OVERVIEW: The Heising-Simons Foundation supports climate and clean energy, education, human rights, journalism, science and technology. Early childhood is the focus of its education program, while its human rights grantmaking focuses on people … [Read more...] about Heising-Simons Foundation
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Heartland Foundation (a.k.a. Wunderkinder Foundation)
OVERVIEW: Steven Spielberg’s Heartland Foundation supports arts and culture with a strong focus theater and film. Other areas of interest include arts and culture, civic engagement, journalism, racial justice, Jewish causes, education and health.IP … [Read more...] about Heartland Foundation (a.k.a. Wunderkinder Foundation)
Howard Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Howard Charitable Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, arts and culture, housing and community development in a handful of geographic priority areas. IP TAKE: Although it does not maintain a website, the Howard … [Read more...] about Howard Charitable Foundation
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
OVERVIEW: The Mimi and Peter Haas Fund mainly focuses on early childhood education and care for San Francisco’s underserved communities. To a lesser extent, the foundation supports K-12 and higher education, arts and culture, health and the … [Read more...] about Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
Holthues Trust
OVERVIEW: Human rights grantmaking at Holthues supports a general range of human rights and environmental causes both in the U.S. and abroad.IP TAKE: Holthues Trust makes grants at both the local level in Iowa and abroad, particularly in the human … [Read more...] about Holthues Trust
Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation exclusively supports HIV/AIDS organizations across the United States.IP TAKE: The Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation is a small, private foundation that makes grants semi-annually to non-profit … [Read more...] about Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation
Hollyhock Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hollyhock Foundation makes grants in the areas of education, youth, and human services in California and New York. IP TAKE: The Hollyhock Foundation does not maintain a website or provide a clear way for grantseekers to get in touch. It … [Read more...] about Hollyhock Foundation
Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
OVERVIEW: The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice is a funding intermediary that supports organizations led by women of color that are working at the intersection of social justice, climate change and racial equity. IP TAKE: The Hive Fund for … [Read more...] about Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
Haven Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Haven Foundation awards grants to freelance artists across a broad range of disciplines for emergencies that affect their ability to work. IP TAKE: After being involved in a serious car accident, the author Stephen King established the … [Read more...] about Haven Foundation
Hollyfield Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Houston-based Hollyfield Foundation supports LGBTQ organizations in Texas. IP TAKE: Hollyfield offers a crucial source of LGBTQ support in Texas. This is an accessible funder that supports the LGBTQ community in Texas that offers … [Read more...] about Hollyfield Foundation
John A. Hartford Foundation
OVERVIEW: The John A. Hartford Foundation’s grantmaking focuses on improving healthcare for elderly people in the U.S. IP TAKE: The John A. Hartford Foundation envisions a “nation where all older adults receive high-value evidence-based health … [Read more...] about John A. Hartford Foundation
Irving Harris Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Chicago-based Irving Harris Foundation’s mental health grants support groups that address social and emotional well-being of young children ages birth to three.IP TAKE: A major mental health and early childhood funder, the Irving Harris … [Read more...] about Irving Harris Foundation
Hauser Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hauser Family Foundation awards global security grants related to peacebuilding, preventing and resolving armed conflict, and foreign policymaking.IP TAKE: Hauser offered multi-year support to a few of its grantees, but this funder also … [Read more...] about Hauser Foundation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
OVERVIEW: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is one of the wealthiest foundations in the United States. It funds biomedical and related research by supporting individual researchers with substantial long-term funding. It has recently … [Read more...] about Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Horizons Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Horizons Foundation is a premiere LGBTQ funder in the San Francisco Bay Area that supports the LGBTQ community through a wide array of funding categories, including advocacy, civil rights, global LGBTQI rights, arts & culture, … [Read more...] about Horizons Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Home Depot Foundation funds programs and organizations dedicated to helping military veterans find housing and avoid homelessness. Smaller grantmaking initiatives support disaster relief and trades education. IP TAKE: Though the Home … [Read more...] about The Home Depot Foundation
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a major global grantmaker with an interest in early childhood health and development, career pathways for youth, refugees, safe water, and the work of the Catholic sisters around the world. In the U.S., … [Read more...] about Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Helmsley Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The Helmsley Charitable Trust names type 1 diabetes, Crohn’s disease and public health in New York City and the Upper Midwest as priorities. It also makes grants for Israel and vulnerable children in Sub-Sarahan Africa. IP TAKE: The … [Read more...] about Helmsley Charitable Trust
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
OVERVIEW: The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund’s grantmaking priority areas include democracy and voting, immigrants’ rights, leadership development, college success, and housing initiatives. While its grantmaking is national, California and the Bay … [Read more...] about Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
The Hickey Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hickey Foundation supports global health organizations that address significant global health concerns related to pervasive diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. The foundation also makes grants to support health care … [Read more...] about The Hickey Family Foundation
Esmond Harmsworth 1997 Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Esmond Harmsworth 1997 Charitable Foundation supports a range of LGBTQ organizations.IP TAKE: The Esmond Harmsworth 1997 Foundation maintains a low profile and does not articulate its grantmaking goals and priorities. Tax filings … [Read more...] about Esmond Harmsworth 1997 Charitable Foundation
Colin Higgins Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Colin Higgins Foundation supports LGBTQ causes with a strong focus on youth in underserved communities. IP TAKE: This funder has an eye on organizations working with historically underserved and underprivileged LGBTQ populations such as … [Read more...] about Colin Higgins Foundation
Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation
Hillside Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hillside Foundation primarily funds Jewish causes, but also support STEM education, health, and more. The foundation's philanthropy centers around the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly the D.C. area. IP TAKE: The foundation is not … [Read more...] about Hillside Foundation
Hoffen Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New York City-based Hoffen Family Foundation supports Jewish causes, higher education and arts and culture. Grantmaking prioritizes the New York City area. IP TAKE: The Hoffen Family Foundation provides ongoing support to a select group … [Read more...] about Hoffen Family Foundation
Humanity United
OVERVIEW: Humanity United, an offshoot of the Omidyar Group, makes grants for the prevention of human trafficking, peace-building and journalism. It also conducts its own policy development work in its areas of interest.IP TAKE: Humanity United works … [Read more...] about Humanity United
David Charles Horn Foundation
OVERVIEW: The David Charles Horn Foundation supports unpublished works of playwrights around the world.IP TAKE: This transparent funder awards an annual prize to playwrights rather than traditional grants. It typically receives thousands of … [Read more...] about David Charles Horn Foundation
George P. Hanley Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hanley Foundation makes grants for the environment, education and economic empowerment. Its U.S. grantmaking prioritizes the state of Illinois, where it is based.IP TAKE: The Hanley Foundation’s environmental grantmaking is its largest … [Read more...] about George P. Hanley Foundation
Heckscher Foundation for Children
OVERVIEW: Primarily serving the New York Metro area, the Heckscher Foundation seeks to “level the playing field” for low-income and underserved youths. It invests in schools and organizations that make or have the potential to make measurable … [Read more...] about Heckscher Foundation for Children
