Grantmakers
Alphabetical list of charitable
organizations and their key interests/program areas.
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AT&T
Foundation (arts, culture, technology)
Access Strategies Fund
(social sciences, political science)
Allen Foundation, Inc. (nutrition)
Amateur Chamber Music Players, Inc.
(music)
American Academy of Poets (contemporary
poetry)
American Alpine Club (environmental
conservation, montain climbing)
American Antiquarian Society
(American history, literature and culture)
American Association for the Advancement
of Science (sciences, technology)
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury
Psychologists and Social Workers (psychology, sociology)
American Association
of University Women (gender and equity)
American
Chemical Society (chemistry)
American Council of Learned Societies
(humanities, social sciences)
American Federation for Aging Research
(biology, medicine)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
(psychology, sociology, medicine)
American Institute of Indian Studies
(Indian history, culture, contemporary life)
American Museum of Natural History (anthropology,
zoology, paleontology, physical sciences)
American Music Center (contemporary
American music)
American Philosophical Society (all
areas of knowledge)
American Psychological Association (APA)
(psychology)
American Society for Engineering Education
(engineering, technology)
American Speech Language Hearing
Foundation (communication sciences)
Art Omi International Art Center (residency
program: visual arts, writing, music)
Arthritis
Foundation (biology, medicine, sociology)
Asian Cultural Exchange
(Asian visual and performing arts)
Association for Institutional Research
(research on higher education)
Association for the Sociology
of Religion (social sciences)
Association for Women in Mathematics
(mathematical sciences)
Australian Institute of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Studies (multi-disciplinary studies of
indigenous Autralians)
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Bradley Foundation
(citizenship studies)
Bruner Foundation (urban
design)
C
Caldera (residency
program: arts)
Carlisle Foundation (social/behavioral
sciences)
Carnegie Corporation of New York
(political science, international studies, US democracy, education)
Center for Study of the Presidency
(American Presidency)
Chamber Music America (music)
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International
Scholarly Exchange (multi-disciplinary research on Chinese civilization)
Christensen Fund (arts,
biological conservation science, education)
Commonwealth Fund (studies on health
care)
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Delmas Foundation (humanities)
Dreyfus (Camille and Henry) Foundation
(chemistry, chemical engineering)
Duke (Doris) Charitable
Foundation (arts, environmental conservation, medical research,
child abuse prevention)
E
Earthwatch Institute
(conservation, conservation education)
Educational Foundation for America
(environment, human services, art, education, Native Americans, other)
Energy Foundation (power,
buildings, transportation, China's sustainable energy, US clean energy)
Entomological Foundation (insect
science)
European
Science Foundation (sciences, humanities)
Experimental Television Center
(residency program: video as contemporary electronic art)
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Federal Aviation Administration
(aviation, technology)
Foundation for the Advancement of Meso American
Studies (multi-disciplinary research on Mesoamerican cultures)
Foundation for Deep Ecology (biodiversity
and wildness, ecological agriculture, globalization and megatechnology)
Ford Foundation (community development,
social justice, arts, culture, education)
Foundation for Hellenic
Culture (Greek culture and language)
Foundation for the Improvement
of Post Secondary Education (higher education)
Foundation for Managed Derivatives
Research (economic, business, financial research on use of derivatives)
G
Geological Society of America
(geosciences)
German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD) (multi-disciplinary research on German art, culture, language)
Getty Trust (art,
art history, cultural conservation)
Graham Foundation (architecture)
Grammy Awards Grant Program
(music, music education)
Grant (William T.) Foundation
(research on youth)
Guggenheim (Harry Frank) Foundation (multi-disciplinary
research on violence, agression, dominance)
Guggenheim (John Simon) Memorial Foundation
(natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts)
Gunk Foundation (contemporary
public displays of art)
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HRK Foundation (arts,
health, community, education)
Herb Society of America (herb
cultivation, history of herb use)
Hewlett Foundation (conflict-resolution,
education, environment, community, performing arts, US-Latin-American relations)
Horowitz Foundation for Social
Policy (social sciences)
Howard
Foundation (creative writing in English)
I
i2 Foundation
(solutions for global issues)
INEEL (science, engineering)
International Foundation
for Science (social sciences, crop science, aquatic resources, forestry,
food science, others)
International Fund for Animal Welfare
(wildlife conservation)
International Life Sciences Institute
(nutrition, food safety, toxicology, environment)
Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)
(multi-disciplinary)
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JFK Center
for the Performing Arts and Very Special Arts (art education)
Joukowsky Family Foundation
(education)
K
Kapor (Mitchell) Foundation
(environmental health)
Karma Foundation (arts,
culture, education, human services)
Keck (W.M.) Foundation (science,
engineering, medicine, higher education)
Kendall Foundation (terrestrial,
aquatic, marine systems)
Kresge Foundation (facilities,
scientific equipment)
Kress Foundation
(European art, architecture, archaeology)
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LEF Foundation (contemporary
arts)
Lalor Foundation (mammalian
reproductive biology)
Lannan Foundation (contemporary
art, contemporary literature, indigenous communities)
Lawrence Foundation
(education, environment, health)
Leakey Foundation (research
on human origins)
Luce Foundation (American art, Asia, theology, environment, public
affairs, higher education, others)
M
MacArthur (John D. and Catherine T.)
Foundation (all areas of knowledge)
Massachusetts
Department of Education (education and education assessment initiatives)
Mega Foundation
(arts and sciences, for individuals with Ultra-high IQ)
Mellon (Andrew W.) Foundation (higher
education, museum and art conservation, population, performing arts, others)
Mesa Refuge (residency
program: writing)
Mitchell
(Joan) Foundation (painting, sculpting)
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National Academy of Science
(science, engineering, medicine)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (science,
engineering, technology)
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (education, education assessment)
National Endowment for the Humanities
(research, education, preservation of the humanities)
National
Geographic Society (geographic literacy, environmenal and cultural
conservation)
National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders (communication sciences)
National Institutes of Health (health
and human services)
National Institute of Justice
(violence, criminal justice, community, others)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (weather, climate, conservation, marine research,
others)
National Science Foundation (math,
physical sciences, geoscience, environment, education, biology, social sciences,
others)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) (science, technology)
Noyes (Jessica Smith) Foundation (environment,
reproductive rights)
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Office of Research and Development
(ecology, environmental assessment)
Office of Science (science, environment,
math, medicine, engineering, technology)
P
PADI Foundation (underwater
science, environment, education)
Packard (David and Lucile) Foundation
(conservation, population, community, science, art)
Pew Charitable Trusts (culture,
education, environment, human services, public policy, religion, others)
Population Council (population,
social policy, reproductive health, biology, HIV/AIDS, medicine)
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
(social sciences)
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RGK Foundation (health,
education, human services, community affairs)
Rockefeller Brothers Foundation
(democracy, social change, environment, others)
Rockefeller
Foundation (creativity and culture, food equity, health, others)
Russell Sage Foundation (social
sciences)
S
Sierra Club Foundation
(environmental education and training)
Sinfonia Foundation (American
music)
Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation
(science, technology, economy)
Social Science Research Council (social
sciences)
Soros Foundation
(arts, culture, media, education, English language, global issues, others)
Spencer Foundation
(education)
Steiner (Rudolf) Foundation
(all areas of knowledge)
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Templeton (John) Foundation
(relationship between science and religion)
Tiffany
& Co. Foundation (crafts and arts education, environmental conservation)
Tinker Foundation Incorporated
(public policy research dealing with Latin America, Spain, Portugal,
Antarctica)
Tremaine (Emily Hall)
Foundation (art education, environmental education, learning disabilities)
Turner Foundation
(environmental protection)
U
U.S. Census
Bureau (multi-disciplinary research on US census information)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
(scientific collaboration between US and former Soviet Union)
U.S. Department of Energy
(high energy, nuclear physics)
U.S. Geological Survey (earth
sciences)
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Vetlesen (G. Unger) Foundation
(oceanography, climate, other earth sciences)
W
W.E. Upjohn Institute
(multi-disciplinary research on employment)
Waksman Foundation for Microbiology
(microbiology)
Wallace Global Fund (economy, social
science, environment)
Warhol (Andy) Foundation for
the Visual Arts (contemporary visual arts)
Weill (Kurt) Foundation for Music (music
research, symposia, reproduction, preservation, publication)
Welden (Richard C.) Foundation (nature
conservation, European studies, international conflict resolution and reconciliation)
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological
Research, Inc. (all branches of anthropology)
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