The Delaney Family Foundation

The Muscari Family Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

Pauls Family Foundation Inc

Johns Island, SC

The Birk Family Foundation Inc

Mt Pleasant, SC

The Birk Family Foundation funds education, housing, community services, and food access, with 2025 grants ranging from $1,000 to $60,000 and a median of $10,000. Most grant dollars went to South Carolina, with additional support in Washington, DC, New York, Maryland, and Indiana. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

CW and Dorothy G Love Foundation

McColl, SC

The foundation supports healthcare, schools and scholarships, local government and community organizations, and conservation efforts, primarily in South Carolina, with some funding in other states. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $268,500, with a median grant of $20,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Weil Gotshal & Manges Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The foundation supports U.S. nonprofits working in areas such as legal services, medicine, disaster relief, education, and youth programs, with grants concentrated in New York and Massachusetts. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $500,000, with a median of $10,000. It lists an application process, but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Fite Family Foundation

Santa Monica, CA

The Fite Family Foundation supports preselected charitable organizations, including schools, universities, foundations, hospitals, and media organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,500 to $300,000, with a median of $30,000, and went mainly to recipients in New York and California, with additional funding in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Illinois. It does not accept unsolicited requests.

Coastal Community Foundation of South

N Charleston, SC

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina is the state's largest community foundation, awarding over $30 million annually to advance equity, well-being, and opportunity across coastal South Carolina and beyond. The foundation supports nonprofits through competitive grants, donor-directed funding, multi-year catalyst grants, and scholarships, with typical awards ranging from $5,000 to $2.4 million. Primary focus areas include education access, economic mobility, housing, neighborhood revitalization, and disaster recovery, with community-based grantmaking guided by volunteer committees representing diverse perspectives.

Indian River Community Foundation Inc

Vero Beach, FL

The Foundation makes competitive grants for organizations serving Indian River County, Florida, with priorities including vulnerable individuals and families, animal welfare, the environment, and historic preservation. Its 2025 grants had a median of $19,250; one program’s guidelines allow up to $50,000 for proven programs and $100,000 for capital projects. Applicants begin with an online Letter of Idea, and only qualifying proposals are invited to submit a full application.

The Sidley Austin Foundation

Chicago, IL

The Sidley Austin Foundation supports civil legal aid, higher education, community development, and children’s play spaces, with 2025 grants concentrated in Illinois, New York, California, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $517,408, with a median of $5,000. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Horn Foundation

Santa Monica, CA

The Horn Foundation supports education and environmental projects, along with organizations addressing related social and environmental challenges, with 2024 grants ranging from $500 to $550,000 and a median of $15,000. Its 2024 giving went mainly to recipients in New York, California, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, and North Carolina. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Duke Endowment

Charlotte, NC

The Duke Endowment funds child and family well-being, health care, higher education at four named colleges and universities, and rural churches, primarily in North Carolina and South Carolina. Its 2024 grants ranged from $7,000 to $6.8 million, with a median of $200,000. The application process varies by program; the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

The Leon Levine Foundation

Charlotte, NC

The Leon Levine Foundation, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, supports nonprofit organizations across North and South Carolina working in education, healthcare, human services, and Jewish community strengthening, with a particular emphasis on serving underserved populations and early childhood initiatives. The Foundation awards grants ranging from modest amounts to several million dollars, as evidenced by recent grants including $3.8 million to Crossnore Communities for Children, and accepts Letters of Intent on a rolling basis from eligible 501(c)(3) organizations with demonstrated track records of success.