The Edward G Lewis and Marie E Lewis Charitable Foundation

The Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Community Trust funds nonprofits addressing economic mobility, wealth gaps, and urgent community needs, with priorities including homeownership, small businesses, education, quality jobs, and investment in underinvested communities. Its 2025 itemized grants had a median of $26,500, though awards vary widely; grants generally benefit Chicago-region residents, and the Trust directs applicants to open opportunities but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

San Diego, CA

The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego supports a broad range of community causes, including arts and culture, education, health and human services, and Jewish life. Its 2025 grants had a median of $25,000; most went to San Diego organizations, with others primarily elsewhere in the United States and Israel, and its stated reach also includes communities globally. It offers competitive opportunities through CAP, but the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests generally.

United Jewish Foundation

Bloomfield Hills, MI

The United Jewish Foundation supports Jewish community continuity, including Jewish organizations, older adults, education, children, medical research, and related services. Its 2025 grants had a median of $18,000, though awards ranged widely; 87% of grant dollars went to Michigan, with some support elsewhere in the U.S. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Chicago, IL

The Federation supports social services, Jewish education and community programs, and crisis response in Chicago and beyond, including Israel and Jewish communities worldwide. In 2025 it made 896 grants, with a median grant of about $20,000; 85% of grant dollars went to Illinois recipients. The profile does not state whether the Federation accepts unsolicited requests.

Borns Family Foundation Inc

Los Angeles, CA

The Marcus Foundation Inc

Atlanta, GA

The Marcus Foundation supports community food resources, food security, and sustainable practices, while its grants also span other fields. In 2024, grants ranged from $1,500 to $17.6 million, with a median of $300,000; Georgia received the largest share of funding, followed by New York and Washington, DC. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Leen Foundation Inc

Princeton, NJ

The foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including Jewish publishing and education, Middle East education, and environmental and open-space initiatives, with recent grants concentrated in New York and New Jersey and others in Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and California. In 2025, grants ranged from $1,000 to $25,000, with a median of $3,800. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

SF & RL Pepper Family Foundation

Beverly Hills, CA

The foundation supports organizations serving people in need, homelessness services, Jewish education and community, health and research, emergency response, education, and the arts. Its 2024 grants ranged from $200 to $50,000, with a median of $2,000; most funding went to California, with some grants in Massachusetts and New York. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mountain View, CA

Silicon Valley Community Foundation funds work in areas such as housing, economic security, education, health, the environment, arts and culture, and civic engagement, with Community Action Grants supporting local, community-led organizations in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Its 2024 grants had a median of $51,716, though amounts varied widely; applications depend on the program, and SVCF states that it does not accept unsolicited proposals for advised funds.

California Community Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The California Community Foundation funds work in education, health, housing, immigration, and other community needs, primarily in Los Angeles County. Its 2025 grants had a median of $50,000, though amounts varied widely; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Menlo Park, CA

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation funds education, climate and conservation, the arts, gender equity, governance, democracy, and philanthropy, with work in the San Francisco Bay Area, the U.S. West, nationally, and internationally. Its 2024 grants had a median of $150,000, though awards ranged from $50 to more than $11 million; it often provides long-term general operating support. It generally does not accept unsolicited requests, except through invited open processes.

Marin Community Foundation

Novato, CA

Marin Community Foundation funds equity-focused work, including affordable housing, homelessness, community resilience and power, and arts; its Buck Family Fund supports organizations serving Marin County, including those based elsewhere. Its 2025 grants had a median of $25,000 and ranged from $5,050 to $10 million; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.