Harry and Ethel West Foundation

Ben H and Gladys Arkelian Foundation

Bakersfield, CA

The foundation supports capital improvements and a range of community, family, youth, health, and conservation work, generally in Kern County, California. Its 2025 grants ranged from $300 to $32,975, with a median award of $2,500. The filing lists a letter as application material but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Kern Community Foundation

Bakersfield, CA

Kern Community Foundation supports community needs in Kern County, including college access, nonprofit strengthening, conservation, and initiatives for women and girls. Its 2024 grants ranged from $7,000 to $2,918,446, with a median of $39,175; it focuses primarily on Kern County, and the profile describes competitive grant opportunities with online applications but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Walker Foundation

Ridgeland, MS

The Walker Foundation supports a broad mix of schools, arts and cultural institutions, conservation groups, and community and service organizations, primarily in Mississippi. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $100,000, with a median of $10,000. The filing does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

The Sandy Hill Foundation

Madison, NJ

The Sandy Hill Foundation supports community, education, health, and human-services organizations, with most 2024 grant dollars going to New Jersey and additional funding in Pennsylvania and Florida. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $500,000, with a median of $10,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests and funds only preselected organizations.

Thomas A & Mary S James Foundation

St Petersburg, FL

The Thomas A & Mary S James Foundation funds arts and cultural institutions, education, health, and community and social services, with most grant dollars going to Florida organizations. In 2025, it made 90 grants ranging from $1,000 to $1 million, with a median grant of $5,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Schwab-Silfen Foundation

Harrisburg, PA

The Schwab-Silfen Foundation supports a range of organizations, with 2024 grants going to groups including educational, Jewish, and emergency medical organizations. Grants ranged from $100 to $91,000, with a median of $1,000; the largest shares went to Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland. It accepts requests at any time by letter explaining the funding need.

Dewitt Family Foundation Inc

Sanford, FL

Howard Miller Foundation

Zeeland, MI

The Howard Miller Foundation supports organizations across varied fields, primarily in Michigan, where 95% of its 2025 grant dollars went. Its 57 grants ranged from $5,000 to $280,000, with a median of $13,000. The filing says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations, but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited grant requests; scholarship details are available upon request.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mountain View, CA

Silicon Valley Community Foundation funds work in areas such as housing, economic security, education, health, the environment, arts and culture, and civic engagement, with Community Action Grants supporting local, community-led organizations in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Its 2024 grants had a median of $51,716, though amounts varied widely; applications depend on the program, and SVCF states that it does not accept unsolicited proposals for advised funds.

California Community Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The California Community Foundation funds work in education, health, housing, immigration, and other community needs, primarily in Los Angeles County. Its 2025 grants had a median of $50,000, though amounts varied widely; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Menlo Park, CA

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation funds education, climate and conservation, the arts, gender equity, governance, democracy, and philanthropy, with work in the San Francisco Bay Area, the U.S. West, nationally, and internationally. Its 2024 grants had a median of $150,000, though awards ranged from $50 to more than $11 million; it often provides long-term general operating support. It generally does not accept unsolicited requests, except through invited open processes.