Mission West Foundation

Greater Houston Community Foundation

Houston, TX

The Foundation makes grants through donor-advised and other donor-established funds for public benefit, human services, education, and health, including initiatives addressing economic mobility and poverty in Harris County. In 2024, its median grant was $25,000; it serves Greater Houston, while grants also go to recipients elsewhere in Texas and beyond. It does not accept proposals for the upcoming High-Impact Grantmaking cycle and plans to invite selected organizations or collaboratives to apply.

Vyuha Inc

Miami Beach, FL

VYUHA INC supports a broad range of charitable work, including arts and culture, wildlife conservation, humanitarian aid, and health services, with grants across multiple states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $50,000, with a median of $15,000. It does not require an application form for consideration; eligible applicants must be public charities under IRC Sections 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2).

The Greater New Orleans Foundation

New Orleans, LA

The Greater New Orleans Foundation funds arts and culture, education, youth development, health, social services, and selected initiatives such as climate action and nonprofit capacity building, primarily in Southeast Louisiana’s 13-parish region. Its typical grant is around $20,000, though awards vary widely; special funding opportunities average $20,000, and some offer set limits. IMPACT grants are invitation-only; other opportunities have their own application processes.

Feinberg Foundation

El Paso, TX

The Feinberg Foundation’s grants support organizations in areas including arts education, community leadership, higher education, Jewish community life, Holocaust education, and social services, with the greatest share going to Texas and Washington. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to $34,000, with a median of $5,000. The filing lists no application form or deadlines and says the foundation does not limit giving to preselected organizations.

The Walter and Lalita Janke

Vero Beach, FL

The Walter and Lalita Janke makes grants to a varied set of charitable organizations, including universities, religious organizations, and other nonprofits; listed purposes were “various social welfare.” In 2024, grants ranged from $200 to $104,000, with a median of $3,000, and 83% of funding went to Florida recipients. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Jean & Thomas Harbeck Family Foundation

Hartland, WI

The foundation supports charitable, cultural, arts, humanitarian, and community organizations, with 86% of its 2025 grant dollars going to Wisconsin recipients. Grants ranged from $100 to $150,000, with a median of $1,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Wallace Foundation

New York, NY

The Wallace Foundation funds initiatives in the arts, education leadership, and youth development across the United States, including organizations, public bodies, and researchers working to improve practice and policy. Its grants average about $400,000 over 2.8 years, though amounts vary; it does not accept unsolicited requests and generally invites proposals, with occasional open calls.

Thurston Foundation

Littleton, CO

Foundation for the Carolinas

Charlotte, NC

Foundation For The Carolinas funds nonprofits and other eligible organizations working in areas such as education, health and human services, the environment, youth development, and animal welfare, primarily across 13 counties in North and South Carolina. Its 2024 grants had a median of $25,000, though amounts varied widely; most grants are donor-recommended and have no application process, while some competitive programs accept applications under program-specific rules.

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.