OVERVIEW: The Burke Foundation aims to improve the health and well-being of underserved children. The foundation invests in the most promising programs narrowing developmental, achievement, and health gaps in New Jersey. IP TAKE: The foundation … [Read more...] about The Burke Foundation
Funder Profile
Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Allegretti Foundation supports health, animals and wildlife, education, the environment, housing and arts and culture with a strong focus on the states of Florida, Illinois and Colorado. IP TAKE: The Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation … [Read more...] about Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation
Harold Alfond Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Harold Alfond Foundation supports education, health care and youth and community development. This funder primarily supports organizations in the state of Maine. IP TAKE: Giving mainly in the state of Maine, the Harold Alfond Foundation … [Read more...] about Harold Alfond Foundation
Anderson Center
OVERVIEW: The Anderson Center offers two-week and one-month residency programs to artists working in a diverse range of disciplines. IP TAKE: The Anderson Center welcomes artists "who are divers in every way" from anywhere in the world to its … [Read more...] about Anderson Center
A Blade of Grass
OVERVIEW: A Blade of Grass supports socially engaged art with grants and other resources. IP TAKE: A Blade of Grass ended its fellowship program for socially engaged art in 2020 and is piloting a Field Funds program for organizations and artists … [Read more...] about A Blade of Grass
Arison Arts Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Arison Arts Foundation supports arts and culture. Giving emphasizes New York City and Miami. IP TAKE: The Arison Arts Foundation is a well-rounded arts funder for organizations in New York City and Miami, where Arison family members … [Read more...] about Arison Arts Foundation
American Dance Movement
OVERVIEW: American Dance Movement supports dance education programs prioritizing programs that serve children, youth and disabled people. IP TAKE: American Dance Movement is an accessible source of funding for community dance programs anywhere in the … [Read more...] about American Dance Movement
Alchemy Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Alchemy Foundation supports global organizations involved in human and immigrants' rights. In Boston, it makes grants for health, housing, arts and education. IP TAKE: The Alchemy Foundation maintains a low public profile and does not … [Read more...] about Alchemy Foundation
Christopher Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Christopher Family Foundation supports education entrepreneurship, wellbeing and community fellowship. Much of the family's philanthropy takes place in the Chicago area. IP TAKE: The Christopher Family Foundation is a Christian-focused … [Read more...] about Christopher Family Foundation
Doris Duke Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Doris Duke Foundation has broad grantmaking interests including the performing arts, the environment, children’s well-being, medical research and cultural inclusiveness. IP TAKE: The Doris Duke Foundation is an iconic funder across a … [Read more...] about Doris Duke Foundation
128 Collective
444S Foundation
3M
Summit Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Summit Area Public Foundation supports Summit, New Jersey and the surrounding communities in the areas of civic and community, health, education, special needs, elderly, and arts and culture. IP TAKE: The Summit Foundation is a low-key … [Read more...] about Summit Foundation
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust supports work and economic opportunity, housing, conservation, animals and education. Granting mainly focuses on Arizona and Indiana. IP TAKE: A review of the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust … [Read more...] about Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
Abel and Judy Friedman Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: Batory Foods founder Abel Friedman and his wife, Judy, move their philanthropy through the Abel and Judy Friedman Charitable Foundation. The foundation's Chicago grantmaking includes support of community organizations, education, health and … [Read more...] about Abel and Judy Friedman Charitable Foundation
Code Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Code Family Foundation's Chicagoland grantmaking focuses strongly on religious organizations. The foundation also supports youth, human services, health, education, and global development. IP TAKE: This Code Family Foundation centers … [Read more...] about Code Family Foundation
Park Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Park Foundation makes grants for civic engagement, democracy, media, environmental concerns, higher education, racial justice and animals. Funding is national in scope, but the state of New York and Tomkins County are geographic … [Read more...] about Park Foundation
Wallace Global Fund
OVERVIEW: The Wallace Global Fund makes grants and investments for climate change mitigation, democracy, women and girls, and human rights. Giving is global in scope. IP TAKE: The Wallace Global Fund is a progressive funder that takes a mission … [Read more...] about Wallace Global Fund
Chicago Public Education Fund
OVERVIEW: The Chicago Public Education Fund exclusively supports education in Chicago’s public schools with an emphasis on training and development for current and future principals. IP TAKE: The Chicago Public Education Fund has been a repository … [Read more...] about Chicago Public Education Fund
OceanFirst Foundation
OVERVIEW: The OceanFirst Foundation supports funds health and wellness, housing, improving quality of life, youth development and education in central and southern New Jersey. IP TAKE: The OceanFirst Foundation is a low-key corporate funder that … [Read more...] about OceanFirst Foundation
Klarman Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Klarman Family Foundation’s medical research grantmaking generally supports work on cellular biology and eating disorders, with current priorities in anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders. It also supports efforts to promote … [Read more...] about Klarman Family Foundation
Ascendium Education Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: The Ascendium Education Philanthropy aims to close the equity gap in postsecondary education and workforce training for underserved and marginalized students from low-income backgrounds. IP TAKE: The Ascendium Education Philanthropy’s … [Read more...] about Ascendium Education Philanthropy
11th Hour Project
Community Foundation of South Jersey
OVERVIEW: This community foundation supports the eight counties of southern New Jersey. Funding areas include community, health, social services, and youth education and enrichment. IP TAKE: The Community Foundation of South Jersey broadly funds … [Read more...] about Community Foundation of South Jersey
776 Foundation
Chicago Foundation for Education
OVERVIEW: The Chicago Foundation for Education has a handful of grantmaking programs, workshops and fellowships designed to make Chicago Public Schools teachers more effective in the classroom. IP TAKE: The Chicago Foundation for Education closed its … [Read more...] about Chicago Foundation for Education
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation supports music, theater, dance, museums, historical societies and public television and radio media in the Chicago metropolitan area. IP TAKE: The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation terminated in … [Read more...] about Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Helen V. Brach Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Helen V. Brach Foundation is based in Chicago and supports education, animal cruelty, youth services, homelessness, health, and veterans. IP TAKE: The Helen V. Brach Foundation is one of the few foundations that award grants to animal … [Read more...] about Helen V. Brach Foundation
Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation is the philanthropic vehicle of real estate billionaire Neil Bluhm. Most of Bluhm's philanthropy is focused on education, health, arts and culture, and Jewish causes in Chicago. IP TAKE: The Bluhm … [Read more...] about Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation
