The Laurie David Foundation Inc

Tower Family Fund Inc

Buffalo, NY

Tower Family Fund supports programs, organizational capacity, and community-change efforts benefiting young people up to age 26 with learning disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, or intellectual disabilities in Erie and Niagara Counties, New York, and Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, and Nantucket Counties, Massachusetts. In 2025, grants ranged from $500 to $2 million, with a median of $25,000. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Mazar Family Charitable Foundation Trust

Boston, MA

The foundation supports wildlife and land conservation, alongside organizations working in food access, human rights, humanitarian aid, and Native education. In 2024, it made 68 grants totaling $612,144, with a median grant of $4,750 and awards ranging from $100 to $100,000; Massachusetts received the largest share, and it also supported work in other U.S. states and Costa Rica. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower

Getzville, NY

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation funds services and systems change for young people up to age 26 affected by intellectual or learning disabilities, mental health issues, or substance use disorders in parts of Western New York and Eastern Massachusetts. Its 2025 median grant was about $34,000, though awards varied widely. It accepts preliminary requests or inquiries; full proposals are by invitation only.

Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable

Edgartown, MA

Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable supports organizations in areas including education, housing, arts, youth services, hospice care, and animal sheltering, primarily in Massachusetts. Its 2025 grants ranged from $40 to $251,000, with a median of $2,500; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Stonehouse Inc

Vineyard Haven, MA

Cardinal Brook Trust

Boston, MA

Cardinal Brook Trust supports general operations, education, health care, land conservation, and community programs, with 2024 grants going to Massachusetts organizations. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $1 million, with a median of $15,000; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

South Mountain Company Foundation

West Tisbury, MA

The Kohlberg Foundation Inc

Armonk, NY

The Kohlberg Foundation supports civic engagement, higher education in prison, health, child care, and arts and culture, with 2024 grants ranging from $100,000 to $2 million and a median of $250,000. Recent funding was concentrated in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky, with some support in Washington, D.C.; it does not accept unsolicited requests and contributes to preselected organizations.

Horwitz Family Fund

Scarsdale, NY

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.

Tides Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Tides Foundation funds community-led organizations advancing equity and justice, including work on health, climate, gender equity, democracy, and immigrant communities. Its 2024 grants had a median of $50,000, though amounts varied widely, and it funds eligible organizations in the U.S. and abroad, with the most grant dollars going to California, New York, and Washington, D.C. Some programs are open or invitation-only; the Advancing Girls Fund is listed as open, but the profile does not state a general policy on unsolicited grant requests.