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Fundraising and Grants
Adobe Philanthropy Council

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/main.html

This corporate philanthropy arm of Adobe is primarily interested in supporting non-profit health and human service organizations who in turn provide help to disadvantaged youth, the homeless, victims of abuse, and so on.

The Alpha Charitable Foundation

http://www.io.org/~xavier/alpha.html

A charity registered in the U.S. and Canada dedicated to helping the handicapped, the elderly, the poor, and the destitute. They are currently building a large hospital in India.

American Express

http://www.americanexpress.com/corp/philanthropy/

Promotes its own philanthropic goals in areas where they do business or where their employees live. They service three programs: community service, cultural heritage, and economic independence. Makes grants to nonprofit organizations within and outside of the U.S.

AT&T Foundation

http://www.att.com/foundation/

The company’s philanthropic arm that helps people to lead self-sufficient, productive lives. They are particularly interested in projects that involve technological innovation. Their four program areas are education, civic programs, arts and culture, and community service.

Ben and Jerrys Foundation

http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/index.html

Seek programs concerned with societal, institutional, and environmental change. The particular areas are children and families, disenfranchised groups, and the environment. Also describes restrictions, types of grants, and how to apply.

The Benton Foundation

http://www.benton.org/

Concerned with the information infrastructure. Among their projects: Communications policy and practice, report on public opinion of library leader’s visions of future, children’s programs, the arts, and public interest organizations.

Carnegie Foundation

http://www.carnegie.org/

Grant-making corporation dedicated to enhancing knowledge. Currently supports education and healthy development of children and youth, preventing deadly conflict, strengthening human resources in developing countries, and other special projects. Also outlines how to submit a proposal.

Corporate Foundations on the Internet

http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/corp.html

You have two options: from a list of corporate foundations, go directly to the foundation’s site, or use a list of annotated links to zero in on a funder.

The Council on Foundations

http://www.cof.org/

A membership association composed of over 1,300 nonprofit foundations (independent, corporate, and public). Its programs are in areas such as education, health, human services, science and research, and so on. Also promotes accountability among member foundations.

The Foundation Center

http://fdncenter.org/

For grantseekers and grantmakers. Contains information on to libraries and locations, training and seminars, funding trends and analysis, the fundraising process, and publications and CD-ROMs. Also includes a searchable database and an online reference desk.

The GE Fund

http://www.ge.com/fund/ibfuna1.htm

A supporter of education grants for people of all ages across the world. Contains lists of programs, grants, staff, committees, and guidelines.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

http://www.kff.org/kff/

An independent health care philanthropy foundation. Four program areas include health policy, HIV policy, reproductive health, and health and development in South Africa. Also includes article about medicare.

IBM

http://www.ibm.com/IBM/IBMGives/index.html

Corporate Philanthropic Arm Concerned with education, the environment, health, human services, arts, and culture.

Private Foundations on the Internet

http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/priv.html

You have two options: from a list of private foundations, go directly to the foundation’s site, or use a list of annotated links to zero in on a funder.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

http://www.macfdn.org/

A foundation that seeks to improve the human condition through various programs, including peace and cooperation, environment, health, creativity, education, community, culture, and so on. Searchable. Also in Spanish and Portuguese.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund

http://www.rbf.org/rbf/

A private philanthropic foundation. Includes information on the Fund’s program guidelines, a list of recent grants, how to apply for a grant, grant restrictions, a list of the Fund’s publications, and other programs and foundations.