Charles F Spang Foundation

EQT Foundation

Canonsburg, PA

EQT Foundation funds community enrichment, education and workforce development, and natural-resource conservation, including STEM, environmental, and arts and culture programs. Its 2024 grants ranged from $100 to $800,000, with a median of $10,000, and primarily supported communities in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York within EQT’s operating footprint. It accepts unsolicited requests from eligible nonprofits and institutions; applications are available on its website.

The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation

New York, NY

The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation funds research and programs addressing children’s and adolescents’ mental health, especially ADHD, depression, and access to care, through U.S.-based academic researchers and institutions. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $100,000, with a median of $50,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests.

Partnership for Cures

Chicago, IL

Cures Within Reach leverages the speed, safety and cost-effectiveness of testing approved therapies for new indications/diseases without effective treatment driving more treatments quicker to more patients.

Varnum-De Rose Trust

Pittsburgh, PA

The Pittsburgh-based Varnum-De Rose Trust supports organizations in areas including arts, health, community services, and education, with 2024 grants ranging from $6,000 to $55,000 and a median of $17,500. Its giving was concentrated in New York, with grants also going to organizations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, South Carolina, and elsewhere. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The University of British Columbia

UBC primarily supports post-secondary education, research, teaching and learning, Indigenous initiatives, and community-university partnerships, with many programs restricted to UBC teams or eligible partners. Its 2025 filing reported 18 grants totaling about $1.55 million, ranging from $19,947 to $364,334; funding programs include awards of up to $200,000. Its mission spans British Columbia, Canada and the world, and the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Brady Education Foundation Inc

Carrboro, NC

The Brady Education Foundation funds research and evaluations of programs that improve educational outcomes for children from birth through age 18, with an emphasis on strength-based approaches and real-world impact. Its 2025 grants ranged from $20,000 to $248,007, with a median of $55,147; recent funding went to organizations in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Georgia, California, and Missouri. It accepts requests through a letter-of-inquiry process, inviting selected applicants to submit full proposals.

American Psychiatric Association Foundation

Washington, DC

Promote the mental health and well-being of individuals and communities where we live, learn, work, worship, and play.

The Hanger Charitable Foundation

Austin, TX

The Hanger Charitable Foundation funds U.S. nonprofits helping people with physical challenges, especially people with limb loss or limb difference and veterans, through rehabilitation, support, adaptive recreation, and related programs; it also supports orthotics and prosthetics students through university scholarships. In 2024, grants ranged from $6,000 to $120,000, with a median of $8,100. Eligible 501(c)(3) organizations must apply through its Grant Application Process; the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Alan D and Marsha W Bramowitz

Pittsburgh, PA

Society of Family Planning

Denver, CO

The Society of Family Planning funds competitive research on abortion and contraception, including medication abortion, contraceptive access, and family planning policy and practice, with priority for research centering people facing systemic barriers to care. In 2025, grants ranged from $400 to $723,000, with a median of about $54,000; it supports recipients across the United States. It does not accept unsolicited requests, but offers funding through specific calls for proposals.

Sergeant Philip German Memorial Fdn CTW

Buffalo, NY

The foundation funds scholarships, including awards to individuals, with 2024 grants ranging from $2,119 to $9,150 and a median of $2,550. It is based in Buffalo, New York, and most 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in Pennsylvania, with smaller amounts across several other states. The filing says to apply in writing to Diane Rimer; deadlines are ongoing.

Lalitta Nash McKaig Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA