Foundation Funding Priority Areas

Foundation Name

Priority Funding Areas

Atlantic Philanthropies

• Aging
• Children & Youth
• Population Health
• Reconciliation & Human Rights

The Boston Foundation

• Affordable Housing
• Arts and cultural vibrancy
• Civic engagement
• Community safety 
• Health and Wellness
• Job and economic development for low-income Boston residents
• Public school reform and innovation

Bradley (Lynde and Harry) Foundation

• Economics
• Politics
• Culture
• Civil Society
• Environment

Carnegie Corporation of New York

• International Peace and Security
• Islam Initiative
• Higher Education and Libraries in Africa
• Higher Education in Eurasia
• Urban and Higher Education
• Democracy and Civic Integration
• Carnegie Scholars
• Future of Journalism Education

Casey Foundation (Annie E.)

• Child welfare
• Community Change
• Family Economic Security
• Education
• Health
• Juvenile Justice
• Support for vulnerable families: incarcerated parents, immigrants and refugees, Southwest border and Native American Indian families

Clark Foundation (Edna McConnell)

• Low-income youth development
• Support for single and multi-service nonprofit organizations

Commonwealth Fund

• Affordable health insurance
• Health care quality improvement
• International health policy
• Patient-centered health care
• Health care payment reform
• Elderly health care
• Minority health policy

Ford Foundation

• Democratic and accountable government
• Human rights
• Economic fairness
• Urban development
• Sustainable development
• Education
• Reproductive health and rights

Foundation for Child Development

• Early education
• Child welfare
• Immigrant child welfare

Gates Foundation (Bill & Melinda)

• Global health
• Infectious Diseases
• HIV/AIDS & TB
• Reproductive & Child Health
• Secondary and post-secondary education
• Global and U.S. libraries
• Access to Internet
• Pacific Northwest
• Community-based nonprofits
• Homelessness

Grant Foundation (William T.)

• Understanding how settings such as classrooms, schools, neighborhoods and other public environments influence youth
• Improving the quality of after-school programs
• Increasing the use of evidence from the health, social, and behavioral sciences among key adults who influence policy and practice

Heinz Endowments

Enabling southwestern Pennsylvania to embrace and realize a vision of itself as a premier place both to live and to work, with focus in the areas of:

• Arts & Culture
• Children, Youth and Families
• Education
• Environment
• Equality - Domestic
• Innovation Economy

Hewlett Foundation (William and Flora)

• Education
• California area
• Open Education Resources
• Environment
• Pacific Northwest area
• Climate Change
• Environmental issues impacting poor communities in San Francisco
• Global Development
• Agricultural markets
• Accountable governance
• Development Performing Arts
• Population and reproductive rights
• Philanthropy

Irvine Foundation (James)

• Arts
• California civic and cultural issues
• Education for low-income youth
• Research on California nonprofits

Johnson Foundation (Robert Wood)

• Health Care
• Career and leadership development
• Coverage
• Childhood Obesity
• Health care innovation
• Health care quality and equality
• Public health
• Vulnerable populations

Kellogg Foundation (William K.)

• Youth education
• Youth health
• Racial equality / addressing racial disparities
• Civic engagement
• Family economic security
• Southern Africa
• Latin America & Caribbean

Lilly Endowment

• Focusing on Indiana
• Community development
• Education
• Religion

Lounsbery Foundation (Richard)

The Lounsbery Foundation aims to enhance national strengths in science and technology through support of programs in the following areas:

• Science and technology components of key US policy issues
• Elementary and secondary science and math education
• Historical studies and contemporary assessments of key trends in the physical and biomedical sciences
• Start-up assistance for establishing the infrastructure of research projects
• Among international initiatives, the Foundation has a long-standing priority in Franco-American scientific cooperation

Luce Foundation (Henry)

• American Art
• Asia
• Clare Booth Luce Program: Term support for tenure-track appointments of women in science, math and engineering
• Higher Education
• Luce Scholars: Asia/America exchange program
• Public Policy & the Environment
• Religion and International Affairs

MacArthur Foundation (John D. and Catherine T.)

• International Program
• Conservation & Sustainable Development
• Global Migration & Human Mobility
• Higher Education in Russia & Africa
• Human Rights & International Justice
• International Peace & Security

• U.S. Program
• Affordable Housing
• Community & Economic Development
• Digital Media & Learning
• Juvenile Justice
• Population
• Public Policy Research
• Reproductive Health
• MacArthur Fellows Program - awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.

Markle Foundation (John and Mary R.)

• Information technology and health care delivery
• Information technology and national security

Mellon Foundation (Andrew W.)

• Conservation and the Environment
• Higher Education and Scholarship
• Museums and Art Conservation
• Performing Arts
• Scholarly Communications and Information Technology
• South Africa

Mott Foundation (Charles Stewart)

• After school programs
• Citizen Participation
• Civil Society: Eastern Europe & Russia, South Africa
• Civil Society: U.S.
• Community Organizing
• Environment
• Income Security
• Michigan and Flint Area
• Pathways Out of Poverty
• Race and Reconciliation
• Transitional Justice
• Vulnerable Youth

Open Society Institute (soros.org)

• Education & Youth
• Governance & Accountability
• Health
• Media & Arts
• Rights & Justice

Packard Foundation (David and Lucile)

• Conservation
• Climate
• Agriculture
• Science
• Population and reproductive health
• Sub-saharan Africa
• South Asia
• U.S.
• Children, Families, and Communities
• Pre-school
• Children’s health insurance
• Afterschool
• Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy

Pew Charitable Trusts

• Arts & Culture
• Corrections & Public Safety
• Economic Policy
• Environment Policy
• Health Policy
• Education
• Elections

·         Informing the Public

• Global Attitudes
• Hispanics In America
• Media & Journalism
• National Civic Initiatives
• Philadelphia Region
• Public Opinion
• Religion and Public Life
• State Policy & Performance

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

• Democratic Practice
• Peace and Security
• Pivotal Places: New York City, Southern China, Western Balkans
• Sustainable Development

Rockefeller Foundation

• Advancing Innovative Processes to Solve Social Problems
• Developing Climate Change Resilience
• Strengthening Food Security: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
• Protecting American Workers’ Economic Security
• Promoting Equitable, Sustainable Transportation
• Linking Global Disease Surveillance Networks
• Transforming Health Systems
• Advancing Innovation Processes to Solve Social Problems
• Harnessing the Power of Impact Investing

Russell Sage Foundation

• Social Sciences
• Future of Work
• Immigration
• Cultural Contact
• Social Inequality
• Behavioral Economics

Sloan Foundation (Alfred P.)

• Science Education
• Anytime, Anyplace Learning
• Education for Underrepresented Groups
• Information about Careers in Science and Technology
• Public Understanding of Science and Technology
• Economic Performance and Quality of Life
• Economic Institutions, Behavior and Performance
• Federal Statistics
• Industry Studies
• Making Municipal Governments More Responsive to Their Citizens
• Workplace, Work Force and Working Families
• Select National Issues
• Biosecurity
• Digital Information Technology and the Dissemination of Knowledge
• History of Science and Technology
• Civic Initiatives

Smith Richardson Foundation

• Domestic Public Policy Program
• Education & School Reform
• Health Care
• International Security and Foreign Policy Program

Spencer Foundation

• The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity
• Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Institutions
• Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources
• Purposes and Values of Education
• Field-initiated proposals

Starr Foundation

• The Starr Foundation makes grants in a number of areas, including:
• Education
• Medicine and Health Care
• Human Needs
• Public Policy
• Culture
• Environment

Tinker Foundation

• Democratic Governance w/ Growth & Security
• Latin America, Antarctica
• Sustainable Resource Management

Upjohn Institute (W.E)

Employment Research:

• Education & Training
• Employment & Compensation
• Global & Regional Issues
• Unemployment & Disability
• Workforce Development

Witter Foundation (Dean)

• Wildlife conservation projects in Northern California
• Environmental education
• Innovative K-12 public education initiatives
• Finance & Conservation