Loretta Lee VER Valen Endowment Fund for

Philip a Zaffere Foundation Inc

Towson, MD

The foundation supports medical programs, education, childcare, youth programs, and community services, with nearly all 2025 grant dollars going to organizations in Maryland. Grants ranged from $5,000 to $400,000, with a median of $15,000. It funds only preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation

Buffalo, NY

The foundation funds education, human services, and philanthropy and community giving, including cultural, health, and humanitarian work. In 2024, its 131 grants totaled $2.77 million, with a median award of $7,500; it focuses mainly on New York, California, and Massachusetts. It supports preselected charities only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Baltimore Community Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore Community Foundation funds stronger schools and neighborhoods, including kindergarten readiness, student mental health, school climate, neighborhood improvement, and community development, primarily in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. In 2024 it made 604 grants totaling $29.3 million, with a median grant of about $19,800. It accepts applications for certain programs through its online portal.

John C Corckran Jr Charitable

Baltimore, MD

The foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including schools, healthcare, churches, and arts groups; its 2024 grants ranged from $100 to $65,071, with a median of $2,000. Most funding goes to Maryland recipients. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Dr Frank C Marino Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD

The James & Jacqueline Stradtner

Ruxton, MD

The foundation’s grants support a range of charitable work, including education, food assistance, services for adults with autism, support for women and families, and care for older adults. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $3,000, with a median of $1,000, and went mainly to Maryland organizations, with some funding in Pennsylvania and Texas. It funds only preselected organizations 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.

The New York Community Trust

New York, NY

The New York Community Trust funds projects in areas including arts, education, health, human services, community development, and the environment, primarily in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester, with some opportunities elsewhere. Its 2024 median grant was $20,000, though awards varied widely. It accepts applications through its open competitive grants program and selected RFPs or letters of interest; donor-advised funds do not accept proposals.

The Simons Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Simons Foundation funds research in mathematics and the basic sciences, as well as autism and other disease research, through grants to research centers, universities, and related organizations. In 2024, grants ranged from $1,480 to $20 million, with a median of $72,000; funding is concentrated in New York, California, and Massachusetts, with awards also made elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. Whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.