Foundations That Fund New Nonprofits
Starting a new nonprofit? These foundations and grantmakers have a history of supporting emerging organizations. Explore their grant histories to identify good fits for early-stage funding.
Showing 68,849 grantmakers with 5+ grants on their latest 990, most giving first
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Assets
$13.6B
Grants
27
Total Given
$85.8M
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee
Colorado Springs, CO
Assets
$623.2M
Grants
57
Total Given
$85.6M
Ronald McDonald House Global
Chicago, IL
Assets
$328.9M
Grants
125
Total Given
$85.5M
The Heinz Endowments
Pittsburgh, PA
Assets
$2.2B
Grants
550
Total Given
$85.4M
St David's Foundation
Austin, TX
Assets
$2.0B
Grants
145
Total Given
$85.1M
Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
Appleton, WI
Assets
$939.7M
Grants
2,565
Total Given
$84.6M
The Brown Foundation Inc
Houston, TX
Assets
$1.1B
Grants
222
Total Given
$84.3M
The Klarman Family Foundation
Boston, MA
Assets
$713.2M
Grants
260
Total Given
$82.2M
National Park Foundation
Washington, DC
Assets
$579.1M
Grants
286
Total Given
$82.0M
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Detroit, MI
Assets
$59.9M
Grants
360
Total Given
$81.1M
The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Colorado
Redwood City, CA
Assets
—
Grants
8
Total Given
$80.9M
Samueli Foundation
Corona Del Mar, CA
Assets
$62.2M
Grants
366
Total Given
$80.6M
Skyline Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Assets
$1.3B
Grants
194
Total Given
$80.4M
The New Clinical Program Development Corporation
New Haven, CT
Assets
—
Grants
8
Total Given
$80.0M
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc
Bethesda, MD
Assets
$1.3B
Grants
138
Total Given
$79.9M
Breakthrough T1D
New York, NY
Assets
$534.6M
Grants
100
Total Given
$79.3M
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA
Assets
$1.5B
Grants
141
Total Given
$78.6M
Resnick Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Assets
$14.9M
Grants
152
Total Given
$78.3M
Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc
Midland, TX
Assets
$798.9M
Grants
103
Total Given
$78.2M
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc
Jacksonville, FL
Assets
$708.7M
Grants
2,470
Total Given
$78.0M
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
Los Altos, CA
Assets
$64.1M
Grants
103
Total Given
$77.5M
Limestone Charter Association
Columbia, SC
Assets
—
Grants
17
Total Given
$77.4M
Poudre Valley Health Care Inc
Fort Collins, CO
Assets
$11.7B
Grants
19
Total Given
$77.1M
Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc
New Haven, CT
Assets
$127.1M
Grants
358
Total Given
$77.1M
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