Chapman Charitable Foundation

Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc

Sarasota, FL

The foundation funds education, humanitarian needs, arts and culture, the environment, and medical research, with a focus on Sarasota and work beyond the area; most of its 2024 grant dollars went to Florida. In 2024, grants ranged from $811 to $2.5 million, with a median of $16,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Baird Foundation Inc

Milwaukee, WI

The foundation funds nonprofits in health and human services, education, the arts, youth, and other areas, with grants across multiple states and the largest share of 2025 funding going to Wisconsin. Its 2025 grants had a median of $500, though awards ranged widely; it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Community Foundation of Sarasota CO

Sarasota, FL

This Sarasota County-based community foundation, established in 1979, manages nearly 1,600 charitable funds with a mission to advance community impact through strategic philanthropy across education, health and human services, the arts, animal welfare, environmental protection, and civic engagement. Grant awards typically range from $5,010 to over $4 million, with recent annual distributions around $1.4 million, and the foundation also offers capacity-building support and workshops to strengthen local nonprofits. The foundation primarily serves Sarasota County and surrounding Florida communities, though it has historically extended funding to organizations in other states.

Manatee Community Foundation Inc

Bradenton, FL

Manatee Community Foundation is a Bradenton-based community foundation that has served Manatee County for over 25 years, recently becoming independent to expand its grantmaking capacity. The foundation awarded nearly $9 million in grants to 320 nonprofits in 2024, with typical grants ranging from $5,100 to over $1.3 million across focus areas including arts, education, environment, health, human services, and youth development. MCF primarily funds organizations in Manatee County, Florida, and also manages a robust scholarship program for local students.

Mote Scientific Foundation Inc

Sarasota, FL

Mote Scientific Foundation supports marine research and conservation, education, and human services, with most funding going to organizations in Florida. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $124,287, with a median of $10,000. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Doris M Carter Family Foundation

Sarasota, FL

Jerome & Mildred Paddock Foundation

Orlando, FL

Virginia B Toulmin Charitable

Cresskill, NJ

The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation funds community organizations focused on women’s and girls’ health and empowerment, disadvantaged youth, and the performing arts, especially opportunities for women and girls in the arts. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,500 to $250,000, with a median of $57,500, and went mainly to organizations in New York and Florida. Funding is by invitation only; it does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Conserve Forever Foundation

Richmond, VA

The Deanne & Arnold Kaplan

Lakewood Ranch, FL

The Deanne & Arnold Kaplan Foundation supports charitable organizations, with 2024 grants spanning Judaica and Jewish communal life, food assistance, arts, and other causes. Its 22 grants ranged from $100 to $1,600,693, with a median of $1,400; most grant dollars went to recipients in Pennsylvania and New York. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Elsa & Peter Soderberg Charitable

Boca Grande, FL

The foundation supports innovative, scalable work in women’s and children’s health, livelihoods, emergency relief, veterans’ services, education, and Indigenous communities; it does not specify a geographic footprint. In 2024, grants ranged from $15,000 to $1,193,344, with a median of $130,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Gannett Foundation Inc

New York, NY

Gannett Foundation supported organizations working in areas such as education, youth and community services, children’s relief, environmental conservation, and disability services, with recipients across several states and Washington, DC; no geographic focus or typical grant size is stated. It reported 32 grants totaling $65,000 in 2025, but its final filing says it had terminated operations and would have no further activity, with no grants reported in 2026. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.