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The Miner Anderson Family Foundation

Wilmington, DE

The foundation funds educational, literary, arts, cultural, environmental, and journalistic work that advances social justice, human rights, and opportunity for marginalized groups, primarily in California, with some grants elsewhere in the U.S. In 2025, grants ranged from $250 to $110,000, with a median of $5,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Strategic Education Research Partnership Institute

Washington, DC

The strategic education research partnership generates innovative, scalable solutions to our schools' most pressing problems through sustained collaborations among researchers, practitioners, and designers. We work to increase equity, improve student learning, and give teachers and students greater agency.

Anita Borg Institute for Technology

Sacramento, CA

Our mission is to get our community in tech skilled, hired, promoted, paid, and funded, so they can thrive, lead, and drive innovation for a more impartial and sustainable future.

The Todd and Betiana Simon Foundation

Omaha, NE

Albert Penick Fund

Big Indian, NY

Lui Foundation

San Francisco, CA

The foundation supports organizations focused on Chinese culture and education, Chinese American history, San Francisco Chinatown projects, and arts and media, with most 2025 funding going to California and additional grants in New York, Washington, and Colorado. Its 12 grants ranged from $1,000 to $60,000, with a median of $16,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation

Edison, NJ

The foundation supports organizations in environmental protection and wildlife conservation, music, education, humanitarian relief, and services for older adults, with most 2025 funding going to recipients in New York and Connecticut. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $150,000, with a median of $3,075. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Hoefer Family Foundation

Burlingame, CA

The foundation supports education, arts and culture, health, conservation, and community services, and also acquires California plein air paintings for a planned public collection. In 2025, it made 38 grants totaling $446,720; grants ranged from $220 to $103,500, with a median of $5,000, and 94% of funding went to California and 6% to Colorado. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Crankstart Foundation

San Jose, CA

Crankstart funds education, economic mobility, democracy and civil rights, housing security, the environment and basic science, with about 60% of its grants going to the San Francisco Bay Area. Its grants typically range from $100,000 to $1 million (the 2024 median was $250,000), and it does not accept unsolicited requests; proposals are by invitation only.

Elizabeth Ring Mather

Cleveland, OH

Elizabeth Ring Mather supports qualifying organizations in areas represented by its grants, including arts and culture, education, health care, conservation, and social services. In 2024, it made 105 grants totaling $1.093 million; awards ranged from $1,000 to $125,000, with a median of $5,000. Grants are not geographically limited but generally go to organizations in Cleveland and places where trustees reside; the foundation accepts applications by letter and does not restrict giving to preselected organizations.

The Hearst Foundation

New York, NY

The Hearst Foundation supports established U.S. nonprofits in culture, education, health, and social services, with grants typically ranging from $75,000 to $500,000 and a median of $150,000. It funds organizations nationwide; its New York office reviews proposals east of the Mississippi River and its San Francisco office reviews those west of it.

The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The foundation funds arts and arts education, particularly programs serving children and youth in underserved schools and communities, with a focus on New York City; it also supports public cultural programming and art-related research. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,500 to $1 million, with a median of $35,000. The profile lists a letter as application material but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.