Nancy Graves Foundation Inc

Manitou Fund

White Bear Lake, MN

Manitou Fund supports a range of charitable purposes, including capital projects, programs, and scholarships; in 2024, grants ranged from $10,000 to $1.75 million, with a median of $50,000. Its 2024 giving was concentrated in California and Minnesota, with additional grants in New York, Florida, and Rhode Island. The fund gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc

New York, NY

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund supports work on democracy, sustainable development, and peacebuilding, as well as programs in China, Central America, the Western Balkans, and New York City arts and culture. Its typical grant range is $25,000–$400,000, with a 2024 median of $60,000. It accepts unsolicited requests in Southern China and Democratic Practice, though grants are unlikely; its Peacebuilding program rarely considers unsolicited requests.

Rasmuson Foundation

Anchorage, AK

Rasmuson Foundation supports a broad range of community-identified needs across Alaska, including capital projects, programs, and strategic work by nonprofits, tribes, and local governments. Its typical Tier 1 grants are $5,000–$20,000, though awards range from small grants to more than $250,000; it accepts Tier 1 applications year-round.

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.

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 Henry Luce Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Henry Luce Foundation funds U.S. nonprofits and international equivalents working in areas including education, research, arts, civic life, Indigenous knowledge, religion, and women in STEM. Its 2024 grants had a median of $50,000, with amounts ranging from $75 to $1.25 million. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited 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.

The Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Community Trust funds nonprofits addressing economic mobility, wealth gaps, and urgent community needs, with priorities including homeownership, small businesses, education, quality jobs, and investment in underinvested communities. Its 2025 itemized grants had a median of $26,500, though awards vary widely; grants generally benefit Chicago-region residents, and the Trust directs applicants to open opportunities but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Joyce Foundation

Chicago, IL

The Joyce Foundation funds policy research, development, and advocacy advancing racial equity and economic mobility, across areas including education, the environment, democracy, culture, gun violence prevention and justice reform, and journalism. Its grants primarily support work in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin; the 2024 median grant was $80,000, with awards ranging from $685 to $1 million. It accepts online letters of inquiry year-round, but formal proposals are by invitation only.

Foundation to Promote Open Society

New York, NY

It supports organizations and movements advancing rights, equity, justice, and accountable democracy, with work spanning the United States and six global regions. In 2024, grants ranged from $5,000 to $44.9 million, with a median of about $257,000; most grants go to organizations the foundations approach directly, though some programs use proposals or letters of inquiry.

Teiger Foundation

New York, NY

Teiger Foundation funds curator-led contemporary visual art projects affiliated with established 501(c)(3) art or cultural institutions, including exhibitions, community-engaged work, and digital projects. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,500 to $500,000, with a median of $50,000; its main programs support U.S. projects, including those in U.S. territories, and it also supports some international work. It states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, though it periodically invites proposals.

The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation

Oakland, CA