Barney and Susie Cockburn

Battelle Memorial Institute

Columbus, OH

Battelle supports STEM education, scientific and educational work, and community organizations; its Central Ohio STEM Grant focuses on sustainable K–12 programs, especially for underserved students. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,008 to $9,360,974, with a median of $12,300, and giving reached organizations across the U.S., especially in Ohio. The profile does not state whether Battelle accepts unsolicited requests.

Hope Share Care Foundation Inc

Boston, MA

The foundation supports food assistance, disability services, arts and youth programs, and vocational training, with most reported 2025 grant dollars going to California organizations. Its 14 grants totaled $48,000, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, with a median of $4,000. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Bpoe Carlsbad Elks Lodge #1558

Carlsbad, NM

B.p.o.e. Carlsbad elks lodge's mission is to inculcate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity; to recognize a belief in god; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, the benevolent and protective order of elks of the united states of America will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that elks care and elks share.

Frank W Yates Jr Family Foundation

Santa Fe, NM

The foundation supports a range of arts and cultural, community-service, safety, housing, and youth organizations, with most of its giving in New Mexico. In 2024, grants ranged from $500 to $25,000, with a median of $3,000. It accepts requests by personal letter to Tao Chumbley; no deadline is listed.

Gannett Foundation Inc

New York, NY

Gannett Foundation’s 2025 grants supported a range of organizations, with listed awards generally between $1,500 and $2,500, though the available figures do not establish a typical grant size or geographic focus. The foundation has wound down: its 2026 filing reports no grants or assets, and no current application process or acceptance of unsolicited requests is stated.

The Barth Family Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The Barth Family Foundation’s 2024 grants supported organizations working in healthcare, arts, youth services, and community support, with grants listed for general operations; these are grantee activities, not stated foundation priorities. Grants ranged from $2,000 to $47,500, with a median of $10,000, and 85% of grant dollars went to California recipients. The profile does not say whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Joseph R & Helen Shaker Family

Oak Park, IL

The Joseph R. & Helen Shaker Family Foundation supports medical research, child welfare, housing assistance, and other charitable work, with grants ranging from $50 to $236,321 and a median of $1,300 in 2025. It is based in Oak Park, Illinois, and recent giving has primarily supported organizations in Michigan and Illinois, with grants elsewhere. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Michael and Lori Milken Family

Santa Monica, CA

The foundation supports education, health care and medical research, higher education, and cultural programs, with 93% of its 2024 grant dollars going to California recipients. Grant amounts ranged from $1,000 to $20 million, with a median of $5,000. It accepts requests beyond preselected organizations and asks applicants to submit a brief written statement and supporting materials.

Santa Fe Community Foundation

Santa Fe, NM

The Santa Fe Community Foundation funds nonprofits working in health and human services, education, civic and economic opportunity, the environment, arts and culture, animal welfare, and other stated focus areas in Santa Fe, Mora, Rio Arriba, and San Miguel counties. Its 2024 grants had a median of about $16,000, and listed spring community awards range from $5,000 to $20,000; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

PY Foundation

Artesia, NM

PY Foundation funds education, health and human services, arts and culture, and community development, with recent grants supporting construction, scholarships, public safety, schools, and community services. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,275 to $5.9 million, with a median of $25,000; nearly all grant dollars went to New Mexico, with a small share in Texas. No application process or policy on unsolicited requests is stated.

1248 Foundation

Artesia, NM

Rags for Riches Foundation

Culver City, CA

To raise monies for charities