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Elsie a Brown Fund Inc

Fairfield, CT

Elsie A Brown Fund supports scholarships and organizations including museums, community and family services, food assistance, and medical research, with most of its giving in Connecticut. In 2024, grants ranged from $500 to $15,000, with a median award of $2,000. The fund says it does not limit grants to preselected organizations, but the application information provided is for scholarships only; forms are available upon request, and scholarships are restricted to New London County residents.

Ttee Ui of Paul Butler

Dallas, TX

Trustees of the Ayer Home

Lowell, MA

The Trustees of the Ayer Home funds Massachusetts nonprofits, including organizations focused on youth, early education, food assistance, health care, education, services for people with visual impairments, and the arts. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $4,600, with a median of $3,200. It accepts requests by letter explaining the reasons for the request; no special form is required.

Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc

Lowell, MA

Greater Lowell Community Foundation funds nonprofits and community projects in areas such as food access, housing, education, youth services, arts and culture, and the environment, primarily in Greater Lowell and Merrimack Valley. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,200 to $277,348, with a median of $17,796; some specific programs offered grants of up to $10,000 or $15,000. It accepted applications through named grant cycles, including its 2026 Discretionary Grants Cycle, but the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests outside those cycles.

The Joseph and Robert Cornell

Charlottesville, VA

The Joseph and Robert Cornell funds preselected nonprofits, with an emphasis on the arts and additional support for education, historic preservation, community services, and hospice care. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1,130,000, with a median of $37,500; most funding went to Virginia and New York. It does not accept unsolicited requests.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s reported grants primarily support research subcontracts to universities, medical institutions, and research organizations; its student scholarships and fellowships are not grants to outside applicants. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,700 to $659,031, with a median of $71,429, and recipients were located across the U.S., especially in New York. It does not state whether it accepts unsolicited funding requests.

Whitecross Foundation

Newport Beach, CA

Whitecross Foundation supports schools, arts, youth, civic, and philanthropic organizations, with 2024 grants ranging from $300 to $25,000 and a median of $2,500. It is based in Newport Beach, California, and its 2024 grants went to organizations in California, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, and Kentucky. The foundation funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Milford E Bliss Tuw

Dallas, TX

Avelina Charitable Foundation Inc

Plainville, MA

Ac Ratshesky Foundation

Needham, MA

The A. C. Ratshesky Foundation supports direct-service programs that build employment skills and self-sufficiency or provide hands-on enrichment for economically disadvantaged preteens and teens. Typical grants are $20,000–$25,000, for eligible organizations serving Metro Boston communities within Route 128. It accepts applications through an online form; the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University funds sponsored research, education and institutional programs, student aid, and charitable or community support, with 2025 grants ranging from $3,000 to $14.3 million and a median of about $136,000. Grants went to recipients in multiple states, with the largest shares in Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. The information does not state whether Yale accepts unsolicited requests.

Schlager Family Foundation Inc

Boston, MA