Iva & Jerome Preston Charitable Trust DBA

Steelberg Foundation

Wilmington, DE

The Steelberg Foundation supports organizations working in areas such as food assistance, humanitarian response, voting access, public policy, reproductive health, and civil liberties. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $7,500, with a median of $2,000, and went to organizations in several states, with the largest shares in the District of Columbia, New York, and Illinois. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Hy and Myra Shapiro Family

Minneapolis, MN

Lakshmi & C Krishnamoorthy Foundation

Wilmington, DE

CM Bass Foundation

Fort Worth, TX

CM Bass Foundation supports arts, education, food-related organizations, and racing and recreation, with 2024 grants ranging from $68 to $470,000 and a median of $50,000. Its grants went to organizations in New York, California, North Carolina, Texas, and Massachusetts. The available information does not say whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

New York, NY

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation funds small to midsize arts and socially engaged organizations, particularly experimental, collaborative efforts that advance equity, as well as work supporting artists and Rauschenberg-related scholarship. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $756,000, with a median of $18,000; most funding went to New York organizations, with additional support across the U.S. Its Philanthropy Program is invitation-only and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The Alan J Hirschfield Family

Jackson, WY

The foundation funds organizations in areas including food security, education, cancer research, and literary arts, with most of its 2025 giving going to Wyoming and smaller amounts to California, Washington, and other states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $1,106,500, with a median of $10,000. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Daisy Friedlander Charitable Fndtn

Portland, ME

Cole Birches Fdn-Dima-Winslow

Pennington, NJ

The foundation supports organizations working in areas including democracy, education, health, housing, and humanitarian aid, with recent grants concentrated in Washington, DC and New York and others in Vermont, South Carolina, and Massachusetts. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $50,000, with a median of $5,000. The filing says it does not limit giving to preselected organizations and requires no specific application format; no deadline is listed.

Spruce Street Foundation Inc

Los Angeles, CA

Spruce Street Foundation funds preselected charitable organizations in areas reflected in its grants, including legal and social support, civic engagement, education, and the arts. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $450,000, with a median of $25,000, and went to organizations in multiple states, especially California. It does not accept unsolicited requests.

Fred I & Gilda Nobel Foundation Inc

Oyster Bay, NY

The foundation supports charitable organizations working in areas such as environmental protection, immigrant and human rights, criminal justice reform, community organizing, food access, and animal welfare. Its 2025 grants ranged from $8,100 to $48,100, with a median of $25,000; most funding went to New York organizations, with additional grants in California, Washington, D.C., Ohio, and Pennsylvania. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Penney Family Fund

Berkeley, CA

The Penney Family Fund supports grassroots organizing, advocacy, civic participation, and movement building focused on racial, economic, and environmental justice, with recent grants concentrated in North Carolina, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Georgia. Its 2024 grants ranged from $250 to $35,000, with a median of $20,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests; proposals are by invitation only.

The Tow Foundation Inc

New Canaan, CT

The Tow Foundation funds nonprofits and leaders in arts and culture, higher education, civic engagement, justice, medicine, and public health, with a focus on wellness, opportunity, and equity. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $5 million, with a median of $100,000; giving is concentrated in New York and Connecticut, though grants also go elsewhere. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests; the 2025 youth mental health fund used a separate application process, and its deadline has passed.