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Alchemy Foundation

Cambridge, MA

Alchemy Foundation supports charitable organizations, with recent grants for general support to organizations in California and Colorado. Its 2025 grants were $10,000 each, though it made much larger numbers of grants in 2023 and 2024. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Andrew & Jaime Sullivan Family

Pembroke, MA

The foundation funds organizations that improve the lives of people and animals, with 76% of its 2025 grant dollars going to Massachusetts and others going to South Carolina and Florida. Its 16 grants ranged from $500 to $20,000, with a median of $1,000. Its 2025 filing says it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests, though a later program description says requests are accepted on a rolling basis with quarterly decisions.

Damman Family Foundation Trust

Jupiter, FL

The Damman Family Foundation Trust funds charitable organizations, including medical care, churches, education, hospice, spiritual formation, and breast cancer research; most of its 2025 giving went to Florida organizations. Its 17 grants ranged from $100 to $80,000, with a median of $1,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Dwyer Foundation

Boston, MA

The Dwyer Foundation supports education, youth mentoring, religious, community, and animal-welfare organizations, with most of its giving going to Massachusetts. In 2024, it made 26 grants ranging from $100 to $50,955, with a median grant of $1,101. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc

Princeton, NJ

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation supports health access and stronger health systems, with a focus on adult and pediatric cancers, blood disorders, brain health, and clinical-trial participation in the United States, Brazil, India, and ten Sub-Saharan African countries. In 2024, its median grant was about $134,000, though awards varied widely; it does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests, and advises prospective applicants to contact the Foundation about its process.

Fieldstone Foundation Inc

Stow, MA

Reynolds American Foundation

Winston-Salem, NC

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

St. Paul, MN

The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation funds community-led work in areas including economic opportunity, health and human services, youth and education, housing, and organizational capacity. Its 2025 grants had a median of $26,000; listed programs offer up to $50,000 for eligible East Metro work and up to $15,000 for qualifying Minnesota organizations. It accepts applications through specific programs, including rolling application opportunities; the Community Solutions Grant Program serves Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington counties.

The Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Community Trust funds eligible nonprofits working to narrow the wealth gap and meet urgent needs, with priorities including economic mobility, education, jobs, homeownership, and community development in metropolitan Chicago and Cook County. Its 2025 grants had a median of $26,500, though amounts varied widely; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Greater Houston Community Foundation

Houston, TX

The Foundation makes grants through donor-advised and other donor-established funds for public benefit, human services, education, and health, including initiatives addressing economic mobility and poverty in Harris County. In 2024, its median grant was $25,000; it serves Greater Houston, while grants also go to recipients elsewhere in Texas and beyond. It does not accept proposals for the upcoming High-Impact Grantmaking cycle and plans to invite selected organizations or collaboratives to apply.

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc

Memphis, TN

The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis supports community needs, nonprofit capacity building, and donor-directed and theme-based grants, with awards across West Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, and northern Mississippi. Its 2025 grants had a median of $20,200, though amounts varied widely; unsolicited requests are accepted only through specific application-based opportunities, not stated as a general process.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Flint, MI

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation funds nonprofits working in civil society, youth engagement, environmental sustainability, and Flint-area community development, in Flint and communities around the world. Its 2024 grants had a median of $55,000, though awards ranged widely; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests and supports preselected organizations.