Niswonger Foundation Inc

Dillon Foundation

Sterling, IL

The Dillon Foundation supports community improvement and development, arts and culture, human services, and education, primarily in Illinois. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $867,500, with a median of $6,000. It accepts requests by letter describing the grant’s purpose and including the applicant’s exemption letter; no deadline is listed.

Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children

New York, NY

Youth INC funds New York City youth-serving nonprofits, providing grants for infrastructure and capacity-building alongside coaching, training, and connections. Its 2024 grants ranged from $8,000 to $60,000, with a median of $25,000; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

Evanston, IL

The Rotary Foundation supports Rotary and Rotaract members’ projects, scholarships, exchanges, and humanitarian work in areas including health, education, poverty alleviation, peace, and the environment, locally and internationally. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,500 to $1.5 million, with a median of $43,906. Grant applications are available to Rotary or Rotaract club members, so unsolicited requests from others are not indicated.

The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr

New York, NY

The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Trust supports charitable organizations, with grants spanning education, youth services, family services, and other purposes. Its 2025 grants ranged from $50,000 to $1.55 million, with a median of $250,000, and recipients were concentrated in New York, California, Florida, and Connecticut. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Harman Family Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The foundation supports arts, education, youth development, civic engagement, employment skills, and social services. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to $100,000, with a median of $15,000, and went mainly to organizations in Washington, DC, and New York. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Rotary Club of Pike County Foundation

Waverly, OH

Pinkerton Foundation

New York, NY

The Pinkerton Foundation funds direct-service programs for children, young people, and families in economically disadvantaged New York City communities, especially in academic development, career readiness, cultural enrichment, and support for youth affected by foster care or the criminal justice system. Its 2023 grants ranged from $500 to $850,000, with a median of $75,000. It accepts letters of inquiry through its Grant Portal at any time.

Warner Fund Inc

New York, NY

The fund supports programs for children in foster care and children with disabilities, as well as scholarships and initiatives in education, arts, health care, sports, equity, and community development. Grants are typically $2,500–$75,000, primarily for applicants in New York and New Jersey. It accepts initial letters of inquiry and reviews requests on an ongoing basis; formal proposals may be invited.

Alfred and Harriet Feinman Foundation

Brooklyn, NY

The Alfred and Harriet Feinman Foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including those focused on youth, children, libraries, immigrant advocacy, food assistance, and civil legal aid; most 2025 grant dollars went to New York organizations, with grants also reaching several other states and Washington, DC. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $77,676, with a median of $5,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Columbus Rotary Foundation Inc

Hilliard, OH

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Baroness Kandy Kaye Horn Foundation

Houston, TX

The foundation supports preselected charities across varied areas, including leadership, reproductive health, Native education, civil liberties, veterans’ services, poverty and injustice, history, and the arts; its reported grantees are in several states, with no broader geographic focus established. Recent grants range from $500 to $10,000 among the examples listed, while total annual giving was about $1.1 million to $2.7 million in 2021–2023. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Prosper Road Foundation

Manchester, NH

The Prosper Road Foundation funds education and mental health supports for youth in underserved communities, including postsecondary and college-to-career programs, innovative schools, and in-school services. It typically awards up to $50,000; 2025 grants ranged from $7,500 to $57,500, with a median of $25,000, mainly to organizations in Illinois, Texas, Washington, DC, Michigan, and New York. It accepts invited proposals only and does not accept unsolicited requests.