Doris Duke Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Doris Duke Foundation has broad grantmaking interests including the performing arts, the environment, children’s well-being, medical research an... Read more.
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 ... Read more.
Report: Giving for Writing and Literature
Giving for writing and literature is tiny compared to other areas of arts philanthropy. But there are some funders who prioritize this area.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Women and Girls
An in-depth report on how private foundations, individual donors, and corporations support work to advance gender equity.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Workforce Development and Workers’ Rights
Grantmakers are giving more attention to building the skills of workers and helping them organize.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Visual Arts
Wealthy benefactors dominate visual arts giving. But as this paper explains, a range of other funders are also active in museums and artists.... Read more.
Code Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Code Family Foundation’s Chicagoland grantmaking focuses strongly on religious organizations. The foundation also supports youth, human serv... Read more.
Report: Giving for Violence Prevention
Funders are working to prevent and reduce various forms of violence, including child abuse, gun violence, and more.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Theater
While it’s challenging to raise money for theater, a number of private foundations and major donors give to support work in this area.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Substance Use Disorders and Addiction
After years of neglect, more funders are now paying attention to substance use disorder and addiction.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Rural Communities
This brief serves as a first in-depth guide to the people and institutions that have put their mark on rural philanthropy through the present.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice
This funding landscape is evolving fast in the face of growing setbacks.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Neuroscience Research
Neuroscience research has attracted many new funders in recent years, especially major individual donors.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Music
While music draws a relatively small amount of giving, a number of core funders are deeply committed to this area.... Read more.
Report: Giving for K-12 Education
K-12 education is a top priority for many funders, who are backing a growing range of approaches.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Higher Education
Supporting colleges and universities is a long-time focus of philanthropy, with major donors playing the biggest role in this space.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Housing and Homelessness
A brief about how foundations and major donors make grants to support affordable housing and reduce homelessness.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Global Humanitarian Aid
Private philanthropy plays a small but important role in responding to humanitarian crises.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Journalism and Public Media
Increased giving for journalism and media has powered a major expansion of nonprofit media over the past decade.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Public Health
Giving for public health is dominated by national and state foundations that take a range of approaches.... Read more.
Report: Giving for STEM Education
Work to bolster the science, tech, and math skills of young people is drawing more support from funders, including corporations.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Global Development
Some of the U.S.’s biggest funders are at the forefront of grantmaking to reduce poverty and hunger around the world.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Oceans and Freshwater
A growing number of funders are working to address environmental threats to oceans, rivers, and other bodies of water.... Read more.
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 teacher... Read more.
Report: Giving for Economic Justice Policy and Advocacy
An in-depth look at funding giving grants for nonprofits advocating ways to reduce poverty.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Early Childhood Education
A growing number of foundations and major donors are giving to support early learning opportunities.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Dance
A limited number of foundations and major donors, as well as some corporations, support dance nonprofits with grants and gifts.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Criminal Justice
There’s been a big rise in funding for criminal justice reform in recent years, from top billionaire donors to small family foundations.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Conservation, Pollution Mitigation, and Agriculture
How funders back efforts to conserve land, reduce pollution, and foster sustainable agriculture.... Read more.
Report: Giving for Animals and Wildlife
From American zoos to African elephants, funders that care about animals are engaged in a range of grantmaking approaches.... Read more.
