible grants and acting as a catalyst for community philanthropy and leadership |
| Belvedere Community Foundation | To preserve and enhance the quality of life in Belvedere, form an endowment fund with contributions from all Belvedere’s citizens and provide grants to support projects and volunteers working to... |
| Berks County Community Foundation | To promote philanthropy and improve the quality of life for the residents of Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| 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,... |
| 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 |
| Berrien Community Foundation | To promote philanthropy, to build a spirit of community, and to enhance the quality of life in Berrien County through stewardship of permanently endowed and other funds. The foundation shall... |
| Bethel Park Community Foundation | To foster and improve the quality of life for residents of Bethel Park, with emphasis on recreational and leisure facilities, fine and performing arts, and education and technology |
| 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... |
| Black Hills Area Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in the Black Hills area by raising and distributing charitable funds |
| Black River Falls Area Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in the Black River Falls area, working to realize that goal with the support of individuals, families, businesses and organizations that share this commitment |
| Blackford County Community Foundation | To enhance and improve the quality of life in Blackford County, Indiana, by continually increasing the foundation’s endowed assets so that it can better meet the needs of the community |
| 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 |
| Blue Torysa Community Foundation | To support local activities aimed at improving the quality of life for communities in the region, preserving our cultural heritage, improving public health and the environment, and supporting the development... |
| 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... |
| Brampton and Area Community Foundation | To enrich the long-term quality of life in Ontario, Canada |
| Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation | To enrich the quality of life in Brampton, Caledon and surrounding communities over the long term by attracting and effectively growing endowment funds by helping donors fulfill their philanthropic interests.... |
| Branford Community Foundation | To preserve and promote the improvement of the quality of life in the Branford community for the benefit of all its inhabitants, and to preserve and promote the improvement and... |
| Bratislava Community Foundation | To encourage the citizens of Bratislava to develop a positive attitude toward the city and a sense of responsibility for its quality of life |
| Brazos Community Foundation | Dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Brazos Valley through the development of philanthropic giving, responsible grantmaking, professional stewardship and collaborative leadership |
| Bryan Area Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for all citizens of the Bryan, Ohio, area, now and for generations to come by building community endowment, addressing needs through grantmaking, and serving... |
| Bü.NE-Bürgerstiftung Neuss | To make the city more livable by linking generations to establish networks, secure the future of children and improve the quality of life |
| Bucks County Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for residents of the county by stimulating philanthropic opportunity and developing long-term financial assets to meet a wide range of the community’s charitable needs |
| 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 |
| 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 Ahlen | To financially support specific projects that enhance the common good and quality of life within Ahlen, Germany |
| Bürgerstiftung Arnsberg | To promote social and cultural issues that improve the quality of life in the city and the Arnsberg region |
| Bürgerstiftung EmscherLippe-Land | To improve the quality of life and strengthen the feelings of togetherness in the community |
| 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 Hemmingen | To promote and thereby increase the quality of life in the city of Hemmingen by supporting a wide variety charitable activities |
| Bürgerstiftung Jena | To encourage civic engagement and improve the quality of life in the region and to strengthen the community in a sustainable way, focusing on youth and senior citizens, environment and... |
| Bürgerstiftung Kressbronn | To promote quality of life for the citizens of Kressbronn through project development and support of nonprofit institutions |
| 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 Region Lauenburg | To improve quality of life for seniors and the disabled and to promote art, youth sports and religion |
| Bürgerstiftung Rhein-Lippe | To improve the quality of life in the community |
| 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... |
| Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation | To act as good stewards of the funds realized from the sale of the public utility and further bequests that may follow; to provide leadership in identifying community needs and... |
| Canton Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in Canton, Michigan, and surrounding areas by identifying and directing resources that address current and evolving community needs through grants from permanent endowments entrusted... |
| Cape Coral Community Foundation | To support the public well-being and to improve the quality of life in the greater Cape Coral community through the stewardship of permanently endowed and gifted funds |
| 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... |
| Carbon County Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life of all residents of Carbon County, PA, now and forever. |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Central Okanagan Foundation | To provide an ongoing contribution to the quality of life in our community through the stewardship of entrusted funds, broad and effective grantmaking and community leadership |
| Central Susquehanna Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life for citizens of the Central Susquehanna region |
| Centre County Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in Centre County by providing enduring support to community charities from the invested gifts of visionary donors |
| Charlevoix County Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in Charlevoix County, Michigan, now and for generations to come, by building a permanent charitable endowment from a wide range of donors, addressing needs... |
| 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... |
| Chautauqua Region Community Foundation | To enrich the quality of life in the Chautauqua region |
| Chesapeake Charities | To provide innovative leadership and quality services that encourage charitable giving, build community resources and enable donors to achieve their charitable purposes, making lasting investments in the Chesapeake Bay region |
| 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... |
| Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life in the Chillicothe, Ohio, area through organized philanthropy by providing leadership, grants and donor assistance |
| Chugiak-Eagle River Foundation | Dedicated to improving the quality of life and emerging needs of the community of Chugiak/Eagle River, Arkansas, through the establishment and growth of a permanent endowment |
| Ciudad Viva | To work for integral solutions in city planning and citizen involvement, based on transport for equality, inclusive recycling and other urban services, respect for heritage and identities, democratization of urban... |
| Clinton County Foundation | To improve the quality of life in Clinton County, Ohio |
| Coastal Bend Community Foundation | To help meet the charitable and educational needs and enhance and improve the quality of life in the Coastal Bend area of Texas through grants to charitable organizations; serve a... |
| Coffeyville Area Community Foundation | To endow funds to improve the quality of life for people of the Coffeyville area |
| Coldwell Community Foundation | To serve the residents of the Rural Municipality of Coldwell by maintaining a permanent endowment fund aimed at strengthening and improving the quality of life for today and into the... |
| Columbia Basin Foundation | To improve the quality of life and shape the future of the Columbia Basin through philanthropy |
| Columbia Valley Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life for the communities in the Columbia Valley in British Columbia, Canada, from Canal Flats to Spillimacheen, including Fairmont, Windermere, Invermere, Radium, Edgewater, and Brisco |
| Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations | Entrusted with the responsibility to improve the community’s quality of life, the foundation embraces the following: to assist donors and others in strengthening and improving the community for the benefit... |
| 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 First Foundation | To improve the quality of life throughout Colorado by increasing community generosity and involvement |
| 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 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 Atlanta | To strengthen our region by providing quality services to donors and innovative leadership on community issues |
| 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 Northern Ireland | To inspire and facilitate philanthropy for public good, maximizing opportunities for individuals and communities in need to realize their potential and to contribute to, and enjoy, a more peaceful and... |
| Community Foundation for San Benito County | Dedicated to building a stronger community and enhancing the quality of life in San Benito County through support of philanthropic activities |
| 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 Southeast Michigan | To enhance the quality of life in southeast Michigan and beyond |
| 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 for Twin Tiers | To continuously improve the present and future quality of life in the counties served by the foundation |
| 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 Bloomington and Monroe County | To champion enduring and effective philanthropy that enhances the local quality of life. The foundation accomplishes this through: partnering with donors to build and steward permanent endowments; addressing community needs... |
| Community Foundation of Brazoria County, Texas | To significantly enhance the quality of life of the local community by providing outstanding service to donors, producing significant asset growth, strengthening community collaboration and managing an exemplary grants program |
| Community Foundation of Brevard | To provide a cost-effective bridge for all donors to the community’s changing needs, serve as a leader, catalyst and resource for philanthropy, produce an expanding pool of permanent endowment funds... |
| Community Foundation of Carroll County | To maintain and enhance the quality of life in the community of Carroll County through philanthropic means by receiving, investing and distributing funds for charitable, cultural and educational purposes for... |
| Community Foundation of Carroll County | To improve the quality of life in Carroll County and the surrounding area by initiating programs, coordinating resources and supporting organizations that enhance and advance the civic, social, cultural, recreational... |
| Community Foundation of Collier County | To improve the quality of life in Collier County by connecting donors to community needs and providing leadership on critical community issues. For good. Forever. |
| Community Foundation of East Central Florida | To enhance the quality of life in our community by increasing perpetual giving, building community leadership and connecting donors with the causes they care about |
| Community Foundation of East Central Illinois | To raise the quality of life throughout east central Illinois |
| Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes | The foundation exists in perpetuity to enhance the quality of life in the community. Guided by a board of civic leaders, the foundation provides a continuing source of funding to... |
| 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 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 Decatur | To support charitable organizations and specific projects that help to improve the quality of life for the residents in the Decatur, Alabama, area |
| Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines | A donor-driven public foundation whose purpose is to improve the quality of life in Greater Des Moines through philanthropy |
| Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque | To improve the quality of life in the Dubuque region by serving donors, making grants and providing community leadership through convening and collaboration |
| Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville | To enhance the quality of life in the Greater Huntsville community through philanthropy. |
| 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 Greater Peterborough | To serve as the vital link between caring community members and local causes that matter. We foster philanthropy by pooling endowed and special funds, while our grants to registered charities... |
| Community Foundation of Greater Rochester | To enhance the quality of life, the foundation is committed to act as the center for philanthropy and serve as the community’s endowment builder and grant maker by: attracting charitable... |
| Community Foundation of Greenville | To enhance the quality of life of citizens of Greater Greenville, South Carolina, by linking philanthropic leadership, charitable resources and civic influence with needs and opportunities in the community |
| Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham | To enrich the quality of life in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia, community by developing and managing permanent endowments to respond to changing community needs |
| Community Foundation of Henderson County | To enrich the quality of life in the greater Henderson County, North Carolina, area through building and increasing endowments in perpetuity |
| Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties | To provide support for programs and projects that: offer the greatest opportunity for positive and significant change in the community; identify and enhance local strengths to address and provide creative... |
| Community Foundation of Howard County | To improve the quality of life in the community through the accumulation and stewardship of enduring charitable gifts. Primary areas of interest include health and medical, social services, education, cultural... |
| Community Foundation of Jackson County | To promote philanthropy in Jackson County. The foundation is a community-focused organization dedicated to: building visionary partnerships with donors and local service organizations; trustworthy stewardship of gifts; providing funds to... |
| Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Dedicated to enriching the quality of life in middle Tennessee. The foundation serves as a leader, catalyst and resource for philanthropy, and strives to build a permanent endowment for the... |
| 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 Monroe County | To enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Monroe County through permanent endowments |
| Community Foundation of Morgan County | The mission of the Community Foundation of Morgan County is to connect donors and their charitable giving with our evolving community needs in order to enhance the quality of life... |
| Community Foundation of Mount Vernon and Knox County | To improve the quality of life in Mount Vernon and Knox County through charitable giving |
| Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County | To encourage philanthropy, assist donors in building an enduring source of charitable assets, and exercise leadership in directing resources to enhance the quality of life of the residents of Muncie... |
| Community Foundation of New Jersey | To promote and champion the betterment of New Jersey and the quality of life for its citizens by helping donors to fulfill their philanthropic goals |
| Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts | To provide a means for donors to permanently endow charitable gifts, to increase and stabilize available funding to meet needs and improve the quality of life |
| Community Foundation of North Florida | To enhance the quality of life in north Florida through the promotion of philanthropy and the support of charitable organizations |
| Community Foundation of North Okanagan | To improve the quality of life in the North Okanagan region of Canada by distributing the earnings from a pool of funds and using the earnings to make grants to... |
| Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia | To enhance the quality of life in the northwest Georgia region for both present and future generations by: promoting philanthropy; building and maintaining permanent endowment funds to be used for... |
| 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 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 Portage and District | To enhance and enrich the quality of life in Portage la Prairie and District by supporting and promoting philanthropy through endowment building, donor services, grantmaking and community leadership |
| Community Foundation of Prince Edward Island | To provide individuals, organizations and groups with opportunities to enhance the quality of life in Canada’s Prince Edward Island communities through the creation of endowment funds |
| Community Foundation of South Alabama | To improve the quality of life in South Alabama by promoting philanthropy. Through wise investments, the foundation helps build the financial resources necessary to make effective grants that positively impact... |
| Community Foundation of South Lake County | To provide leadership to enhance the quality of life in South Lake County by identifying community needs and seeking philanthropic support as permanent funding to meet those needs |
| 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 Southeastern Massachusetts | To support programs that improve the quality of life for residents of the 41 towns and cities in Southeastern Massachusetts |
| Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas | The Mission of the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas is to improve the quality of life in the Southwest Kansas area by providing ongoing philanthropic leadership and maintaining and enhancing... |
| Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana | To enhance the quality of life in Southwest Louisiana by becoming a strong and effective catalyst for building philanthropy for present and future generations |
| Community Foundation of St. Clair County | The Community Foundation will address our region’s opportunities and challenges and help donors achieve their goals by connecting them with like-minded donors and partners striving to improve our quality of... |
| Community Foundation of St. Joseph County | To improve the quality of life for the citizens of St. Joseph County and their succeeding generations |
| 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 Central Blue Ridge | To enhance the quality of life by meeting needs and inspiring philanthropy in the community |
| 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 the Mahoning Valley | To attract and invest permanent resources, with the purpose of enhancing the quality of life for the residents of the Mahoning Valley and future generations, in accordance with the charitable... |