Foundations That Accept Unsolicited Grant Proposals
March 24, 2013 | Read Time: 4 minutes
Note: Foundations were limited to five program areas, some may support additional areas.
| Foundation | Program Areas |
|---|---|
| Annenberg Foundation | Animal welfare, arts and culture, community and economic development, environment and conservation, human services |
| Blandin Foundation | Community and economic development, diversity, education, entrepreneurship education and training |
| Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | Arts and culture, community and economic development, economics, education, government and public policy |
| Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | Children and youths, education, families, housing, human services |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | Civil rights, education, nuclear-war prevention, civil rights, international |
| Amon G. Carter Foundation | Arts and culture, capital projects, education, health (U.S.), human services |
| Champlin Foundations | Capital projects, education, environment and conservation, capital projects |
| Commonwealth Fund | Aging, government and public policy, health, health (global), health (U.S.) |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | Arts and culture, children and youths, environment and conservation, medical research and education |
| Duke Endowment | Children and youths, education, families, health (U.S.), religion |
| El Pomar Foundation | Arts and culture, community and economic development, education, health (U.S.), human services |
| Ford Foundation | Civil rights, education, human rights, minorities, poverty |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Agriculture and food, education, health (global), international relief and development, other: HIV/AIDS |
| George Gund Foundation | Community and economic development, education, arts and culture, environment and conservation, human services |
| Heinz Endowments | Arts and culture, children and youths, community and economic development, education, environment and conservation |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation, population, poverty |
| Houston Endowment | Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation, health (U.S.), human services |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Children and youths, health, leadership, public policy |
| Joyce Foundation | Education, employment and training, environment and conservation, government and public policy, violence prevention |
| Kansas Health Foundation | Health, community and economic development, leadership |
| W.M. Keck Foundation | Education, medical research and education, science and technology |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Children and youths, civil rights, education, health, poverty |
| F.M. Kirby Foundation | Arts and culture, education, health, human services, public policy |
| Kresge Foundation | Arts and culture, community and economic development, education, environment and conservation, health (U.S.) |
| Lilly Endowment | Arts and culture, community and economic development, education, human services, religion |
| Henry Luce Foundation | Arts and culture, education, international, religion, science and technology |
| J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation | Capital projects |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Community and economic development, environment and conservation, peace, human rights, population |
| McKnight Foundation | Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation, housing, international |
| Meadows Foundation | Arts and culture, civic affairs, education, health, human services |
| Meyer Memorial Trust | Arts and culture, education, environment and conservation, health, human services |
| Moody Foundation | Arts and culture, capital projects, education, local and regional causes, medical research and education |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Community and economic development, education, environment and conservation, nonprofit development, poverty |
| M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust | American Indians, arts and culture, capital projects, character development, children and youths |
| Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation | Capital projects, education, health, health (U.S.), medical research and education |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Children and youths, environment and conservation, local and regional causes, population, science and technology |
| Ralph M. Parsons Foundation | Arts and culture, children and youths, education, arts and culture, health (U.S.) |
| Polk Bros. Foundation | Arts and culture, children and youths, community and economic development, crisis intervention, education |
| Sid W. Richardson Foundation | Arts and culture, education, families, health (U.S.), human services |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund | Arts and culture, environment and conservation, government and public policy, international, peace |
| Rockefeller Foundation | Agriculture and food, community and economic development, employment and training, environment and conservation, health (global) |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Economics, education, minorities, science and technology |
| Stuart Foundation | Education, human services, nonprofit development |
| T.L.L. Temple Foundation | Health, human services, education, poverty |
| John Templeton Foundation | Character development, religion, science and technology, social-science research, other |
| Weingart Foundation | Capital projects, children and youths, education, health (U.S.), human services |
| Robert W. Woodruff Foundation | Capital projects, children and youths, education, health, human services |
| Ford Family Foundation | Arts and culture, capital projects, children and youths, education, families |
| J. Bulow Campbell Foundation | Capital projects, education, human services |
| Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation | Arts and culture, community and economic development, education, environment and conservation, human services |
| Maclellan Foundation | Children and youths, education, leadership, local and regional causes, nonprofit development |
| J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation | Children and youths, disabilities, education, human services, medical research and education |
| May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust | Aging, children and youths, disabilities, employment and training, human services |
| Lumina Foundation | Education |
| Daniels Fund | Aging, children and youths, disabilities, education, poverty |
| Marisla Foundation | Human services, women’s issues, environment and conservation, families |
| Rasmuson Foundation | Arts and culture, community and economic development, health, human services, nonprofit development |
| Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust | Aging, arts and culture, children and youths, education, health |
| Yawkey Foundations | Children and youths, education, families, health, human services |
| Rees-Jones Foundation | Animal welfare, children and youths, families, human rights, mental health |
| Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute | Medical research and education, science and technology |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | Arts and culture, community and economic development, media and journalism, social entrepreneurs |
| William Penn Foundation | Arts and culture, children and youths, community and economic development, education, environment and conservation |
| Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies | Arts and culture, environment and conservation, children and youths, animal welfare, health |
