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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Arizona Community Foundation | Lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better Arizona |
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... |
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... |
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 |
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.... |
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... |
Blue River Community Foundation | To serve and assist charitable endeavors in Shelby County, Indiana, and to promote leadership to address community issues |
Branch County Community Foundation | To serve the community by promoting charitable giving, building permanent endowments, and connecting community resources |
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... |
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;... |
Bürgerstiftung Alfeld | To serve as an intermediary between donors, donees and volunteers on carefully selected projects, selflessly serving the common good and mobilizing forces of innovation |
Bürgerstiftung Hamburg | To serve the public interest, strengthen the community of Hamburg and be a sustainable and mobile force of innovation |
Bürgerstiftung Hanstedt | To work for the benefit of young families, support the elderly and disabled, and preserve our local village |
Bürgerstiftung Herdwangen-Schönach | To promote activities and charitable projects that serve to help those in need, bolster international understanding and integrate marginalized groups in the area |
Bürgerstiftung Saar | To serve as a dynamic element in the economic, social and cultural space |
Bürgerstiftung Steinheim am Albuch | To serve as a competent, disinterested intermediary between donors and volunteers and carefully selected projects, institutions and groups in Steinheim |
Bürgerstiftung Unstrut-Hainich | To serve as a new organizational form of philanthropic activity |
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... |
Central Montcalm Community Foundation | To promote, encourage, aid and supplement funds for educational and community-oriented projects in the Central Montcalm area (defined as those townships wholly or partly served by the Central Montcalm School... |
Clayoquot Biosphere Trust | A regional community organization that works with all communities in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Region. We help build local capacity in education, sustainable development, ecosystem science and cultural... |
Cluj Community Foundation | To connect the needs and resources of Cluj, with the aim of improving the life of its inhabitants; to stimulate the involvement and the initiative of local-interest companies and of... |
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... |
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 Community Foundation | To serve the citizens of Columbia Station, Ohio, and neighboring communities through implementation of their chartiable aspirations by awarding educational scholarships and community grants |
Community Foundation Alliance | To provide leadership and support for member community foundations as they promote philanthropy and build endowments to serve their communities |
Community Foundation for Lancashire | To serve individuals and organizations who want to give to local causes, and to provide grants and support to local groups and individuals to help them build a stronger Lancashire... |
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 Northeast Michigan | To serve the community and to preserve the charitable goals of a wide range of donors now and for generations to come |
Community Foundation for Twin Tiers | To continuously improve the present and future quality of life in the counties served by the foundation |
Community Foundation of Boone County | To serve as the central philanthropic vehicle to address the needs of the Boone County, Indiana, community |
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 Central Connecticut | To encourage the creation of endowments to serve the Meriden and Wallingford communities now and in the future and to address the charitable and humanitarian needs of our community by... |
Community Foundation of Central Illinois | To serve the Central Illinois area by providing an intelligent bridge between needs and resources through a growing endowment, entrepreneurial grantmaking service to the nonprofit sector and promotion of philanthropy.... |
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 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 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 Kankakee River Valley | To promote visionary philanthropy to create and support vital and caring communities; build and preserve funds of many individuals and institutions; distribute to nonprofit organizations that serve members of the... |
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 Northeast Iowa | To respond to the current and future charitable needs of Northeast Iowa; secure and serve as the custodian of endowment funds contributed by many donors; create other mechanisms which will... |
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 South Georgia | To be a catalyst for the establishment of charitable funds which benefit the community for generations to come; serve the varied interests and needs of donors; promote local philanthropy; serve... |
Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico | To serve as a charitable resource linking donors with community needs |
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 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 Unadilla, New York | To serve the community of Unadilla, New York, by contributing to charitable organizations and charitable causes |
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 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 Serving Richmond and Central Virginia | To serve and inspire people to build philanthropy for our region and to engage in our community |
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado | Giving for the development of endowed funds that serve the southwest Colorado area |
Cranbrook and District Community Foundation | To benefit the whole community of Cranbrook and areas of Fort Steele, Wardner, Jaffray, Moyie, Elko, Grasmere, St Mary’s Reserve and the Flat Head Reserve in Canada |
Creston-Kootenay Foundation | To serve the Canadian area of Riondel to Yahk by managing trust and endowment funds and to distribute the net income from each fund by grants |
Dallas Foundation | To serve as a resource, leader and catalyst for philanthropy by providing donors with flexible means of making gifts to charitable causes that enhance the community |
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... |
Del Mar Foundation | To promote civic pride and cohesiveness, acquire and preserve open space, improve beaches and parkland, raise and grant funds, and sponsor diverse cultural programs and community events in Del Mar,... |
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... |
Douglas County Community Foundation | To promote the highest quality of community life by developing philanthropic resources to meet the needs of the Douglas County community. The foundation serves as a responsible steward for permanent... |
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... |
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... |
El Paso Community Foundation | To establish permanent charitable endowments; to provide a vehicle for donors’ varied interests; to promote local philanthropy; to provide leadership and resources in addressing local challenges and opportunities. El Paso... |
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... |
First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania | To serve Central and Northcentral Pennsylvania by helping donors make a difference in the community and making grants to nonprofit organizations in support of their charitable work |
Fondation Passions Alsace | To nourish the vitality of the Alsace region by supporting multiple projects of interest by associations which are the wealth of the country. The foundation serves as a gateway between... |
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... |
Foundation for MetroWest | To connect philanthropic opportunity with demonstrated need in Metrowest. The foundation promotes philanthropy in the region, helps donors maximize the impact of their local giving, serves as a resource for... |
Four County Community Foundation | To serve the current and emerging needs of the local community, continuing the tradition of philanthropy begun generations ago. The foundation is dedicated to bringing together human and financial resources... |
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... |
Golden Belt Community Foundation | To provide nonprofit organizations in central Kansas with a permanent source of support and to serve as a vehicle for charitable giving for donors. The foundation serves the counties of... |
Grand Island Community Foundation | Established to accept charitable contributions in order to preserve and enhance the quality of life in Central Nebraska and to assist donors in realizing their charitable goals |
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 Cedar Rapids Community Foundation | To connect donors to the priorities they care about and to the needs of the community, to increase charitable giving, and to provide leadership on important community issues. The foundation... |
Greater Lynchburg Community Trust | To enhance the quality of life in the communities served by establishment of permanent endowments for the cities of Lynchburg and Bedford and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and... |
Greater Milwaukee Foundation | To inspire philanthropy, serve donors, strengthen communities now and for future generations |
Guilford Foundation | To foster a brighter future through charitable donations. The foundation ensures the enrichment of the local community by prudently awarding grants to start-ups and service organizations that will not only... |
Hamilton Community Foundation | Entrusted with the responsibility to improve quality of life, the foundation has a four-part mission: to serve as a leader, catalyst, and resource for philanthropy; to build and permanently hold... |
Harrison County Community Foundation | To serve the philanthropic purposes of Harrison County, Indiana |
Heritage Fund-Community Foundation of Bartholomew County | To provide responsible stewardship of gifts donated for broad charitable purposes, promote leadership to address community issues, serve as a catalyst for positive change in partnership with others, and promote... |
High Desert Community Foundation | The foundation develops, receives, and administers affiliate funds which will serve the entire High Desert Mountain region of San Bernardino County, California. |
High Point Community Foundation | Dedicated to strengthening a diverse, healthy and productive community for both present and future generations. The foundation promotes philanthropy, builds and maintains a permanent collection of endowment funds, and serves... |
Highland Area Community Foundation | To be a builder of permanent charitable assets to use on behalf of the Highland area community, act as good stewards for those funds, and serve as a resource in... |
Hudson Community Foundation | To preserve and enhance the quality of life for all citizens of Hudson, Ohio, now and for generations to come |
Huntingburg Foundation | To promote and facilitate philanthropic endeavors; support the social, intellectual and moral development of youth; facilitate the growth of a socially cohesive and diverse community where families and institutions will... |
Jennings County Community Foundation | To serve philanthropic and charitable needs in Jennings County, Indiana, by offering endowment services, grantmaking, scholarships, donor estate and planned gift services to individuals and qualified organizations serving the community |
Kosciusko County Community Foundation | By bringing caring people and charitable endeavors together, the foundation serves as the vehicle for donors’ charitable dreams, awards grants to charitable projects and organizations, and addresses community needs as... |
Laredo Area Community Foundation | To act as a driving force to develop a permanent endowment, to assess and to respond to emerging and changing community needs, to provide a vehicle and service donors with... |
Lehigh Valley Community Foundation | To enable donors, including individuals, families, businesses, private foundations and nonprofit agencies, to establish funds which will serve their charitable intentions temporarily or in perpetuity by providing grants to nonprofit... |
Limestone Area Community Foundation | The foundation uses funds to award grants to projects which benefit a broad segment of the population, serve citizens whose needs are not met by existing services, address community issues,... |
Living Legacy Community Foundation | To serve the area surrounding the town of Russell in Western Manitoba, Canada, including the RM of Russell, RM of Shellmouth-Boutlon, RM of Silvercreek, Town of Russell and Village of... |
Lom Community Foundation | To serve as a source of grants and ensure funding for other NGOs or community groups to accomplish their missions or projects |
Luzerne Foundation | To cultivate measurable community improvement by: serving as a leader, catalyst and resource for charitable activities; building and administering a permanent reserve of charitable capital for the community’s present needs... |
Mackinac Island Community Foundation | Recognizing the dignity and beauty of Mackinac Island, the foundation serves the general well-being of Island residents and visitors. The foundation is most interested in projects that focus on arts... |
Madison Foundation | To preserve and enhance a special quality of life for all Madison residents by promoting and enabling local philanthropy |
McPherson County Community Foundation | To serve the common good for the county’s residents, building strong communities by engaging people in philanthropy and developing a permanent endowment to provide resources, now and for generations to... |
Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation | To serve charitable people and worthy causes in the North Platte, Nebraska, region |
Middletown Community Foundation | The mission of the foundation is to: serve as a leader, catalyst and resource for philanthropy; serve as a permanent and growing endowment for the community’s changing needs and opportunities;... |
Morris Community Foundation | To provide vision for Morris County and the surrounding area in order to preserve and enhance quality of life |
Muskingum County Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life and to serve the charitable needs of the community by attracting and administering charitable funds |
New Richmond Area Community Foundation | To serve as the center point for service-based philanthropy, creating collaborative partnerships that identify needs in the communities the foundation serves. It develops strategies to provide citizens in these communities... |
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... |
Northern Piedmont Community Foundation | To build philanthropic capital to enhance and preserve the quality of life in Culpepper, Fauquier, Rappahannock and Madison counties, and to strengthen the region’s nonprofit organizations |
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... |
Oklahoma City Community Foundation | To serve the charitable needs of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, area through the development and administration of endowment funds with the goal of preserving capital and enhancing its value for... |
Orcas Island Community Foundation | To foster philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life on Orcas Island |
Oxford Community Foundation | To serve Oxford and the surrounding community by providing leadership in enhancing the quality of life; by supporting natural, community and human resources; by acting as a catalyst in identifying... |
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation | The foundation envisions a region known for engaged community. As Tahoe’s largest community foundation, it is committed to improving the quality of life throughout the Lake Tahoe basin and empowering... |
Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates | To serve the people of our region by providing leadership and inspiring them to build permanent resources for the betterment of their communities through the foundation |
Pella Community Foundation | To preserve the heritage and enhance the quality of life for the people of Pella by facilitating the transfer of funds from the hands of people who wish to help... |
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation | To improve the quality of life for all people in Emmet County by: connecting donors with community needs; building a permanent source of charitable funds to serve our area; addressing... |
Pulaski County Community Foundation | To encourage the establishment of endowed funds to serve and support the charitable interests of local citizens and communities |
Regional Information-Resource Fund | To bring together the efforts and resources of people and organizations toward the development of civil society, philanthropy and volunteerism in Ulyanovsk and the Ulyanovsk region; to organize projects, programs... |
Sacramento Region Community Foundation | To serve as a leader and trusted partner in expanding philanthropic activity and enhancing its impact for the betterment of the Sacramento region community |
Saint Paul Foundation | The foundation actively serves the people of St. Paul, Minnesota, and the surrounding communities by building permanent charitable capital, making philanthropic grants and providing services that contribute to the health... |
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... |
South Madison Community Foundation | To produce positive and sustainable change in the communities served |
Southeast Virginia Community Foundation | Connecting people who care with causes large and small to benefit the communities served |
Sterling Heights Community Foundation | To initiate and coordinate functions and activities within Sterling Heights, Michigan, to enhance the quality of life of its citizens; award grants and/or support projects that are in accordance with... |
Steuben County Community Foundation | To preserve and enhance the lifestyle and assets of Steuben County, Indiana, for all current and future generations by providing ongoing assessment and financial support of identified needs through philanthropic... |
Taos Community Foundation | To enhance the quality of life in the communities served by encouraging permanent charitable giving for present and future generations, primarily in the areas of health and human services; education... |
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities | To stimulate philanthropy and enhance the quality of life in the community through accumulating, managing and disbursing financial assets, and to serve as a catalyst and neutral convener to meet... |
The Minneapolis Foundation | Our mission is to strengthen our community for the benefit of all citizens, especially those who are disadvantaged. We are committed to being an effective resource developer and a responsible... |
The Valley Community Foundation | The foundation seeks to promote increased philanthropy and serve the charitable needs of the Lower Naugatuck Valley. |
Three Rivers Community Foundation | To fund and encourage activism among community-based organizations in underserved areas of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The foundation supports groups challenging attitudes, policies or institutions as they work to promote social, economic... |
Troy Foundation | To improve the quality of life for the community served by promoting philanthropy and stewardship for a better tomorrow |
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... |
Walker Area Community Foundation | To serve as a nonprofit dedicated to the nurture and advancement of the community through forming and preserving charitable capital and using the proceeds of that capital to better the... |
Wawanesa Community Foundation | To fund capital projects within the Village of Wawanesa in order to promote, develop, preserve and enrich human, natural and heritage resources |
Wichita Community Foundation | To serve as the catalyst that creates lasting legacies by partnering with people, families and organizations to devote resources to causes that matter |
Wir Wipperfürther-Bürgerstiftung Wipperfürth | To serve as a social and cultural platform for everyone’s creativity, talent and ideas: “From Citizens, With Citizens, For Citizens” |