Appalachian Community Capital Development Foundation

Appalachian Community Capital Corporation

Christiansburg, VA

Appalachian Community Capital primarily channels capital to member CDFIs and mission-aligned lenders that finance small businesses in underserved Appalachian communities; it also supports community development projects through Opportunity Appalachia, focused on Central Appalachia. Its reported 2020 support to institutions ranged from $112,000 to $166,000, while Opportunity Appalachia provided $1.9 million in technical assistance across 27 projects in 2024. No general grant application process is stated; the 2024 Opportunity Appalachia application round is closed.

Opportunity Finance Network

Washington, DC

Opportunity Finance Network provides grants to member CDFIs for operating and program needs, including work expanding responsible financial services in underserved communities nationwide. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100,000 to $215,000, with a median of $150,000; whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

The Goldman Sachs Foundation

New York, NY

The Goldman Sachs Foundation supports small-business development, including 10,000 Small Businesses and One Million Black Women: Black in Business, through grants to organizations in the United States and United Kingdom. In 2024, grants ranged from $50,000 to $4.33 million, with a median of about $594,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Winston-Salem, NC

The foundation funds nonprofits serving the South that work to reduce poverty and advance social and economic justice, with an emphasis on civic engagement, community power, and racial equity. Its 2024 grants ranged from $15,000 to $1.25 million, with a median of $202,500, and it favors the southeastern United States. It accepts organizational summaries year-round and may invite selected organizations to submit a full proposal.

Bronze Valley Foundation

Birmingham, AL

The Bronze Valley Foundation has a mission of expanding access, exposure, and entry to communities of people that are underrepresented in media, technology, and technology entrepreneurship. The organization provides resources in the form of internships, fellowships, and programming which skills and upskills aspiring journalists, technologists, and entrepreneurs as they shape the world of tomorrow.

Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc

Washington, DC

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy funds medium- and long-term disaster and crisis recovery, preparedness, and resilience, prioritizing locally led work and communities facing greater risk or marginalization. It gives grants in the United States and internationally, typically around $250,000 (2025 grants ranged from $10,000 to $1 million), and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Helen Ruth Gordon Charitable Trust

Pittsburgh, PA

Brooks Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

The foundation supports work in education, arts, poverty relief, food assistance, wildlife conservation, and community programs, primarily in Pennsylvania, with some funding in Maryland. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,874 to $20,000, with a median of $10,000. The filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations, but does not clearly state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Rural Economic Development Center Inc

Raleigh, NC

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC supports rural North Carolina through small-business assistance, rural leadership development, and community economic-development work, including technical assistance and CDFI capacity building. In 2025, it reported 26 grants totaling about $2.48 million; amounts ranged from $10,000 to $1.83 million, with a median of $10,000. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited grant requests; its published application process is for a loan program.

Im Dena & Chris Moore Family Fdn

Dallas, TX

The foundation supports organizations working in areas including housing, hunger relief, health, refugee and immigrant services, conservation, LGBTQ+ services, and college preparation. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $25,000, with a median of $5,000; most funding went to Virginia, with smaller amounts in Washington, D.C., and North Carolina. It does not restrict giving to preselected organizations, and its filing refers applicants to guidelines for application details.

Footprint Foundation Inc

Chattanooga, TN

Footprint Foundation supports creative culture, the environment, learning, and social justice, especially efforts that build community, leadership, equity, and access in Chattanooga and Northern California. In 2024, its grants ranged from $250 to $125,000, with a median of $10,000; it does not accept unsolicited requests and says it is pausing new grants while it develops a new strategy.

Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc

Winston-Salem, NC

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation funds North Carolina-serving work in democracy, the environment, public education, social and economic justice, and community-led initiatives. Its 2024 grants ranged from $100 to $1.2 million, with a median of $50,000; it does not accept unsolicited requests, but holds open application periods.