Cynthia and George Nichols Family

V V Cooke Foundation Corporation

Louisville, KY

V V Cooke Foundation Corporation supports 501(c)(3) nonprofits doing religious, educational, civic, or humanitarian work, primarily in the Louisville area and elsewhere in Kentucky. Recent grants ranged from $250 to $20,000, with a median of $2,500. It accepts applications, with deadlines in mid-January, April, July, and October.

IBM International Foundation

Armonk, NY

The IBM International Foundation funds education and workforce programs that build 21st-century and technology job skills, including initiatives for underserved students and job seekers. Its 2024 grants ranged from $10,000 to $8.48 million, with a median of $100,000, and went to organizations across several U.S. states, especially Delaware and Massachusetts. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Gheens Foundation Inc

Louisville, KY

The Gheens Foundation funds primarily public urban education, human and social services, quality of place, and the arts in metropolitan Louisville and Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes in Louisiana. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $400,000, with a median of $25,000, and it accepts unsolicited requests through an online application process.

The Charles and Elizabeth Barr

Louisville, KY

The Charles and Elizabeth Barr funds arts and cultural organizations, schools, historic preservation, gardening, and other public and educational purposes. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $150,000, with a median of $9,000; most funding went to Kentucky, though it also gave in other states. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Dr E Lawrence Deckinger Family

New York, NY

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc

West Palm Beach, FL

The Foundation funds nonprofits serving Palm Beach and Martin Counties, or projects that directly benefit residents there, in areas including education and youth, economic opportunity, thriving communities, capacity building, and crisis preparation and response. Its FY25 competitive grants averaged about $37,000, with a median of $30,000; awards ranged from $5,397 to $1.1 million. It accepts year-round requests starting with a Letter of Inquiry, and may invite selected applicants to submit a full proposal.

Hilda E Bretzlaff Foundation Inc

Milford, MI

The foundation’s 2023 grants mainly supported education, with additional support for a working-dog organization, and went to recipients in multiple states, especially Michigan. Grants ranged from $4,500 to $1.5 million, with a median of $124,000. Its final 2023 return says it dissolved and processed no applications that year, so the filing does not establish that it currently accepts unsolicited requests.

Dr Scholl Foundation

Northbrook, IL

The Dr. Scholl Foundation funds nonprofit work in education, social services, healthcare, civic and cultural activities, and the environment, with consideration for other worthwhile projects. Grants average $5,000–$25,000, mostly in the United States; it also considers international requests when a board member has direct knowledge of the applicant.

W L Lyons Brown Foundation

Louisville, KY

The W L Lyons Brown Foundation’s 2025 grants supported varied charitable work, with 66% of grant dollars going to Kentucky and 33% to Tennessee; its reported grants ranged from $2,000 to $11.38 million, with a median of $12,000, though totals included large distributions during dissolution. It gave only to preselected organizations, did not accept unsolicited requests, and its final filing indicates it has wound down and stopped grantmaking.

Yot Full Circle Foundation

Tulsa, OK

The Tulsa-based YOT Full Circle Foundation supports Christian education and ministry, scholarships, human services, disaster relief, and conservation, with much of its giving going to organizations in Ohio and Oklahoma. In 2025, grants ranged from $2,000 to $500,000, with a median of $10,000. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Anton and Augusta Birkel Foundation

Reedville, VA