Human Development Fund

Human Concern International

To help alleviate human suffering through relief assistance and long term development projects

Enkel Foundation

Minneapolis, MN

Greenaway Foundation

Stamford, CT

Pirzada Family Foundation

Fremont, CA

The Pirzada Family Foundation supports education, humanitarian aid, food assistance, and services for underserved communities, with 2024 grants ranging from $100 to $4,000 and a median of $538. Its giving is based in Fremont, California, with 2024 recipients concentrated in California, the District of Columbia, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

McKinstry Charitable Foundation

Seattle, WA

The McKinstry Charitable Foundation funds education and STEM, children’s health, climate and environmental work, youth and family services, and food security, with most grants going to Washington and additional support nationwide. It distributed about $1.5 million across 322 grants in 2025, ranging from $300 to $200,000, with a median of $500. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Kaufman Family Foundation 16115009633

Newport, VT

The foundation’s filing supports college access and completion, workforce and career development, and entrepreneurship, with 2025 grants going to organizations in multiple states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,500 to $44,000, with a median of $10,000; it makes contributions only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Commonwealth Fund

New York, NY

The Commonwealth Fund supports health care research, policy, and projects that improve access, care quality, affordability, and equity, primarily through grants to health care-focused organizations. In 2025, grants ranged from $75 to $2.35 million, with a median of $15,000; it funds work in the United States and supports international learning and exchange. It accepts letters of inquiry through its online portal on a rolling basis and responds to unsolicited proposals, generally from tax-exempt charities.

Texas Instruments Foundation

Dallas, TX

The Texas Instruments Foundation funds charitable and educational organizations, with interests including education, human services, racial equity, and the arts; its geographic focus is Texas, though it also gives elsewhere. In 2024 it made 4,484 grants, with a median award of $500 and amounts ranging from $13 to $1,128,000. It accepts unsolicited requests online and has no submission deadlines.

The Jesse H and Susan R Oppenheimer

San Antonio, TX

The foundation supports charitable organizations in education, health care, arts and culture, and other areas, with most funding going to Texas. Its 2025 grants ranged from $875 to $136,000, with a median of $5,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation

Burbank, CA

The foundation funds social justice and community-led work, especially criminal justice reform, affordable housing preservation, environmental justice, and civic empowerment, using a place-based approach. In 2024, grants ranged from $275 to $500,000, with a median of $10,000; most grant dollars went to California, with additional funding in New York, Louisiana, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. It makes grants by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Ford Foundation

New York, NY

The Ford Foundation funds organizations, individuals, and ideas working to reduce inequality and advance social justice, including work in areas such as immigrant justice, criminal justice reform, gender equity, and arts and culture, through grants around the world. Its 2024 grants had a median of $100,000, with amounts ranging from $45 to $15 million; it does not accept unsolicited requests by mail, email, or phone.

Here to Help Foundation

Royal Oak, MI

Here to Help Foundation provides direct assistance to people returning from prison, including help with basic needs, housing costs, transportation, work clothing, tools, and furniture. Its 2025 awards ranged from $6 to $3,530, with a median of $150, for eligible individuals in southeastern Michigan, primarily Wayne and Oakland counties. It requires an initial application; the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.