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The Janice Spencer Calkin Foundation

Wilmington, DE

The foundation supports selected charitable organizations, with recent grants focused on animal welfare, conservation, and environmental work. In 2025, grants ranged from $10,000 to $45,000, with a median of $15,000, and went mainly to organizations in Connecticut, with others in Washington, DC, California, and Virginia. It accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Nell Newman Foundation Inc

Santa Cruz, CA

The Nell Newman Foundation supports humanitarian, scientific, and environmental work, with interests including ecology, education, arts, and human services; recent grants went mainly to organizations in California, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $15,000, with a median of $10,000. 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.

Bradley L Goldberg Family Foundation

Mamaroneck, NY

The foundation supports conservation, education, arts, human welfare, and animal welfare, with most of its giving directed to New York organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $130,000, with a median of $10,000; it funds only preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Eder Family Foundation Inc

West Haven, CT

Based in West Haven, Connecticut, the Eder Family Foundation supports community, education, arts, and human-services organizations, primarily in Connecticut, with most 2025 grants going to in-state recipients. Its 50 grants ranged from $250 to $110,000, with a median of $5,000; it gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Reinhold Foundation

Newport Beach, CA

The Reinhold Foundation supports a broad range of charitable organizations; its website also highlights community programs serving Clay County, Florida. In 2024, grants ranged from $1,548 to $25,000, with a median of $10,000, and most grant dollars went to organizations in California, Hawaii, and New York. It generally funds preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests, though its Celebrate Clay program accepts applications from eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits benefiting Clay County.

The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation

Woodbridge, CT

The Betty and Wes Foster

Chantilly, VA

The foundation funds general-purpose and program support for organizations working in areas including food access, environmental protection, health research, education, and community support, primarily in Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Its 2025 awards ranged from $500 to $150,000, with a median grant of $5,000; it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation

Rye Brook, NY

The foundation supported organizations working on reproductive rights, environmental protection, civil liberties, immigration rights, and community development, with 97% of its 2023 grant dollars going to New York recipients. Grants ranged from $2,500 to $5,596,230, with a median of $20,500; it stated there were no award deadlines or restrictions and giving was not limited to preselected organizations. The foundation reported that it terminated in 2023.

David a Beckerman Foundation Inc

New Haven, CT

The foundation supports a varied mix of charitable causes, including food assistance, medical research and support, and education-related organizations. In 2024, grants ranged from $250 to $9,910, with a median of $1,250; most funding went to Connecticut, with additional grants in Maryland, Florida, and Massachusetts. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Jesse Bayer Foundation

Greenwich, CT

Woman's Seamen's Friend Society of CT

New Haven, CT

This foundation funds scholarships for merchant seafarers and their dependents, maritime academy and marine science students, and grants to local organizations facing major crises; recent grants also supported maritime education, community programs, and environmental work. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,500 to $68,500, with a median of $18,900, primarily in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Maine. It does not restrict giving to preselected organizations, and scholarship and grant notices and applications are available from the Society.