Doug & Elizabeth Townsend Private Foundation

Tahoe Fund

Tahoe City, CA

Tahoe Fund supports environmental improvement projects in the Tahoe Basin focused on forest health and wildfire risk, lake health, and recreation and access. Its 2025 grants ranged from $7,600 to $150,000, with a median of about $25,900. It accepts project submissions on a rolling basis from public agencies, nonprofits, and environmentally focused businesses.

Dream Envision Foundation

Lander, WY

The foundation supports arts and literature, animal welfare, incarcerated women, and community assistance, primarily in Oregon. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $135,000, with a median of $6,250. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation

Long Beach, CA

The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation funds education, children’s health and well-being, and youth development, primarily for at-risk children and families in Southern California. Its 2024 median grant was $50,000, and it does not accept unsolicited requests; it funds preselected charitable organizations.

Loomis Foundation Inc

Overland Park, KS

The foundation’s 2023 filing reports that it was terminating and distributed its assets to three preselected charities for general charitable purposes, with recipients in North Carolina and Georgia. Its three grants averaged about $14.1 million each; it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Rask Memorial Fund

Clackamas, OR

Provide education scholarships and assistance to less fortunate students

Robert & Tracy Winston Foundation

Raleigh, NC

Stanley L Urwiller Foundation

Grand Island, NE

The California Wellness Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The California Wellness Foundation funds California-focused work to improve health and wellness, including community-led efforts, direct services, advocacy, and civic engagement. Its 2024 grants ranged from $150 to $1 million, with a median of $7,500. It is not accepting unsolicited requests in 2026.

State Employees Credit Union Foundation

Raleigh, NC

The foundation funds capital projects, regional or statewide programs, and organizational capacity building that strengthen North Carolina communities; it favors projects with broad or replicable impact and does not fund operating budgets or shortfalls. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,250 to $1 million, with a median of $2,500. Applications are accepted at any time and typically reviewed semiannually.

Foundation for the Carolinas

Charlotte, NC

Foundation For The Carolinas funds nonprofits and other eligible organizations working in areas such as education, health and human services, the environment, youth development, and animal welfare, primarily across 13 counties in North and South Carolina. Its 2024 grants had a median of $25,000, though amounts varied widely; most grants are donor-recommended and have no application process, while some competitive programs accept applications under program-specific rules.

Dogwood Health Trust

Asheville, NC

Dogwood Health Trust funds organizations working to improve health and wellbeing through housing, education, economic opportunity, and health and wellness in Western North Carolina’s 18 counties and the Qualla Boundary. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,000 to $21 million, with a median of $37,500; amounts vary by opportunity.

The Winston-Salem Foundation

Winston-Salem, NC

The Winston-Salem Foundation funds nonprofits and community groups serving Forsyth County, North Carolina, across areas including education, housing, health, arts, community development, and human services. Its 2024 grants had a median of $25,000; specific programs offer up to $2,000 for small grants, $30,000 for civic engagement and inclusion, and $15,000 through The Women’s Fund. It accepts applications through its grants portal for listed programs, subject to their requirements and deadlines.