Dr Walter J Wiechetek Foundation

Lalitta Nash McKaig Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

Ernst & Young Foundation

New York, NY

The Ernst & Young Foundation primarily supports higher education and preparation for business careers, with additional grants for educational projects, social justice, and disaster relief. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,056 to $316,005, with a median of $13,525, and went to organizations across the United States.

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University funds research, education, faculty and postdoctoral development, and community projects; its ANCHOR grants support partnerships addressing health and resilience in Evanston and Chicago. Its 2024 grants had a median of about $63,000, while listed programs range from up to $3,000 for research-library grants to $25,000–$65,000 for ANCHOR projects. It lists specific funding opportunities but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests generally.

Spencer Educational Foundation Inc

New York, NY

Spencer Educational Foundation supports scholarships, grants, internships, experiential learning, and curriculum development that prepare future risk management and insurance professionals. Its 2025 itemized grants ranged from $5,000 to $82,500, with a median of $10,000, and its programs serve eligible organizations in the United States and Canada.

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc

Atlanta, GA

The foundation funds need-based undergraduate scholarships for female Christian students through participating institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, and supports care for senior women at facilities in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. In 2024, grants ranged from $72,500 to $2,939,000, with a median of $254,000. It does not fund individuals, and institutions not already supported are rarely added; current grantees apply through the foundation’s grant process.

Salem Education Foundation Inc

Culpeper, VA

The foundation funds scholarships for students, including some limited to specific fields of study, and teacher-of-the-year awards in Virginia, with scholarships routed through high schools in Culpeper and Rappahannock counties. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $10,505, with a median of $2,000. Scholarship information and applications are distributed through the relevant high school departments; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Harry C and Reba C Rickard

Saint Louis, MO

Valley Health System

Winchester, VA

Valley Health funds healthcare and community partnerships addressing access to health services, nutrition and physical well-being, mental health, and housing in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and parts of West Virginia; most 2024 grant dollars went to Virginia. Its 2026 program offered awards of $2,500 to $50,000, with a typical 2024 grant of about $20,000; it invited applications through a published cycle, which closed February 27, 2026.

The Pruitt Foundation Inc

Leesburg, VA

The Pruitt Foundation funds education, youth services, health care and medical support, and animal and environmental organizations, with most 2025 grant dollars going to Virginia and Maryland. In 2025, grants ranged from $1,000 to $1,625,000, with a median of $13,500. It says applicants should request its specific application form; no deadline is listed.

Shingleton Tuw

Saint Louis, MO

The Zotheka Foundation

Wilmington, DE

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Lansdowne, VA

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation funds education for exceptionally promising students with financial need, through student scholarships and grants to organizations serving them. Its 2025 grants ranged from $6 to $515,000, with a median of $7,702; 86% of grant dollars went to Virginia recipients, with others across multiple states and Washington, D.C. The available information does not state whether it accepts unsolicited organizational requests.