Seek the Positive Foundation

The Josephine S Gumbiner Foundation

Long Beach, CA

The foundation supports frontline nonprofits serving women and children in Long Beach, with interests including child care, education, housing, recreation, arts, and health care. Its typical grant is up to $50,000; 2025 awards ranged from $500 to $350,000, with a median of $40,000. It focuses on the Long Beach area of Southern California and does not accept unsolicited requests.

United Way of Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Cincinnati, OH

The UWGC Foundation provides a flexible vehicle to perpetuate financial support of UWGC, its initiatives, its agencies, and the human services they provide.

Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc

Stevens Point, WI

The foundation supports education, workforce development, United Way, and local organizations that improve quality of life and build equitable communities, especially in Wisconsin and Hawaii, including Maui. Its 2024 grants had a median of $1,500, though awards ranged widely; it accepts requests by letter to Sentry Insurance stating the organization’s purpose and requested amount.

Concord Female Charitable Society

Concord, NH

The Concord Female Charitable Society funds scholarships and community organizations, with recent support for basic needs, housing, and mental health services in New Hampshire. Its 2025 grants ranged from $225 to $7,000, with a median award of $1,000. It accepts unsolicited requests; applications are available upon request, and the deadline is April 15.

FWG Foundation

Rothbury, MI

FWG Foundation supports a varied mix of charitable organizations, including Christian education, faith-based work, political and media education, disaster relief, and community services, with the largest share of 2025 grant dollars going to Michigan, followed by Virginia and Washington, DC. In 2025, it awarded 70 grants ranging from $500 to $94,450, with a median grant of $15,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Kik Family Foundation Inc

Madisonvile, KY

Bernice Pickens Parsons Foundation

Charleston, WV

Morris Weinman Memorial Foundation Inc

Owings Mills, MD

The foundation funds a broad range of charitable work, including health, education, food assistance, housing, arts, and conservation. In 2024, grants ranged from $350 to $19,000, with a median of $1,000; most funding went to Maryland organizations, though it also supported groups in other states. It accepts unsolicited requests: applicants should send Mark Weinman a written request describing their organization’s function and purpose.

Wesorick Family Foundation

Spring Lake, MI

Kythryn & Vishnoo Shahani Charitable Trust

Cincinnati, OH

The trust funds charitable organizations, including schools, arts groups, and community-service organizations, with recent grants supporting education, performing arts, music, parks, and housing services. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,500 to $80,000, with a median of $10,000; most funding went to Ohio, followed by Missouri, with smaller amounts in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Michigan. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Eastern Star of WV Tiskelwah

Charleston, WV

This group was formed over 100 years ago as a social group of citizens from the city of charleston and the state of West Virginia. The group meets once per month to discuss and provide help to work with the citizens in the community and state.

Pratt Memorial Fund

Milwaukee, WI

The Pratt Memorial Fund supports charitable organizations working in areas such as education, legal services, rehabilitation, mentorship, and accessible arts; its 2025 grants all went to organizations in California. Grants typically were about $5,000, ranging from $1,500 to $5,025, and the fund does not accept unsolicited requests.