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Organizations
Donor Education, Support and Networking Organizations
Resource Generation
218 E. 18th St., New York, NY 10003
Phone: (646) 723-2231
Resource Generation is an alliance of progressive young people seeking
to support and challenge each other to affect social change through
the creative, responsible and strategic use of their own financial and
other resources. For more information, visit www.resourcegeneration.org.
Responsible Wealth
29 Winter Street 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 423-2148
Responsible Wealth is a national network of businesspeople, investors
and affluent Americans who are concerned about the trends of deepening
economic inequality and are working for widespread prosperity. Its three
primary areas of work are tax fairness, corporate responsibility and
living wages. For more information, visit www.responsiblewealth.org.
The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc.
77 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 338-2590
TPI is a not-for-profit organization offering philanthropic services
to corporations, foundations, individuals, and families. It also conducts
both educational programs and research studies on philanthropy to help
donors make more effective gifts and to increase giving overall in America.
For more information, visit www.tpi.org.
Community-Based Public Foundations -
Local, State, and Regional
Appalachian Community Fund
107 West Main St., Suite 202, Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone: (865) 523-5783
The Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) was established in 1987 to provide
grants to groups promoting progressive change in the central region
of Appalachia (east Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia
and all of West Virginia). Established to bring new resources into the
region for community organizing and social change, ACF also seeks to
build a long-term resource base and to expand community philanthropy
in the region. For more information, visit www.appalachiancommunityfund.org.
Bread and Roses Community Fund
1500 Walnut St. #1305, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 731-1107
Bread and Roses Community Fund is a unique partnership of donors and
activists committed to supporting social change in the Delaware Valley.
A public foundation, Bread and Roses has distributed nearly $6 million
to groups working for access to health care; economic justice; a clean,
safe environment; civil and human rights; peace; and other issues. The
Fund also offers a range of resources to help donors address the personal,
political and technical aspects of wealth. For more information, visit
www.breadrosesfund.org.
Chinook Fund
2418 West 32nd Avenue, Denver, CO 80211
Phone: (303) 455-6905
The Chinook Fund is an alternative community foundation established
in 1987 to provide grants and technical assistance to Colorado grassroots
organizations working for progressive social change. The Fund's Board
of Directors and Grantmaking Committee are comprised of a partnership
of donors and community activists representing Colorado's diversity
in terms of race, class, gender, disability, age, and sexual orientation.
For more information, visit www.chinookfund.org.
Crossroads Fund
3411 West Diversey Ave., #20, Chicago, IL 60647
Phone: (773) 227-7676
Crossroads Fund pools resources to support grassroots organizations
working in the Chicago area for social and economic justice. This work
examines root causes of social problems, aims for structural change,
and is driven by people most directly affected by the issues. For more
information, visit www.crossroadsfund.org.
Fund for Santa Barbara
735 State St., Suite 211, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: (805) 962-9164
The Fund for Santa Barbara was established in 1980 as a community foundation
by a group of individuals who shared a vision of a just and humane society,
and wanted to offer the community an alternative concept in philanthropy.
The Fund has provided technical assistance and given over $2.5 million
to grassroots organizations working for social, economic and environmental
justice in Santa Barbara County. For more information, visit www.fundforsantabarbara.org.
Fund for Southern Communities
315 W. Ponce De Leon Ave, #1061, Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: (404) 371-8404
The Fund for Southern Communities (FSC) is a public foundation that
supports and unites organizations and donors working to create just
and sustainable communities that are free of oppression and that embrace
and celebrate all people. Through grant-making and related activities,
the Fund for Southern Communities fosters social change initiated by
community-based groups in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
For more information, visit www.fundforsouth.org.
Hawai'i People's Fund
810 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817
Phone: (808) 845-4800
Hawai'i People's Fund is a publicly supported community fund established
in 1972 to provide grants to progressive grassroots social change organizations
working in Hawai'i and the Pacific. It is a partnership of donors, activist
grantmakers and grantees committed to positive social change and a more
equitable distribution of wealth, resources and power. For more information,
visit www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org.
Haymarket People's Fund
42 Seaverns Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone: (617) 522-7676
Haymarket People's Fund is a social change foundation that supports
grassroots groups in the six New England States of Massachusetts, Maine,
Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. The Fund's mission
is to support community organizing aimed at the root causes of social
and economic inequity, to redistribute power and wealth through grantmaking
and organizational practices, and to build a partnership of activists
and donors. For more information, visit www.haymarket.org.
Headwaters Foundation for Justice/Fund of the
Sacred Circle
2801 21st Ave S. #132-B, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: (612) 879-0602
Headwaters Foundation acts as a catalyst for social change that supports
grassroots communities working to create social, economic, and racial
justice. Headwaters provides grants and organizational assistance to
grassroots groups addressing the root causes of injustice.
The Fund of the Sacred Circle, a cooperative program of Headwaters and
the Wisconsin Community Fund, directs funding towards grassroots groups
or projects in Minnesota or Wisconsin engaged in social change organizing
within the Native American community. Funding decisions are made by
Native American community activists working for social justice on a
daily basis. For more information, visit www.headwatersfoundation.org.
Liberty Hill Foundation
2121 Cloverfield Blvd., Suite 113, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 453-3611
Liberty Hill Foundation is a partnership of donors and community activists
working to build a new Los Angeles based on a vision of social and racial
equality, environmental sustainability and economic justice. Liberty
Hill makes grants to grassroots organizations in L.A. County and convenes
activists and donors around critical issues facing the region. For more
information, visit www.libertyhill.org.
McKenzie River Gathering Foundation
2705 E. Burnside, Suite 210, Portland, Oregon 97214
Phone: (503) 289-1517
MRG Foundation acts as a bridge between Oregonians with resources and
a progressive vision for social change and activists employing innovative
strategies to eliminate the root causes of racism, poverty, violence,
militarism, and environmental degradation. That bridge has served as
a conduit for needed resources, and as a unifying force among communities
too long divided by prejudice, economic inequality, and geography. For
more information, visit www.mrgfoundation.org.
Maine Initiatives — A Fund for Change
PO Box 2248, Augusta, ME 04338
Phone: (207) 622-6294
Maine Initiatives was founded in 1993 by donors and community leaders
who saw a need for a fund with the sole mission of supporting social
change. The foundation was established with the recognition that Maine
is the third most rural state in the country and among the bottom ten
states in charitable giving. Its mission is to raise money for substantial
multi-year grants to grassroots organizations cultivating social, economic
and environmental justice. For more information, visit www.maineinitiatives.org.
North Star Fund
520 Eighth Avenue, Fl. 22, New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 620-9110
Founded in 1979, North Star is a unique partnership of donors and community
activists dedicated to building a permanent institutional and financial
base for progressive social change. Since its inception, North Star
has awarded millions of dollars to more than 1,000 community-based organizations.
For more information, visit www.northstarfund.org.
San Diego Foundation for Change
3758 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92104
Phone: (619) 692-0527
The San Diego Foundation for Change supports community-led efforts
to promote social equality, economic justice and environmental sustainability.
It promotes positive, permanent change in the San Diego/Tijuana border
region. Its goal is to end discrimination, lack of opportunity, poverty,
and environmental degradation by empowering small, community-based,
grassroots organizations with funding, support and technical assistance.
For more information visit www.foundation4change.org.
Social Justice Fund
Northwest
(formerly known as A Territory Resource)
603 Stewart Street, Suite 1007, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 624-4081
ATR is a member-funded foundation working for social, economic and environmental
justice in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The foundation
sponsors educational events for donors, and provides a supportive community
for those who join as donors and members of the board to evaluate and
fund progressive organizations. For more information, visit www.atrfoundation.org.
Three Rivers Community Fund
100 N. Braddock Ave., #207, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Phone: (412) 243-9250
TRCF believes in the human possibility of bringing about progressive
social action. The foundation solicits, identifies and evaluates projects
that define and resolve community problems at a grassroots level, and
makes grants to organizations working on the ground floor of change.
For more information, visit www.trcf.net.
Vanguard Public Foundation
383 Rhode Island St., #301, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 487-2111
Vanguard offers four different grant programs for social justice organizations
located in Northern California or the Central Valley: The Social Justice
Fund, Community Institution Building Program, Technical Assistance &
Capacity Building Program and Social Justice Sabbatical Fund. For more
information, visit www.vanguardsf.org.
Wisconsin Community Fund
1202 Williamson St, Suite D, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 251-6834
Since its founding in 1982, the Wisconsin Community Fund has awarded
grants to over two hundred and fifty groups in fulfilling our mission
of supporting social justice organizing. WCF also provides memberships,
event sponsorships, scholarships and skill-building seminars to social
change groups throughout Wisconsin. For more information, visit www.wisconsincommunityfund.org.
Women's Funding Alliance
603 Stewart, Suite 207 Seattle, WA 98101-1229
Phone: (206) 467 6733
The Alliance is the only Puget Sound organization focused on supporting
and developing agencies that work with women and girls. The Women's
Funding Alliance provides solutions to the critical issues women and
girls still face, and promotes a healthier community for us all. For
more information, visit www.wfalliance.org.
Community-Based Public Foundations
- National
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410)-547-6600
The primary mission of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public
policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively
meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. The Foundation
makes grants that help states, cities, and neighborhoods fashion more
innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs. www.aecf.org.
Active Element Foundation
532 La Guardia Place #510 New York, NY 10012
Phone: (718) 783-6856
Active Element Foundation is a non-profit organization that builds relationships
between grassroots youth organizers, donors, professionals and artists
through grant making, technical assistance and youth culture. For more
information, visit www.activelement.org.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003
Tel. (212) 529-8021
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice works for social, racial
and economic justice in the U.S. and internationally. Its grantmaking
and philanthropic advocacy programs help lesbians and allied communities
challenge oppression and claim their human rights. For more information,
visit www.astraea.org.
Funding Exchange
666 Broadway, #500, New York, NY, 10012
Phone: (212) 529-5300
The Funding Exchange is a national membership organization of publicly
supported, community-based foundations. It is a unique partnership of
activists and donors dedicated to building a base of support for progressive
social change through fundraising for local, national and international
grantmaking programs. For more information, visit www.fex.org.
General Service Foundation
557 North Mill Street, Suite 201, Aspen, Colorado 81611
Phone: (970) 920-6834
General Service Foundation's core values include a commitment to democracy,
human rights, social justice, diversity, equity, and access to appropriate
information and resources. Its grantmaking policy aims to strengthen
innovative institutions, support visionary leaders, take risks on creative
new ideas and target issue areas where other funds are not readily available.
www.generalservice.org.
Jewish Fund for Justice
330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 213-2113
The Jewish Fund for Justice is the only national Jewish organization
solely committed to fighting the injustice of poverty in America. By
assisting grassroots organizations of low-income people from all backgrounds
and faiths struggling for decent housing, schools, healthcare and jobs
and by educating Jews about poverty issues and the importance of developing
community-based, social justice partnerships, the Jewish Fund for Justice
brings to life the core Jewish values of tikkun olam (“repairing
the world”) and tzedakah (“righteous giving”). For
more information, visit www.jfjustice.org.
Ms. Foundation for Women
120 Wall Street, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 742-2300
The Ms. Foundation supports the efforts of women and girls to govern
their own lives and influence the world around them. Through its leadership,
expertise and financial support, the Foundation champions an equitable
society by effecting change in public consciousness, law, philanthropy
and social policy. For more information, visit www.ms.foundation.org.
The New Mexico Community Foundation
1227 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Phone: (505) 820-6860
The NMCF serves and invests in the communities and people of New Mexico.
It provides grants, technical assistance and training to non-profits
through its Rural Livelihoods, Strengthening New Mexico Families, and
the New Mexico Aids Partnership initiatives that reflect the diverse
values, traditions, beauty and dreams of the State. www.nmcf.org.
New World Foundation
666 West End Avenue. New York NY 10025
Phone: (212) 249-1023
Since 1954, The New World Foundation's grant making has supported organizations
working to strengthen and expand civil rights and the active participation
of citizens in American democracy. Its strategy is to support the building
of social movements by supporting organizing, which builds a sustainable
mass base of activists in viable organizations. For more information,
visit www.newwf.org.
Peace Development Fund
44 N. Prospect St., P.O. Box 1280, Amherst, MA 01004
Phone: (413) 256-8306
The Peace Development Fund makes grants to organizations and projects
working to achieve peaceful, just and interdependent relationships among
people and nations. PDF puts emphasis on the local community-rooted
change in values needed to establish a more just and peaceful world.
For more information, visit www.peacefund.org.
Third Wave Foundation
25 East 21st St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 228-8311
A national, activist funding organization led by and for young women,
Third Wave uses an organizational model that recognizes philanthropy
and activism as partners in the process of social movement building.
For more information, visit www.thirdwavefoundation.org.
The Tides Foundation
Box 29903, San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone: (415) 561-6400
The Tides Foundation promotes change toward a healthy society founded
on principles of social justice, broadly shared economic opportunity,
a robust democratic process, and sustainable environmental practices.
For more information, visit www.tides.org.
International
International Development Exchange
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101 San Francisco, CA 94110-1736
Phone: (415) 824-8384
IDEX partners with grassroots organizations in eight countries in Africa,
Asia and Latin America, while actively engaging and informing North
Americans in the challenges facing communities in these regions. For
more information, visit www.idex.org.
Global Fund for Women
1375 Sutter Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 202-7640
The Global Fund for Women, an international network of women and men
committed to a world of equality and social justice, advocates for and
defends women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups
around the world. For more information, visit www.globalfundforwomen.org.
Global Greengrants Fund
2840 Wilderness Place, Suite E, Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: (303) 939-9866
Global Greengrants Fund supports groups working for environmental justice
and sustainability around the world with funding for grassroots action
in some of the world's most despoiled and impoverished places. For more
information, visit www.greengrants.org.
Philanthropy Affinity Groups and
Networks
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
200 Pine Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 273-2760
Founded in 1990, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
is a national membership and philanthropic advocacy organization dedicated
to bridging philanthropy and Asian Pacific American (APA) communities.
AAPIP seeks to increase the leadership and participation of APAs in
the philanthropic sector; to connect philanthropy with APA and other
immigrant and refugee communities; and to increase resources to these
underserved populations. For more information, visit www.aapip.org.
Association of Black Foundation Executives
23 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 982-6925 ext. 510
The mission of ABFE is to promote effective and responsive philanthropy
in Black communities. With the knowledge that philanthropy at its best
builds on a tradition of self-help, empowerment and excellence within
Black communities, ABFE strives to increase philanthropy within and
toward Black communities as a vehicle for social change. For more information,
visit www.abfe.org.
Association of Small Foundations (ASF)
1720 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 580-6560
ASF's mission is to provide information and assistance related to quality
philanthropy to those offices having five or fewer persons and a portfolio
that includes all aspects of foundation work: public relations, writing
letters, cutting checks, mailing and processing grant applications,
working with trustees and grantees, doing site visits and evaluations,
managing assets, tax matters, etc. For more information, visit www.smallfoundations.org.
Disability Funders Network
2529 Kirklyn Street, Falls Church, VA 22043
Phone: (703) 560-0099
Disability Funders Network, or DFN, was established in 1994 to be a
catalyst for creating a new understanding of how private funders can
respond to disability issues and to show how disability concerns can
be an essential part of all philanthropic programs. For more information,
visit www.disabilityfunders.org.
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
666 West End Avenue, Suite 1B, New York, NY 10025
Phone: (212) 497-7547
The mission of EPIP is to support and strengthen the next generation
of grantmakers, in order to advance effective social justice philanthropy.
Chapters exist across the country, primarily providing local members
with networking and leadership opportunities, while advocating a transformed
philanthropic sector that engages the wisdom of young and emerging professionals.
For more information, visit www.epip.org.
Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)
437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10022-7001
Phone: (212) 812-4260
The EGA grew out of, and is still a part of, the Environmental Grantmakers
Affinity Group of the Council on Foundations. EGA now exists as a voluntary
association of foundations and giving programs concerned with the protection
of the natural environment. For more information, visit www.ega.org.
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
116 East 16th Street 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 475-2930
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues was formed in 1982 as the Working
Group on Funding Lesbian and Gay Issues in response to the lack of visibility
and funding for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues
in the philanthropic community. It is the only national organization
whose mission is to advocate for increased support of LGBT issues within
organized philanthropy. For more information, visit www.lgbtfunders.org.
Funders Network on Trade and Globalization
3401 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 642-6022
FNTG supports foundations and other members of the funding community
in their efforts to promote global relations, policies and institutions
that foster environmentally sustainable, human-centered and just economic
development in the US and around the world. www.fntg.org
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants
and Refugees
P.O. Box 1100, Sebastopol, CA 95473-1100
Phone: (707) 824-4374
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) seeks to move
the philanthropic field to promote the contributions and address the
needs of the world's growing and increasingly diverse population of
immigrants and refugees. For more information visit www.gcir.org.
Grantmakers without Borders
PO Box 181282, Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 794-2253
Grantmakers Without Borders is a funders network committed to increasing
strategic and compassionate funding for international societal change.
Grantmakers Without Borders arose out of a concern that US-based philanthropy
provides only marginal support to the developing world, and frequently
in ways that do not get at the root causes of social ills. For more
information, visit www.gwob.net.
Hispanics
in Philanthropy
200 Pine Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 837-0427
Founded in 1983 to promote stronger partnerships between organized philanthropy
and Latino communities, HIP is a national association of grantmakers,
with more than 450 members representing corporate, public and private
philanthropies, nonprofit leadership and academia. For more information,
visit www.hiponline.org.
Jewish Funders Network
330 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor NY, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 726-0177
The Jewish Funders Network is an international agency that provides
leadership, programs and services to help Jewish grantmakers be more
effective and strategic in their philanthropy. Together, they collaborate
and plan so that their money can be used to effectively change the world.
For more information, visit www.jfunders.org.
National Network of Grantmakers
2801 21st Ave S, #132, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone: (612) 724-0702
NNG is a membership network of foundations and individuals involved
in funding social and economic justice. NNG is committed to the goal
of increasing resources, financial and otherwise, to organizations working
for social change. For more information, visit www.nng.org.
Native Americans in Philanthropy
2801 21st Avenue S, Suite 132D, Minneapolis, MN 55117
Phone: (612) 724-8798
Native Americans in Philanthropy seeks to engage Native and non-Native
peoples in understanding and advancing the role of philanthropy through
practices that support Native traditional values for current and future
generations. For more information, visit www.nativephilanthropy.org.
Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG)
1301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 833-4690
The Neighborhood Funders Group is a national network of grantmakers
working to expand support for organizations that help low-income people
improve their communities. For more information, visit www.nfg.org.
Women and Philanthropy
1629 K Street, NW, Suite 402, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 887-9660
Women & Philanthropy advocates within the field of philanthropy
for the full engagement of women and girls in society. We work to increase
the effectiveness of foundations and individual philanthropists in creating
a more caring and just world. For more information, visit www.womenphil.org.
Women's Funding Network
1375 Sutter Street, Suite 406 San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 441-0706
Founded in 1985, the Women's Funding Network is a partnership of more
than 90 women and girls' funds and philanthropic organizations. Committed
to changing society by improving the status of women and girls locally,
nationally, and internationally, Women's Funding Network works to strengthen
and empower member funds. For more information, visit www.wfnet.org.
General Philanthropy Resources
Council on Foundations
1828 L Street NW Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 466-6512
Provides national support services for different sectors of philanthropy,
including family foundations. Offers conferences, reference publications
and referrals to regional associations of grantmakers. For more information,
visit www.cof.org.
Foundation Center
Offers the Foundation Directory on-line as well as other resources for
donors and grantees including direct links to the web sites of several
hundred private foundations. For more information, visit www.fdncenter.org.
Independent Sector
1200 Eighteenth Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202)
467-6100
Independent Sector is the leadership forum for charities, foundations,
and corporate giving programs committed to advancing the common good
in America and around the world. This nonpartisan coalition of approximately
500 organizations leads, strengthens, and mobilizes the charitable community
in order to fulfill its vision of a just and inclusive society of active
citizens, vibrant communities, effective institutions, and a healthy
democracy. For more information, visit www.independentsector.org.
National Center for Family Philanthropy
1220 19th Street, NW Suite 804 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 293-3424
National resource center focusing on matters of importance to families
engaged in philanthropy and their effective giving. Provides research,
education materials and programs. For more information, visit www.ncfp.org.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
2001 S Street NW, Suite 620 Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 387-9177
NCRP is a national organization seeking to make philanthropy more responsive
to socially, economically and politically disenfranchised people. For
more information, visit www.ncrp.org.
Social Justice Funding Network
This free tool identifies and maps formal and informal
organizations, donor networks, and affinity groups that support social
justice grantmaking. Groups in this database promote funding for affirmative
action, alternatives to war, racial equality, choice for women, economic
equality, community empowerment, environmental justice, LGBT issues,
youth rights, and more. www.ncrp.org/social_funding_network/index.asp
Voter Tech Kit
The Progressive Technology Project (a FACT grantee) has
developed a web site for community organizers, technology support people
and funders interested in learning more about how to increase and sustain
civic participation. Using "Integrated Voter Engagement" (IVE)
community organizing groups can use voter projects over multiple election
cycles to strengthen their membership organizations. The "Voter
Tech Kit" provides information about all the components of a voter
engagement or voter education campaign, with particular emphasis on
the data management piece. www.votertechkit.progressivetech.org/
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