• Donor education, support and networking organizations
• Community-based public foundations - Local, State, and Regional
• Community-based public foundations - National
• International
• Philanthropy affinity groups and networks
• General philanthropy resources

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.

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/

 

Revised 9/18/07