Below is a list of private foundations that may offer funding opportunities with a focus on child health and children with special needs. This is not a complete list.

ADA Health Foundation
A permanent endowment fund dedicated to preventing dental caries and other oral diseases of children.

Adobe Action Grants Program
supports programs and partnerships designed to help make Adobe communities "better, stronger, and more vibrant places to live, work and do business." The Adobe Action Grant program provides one-time cash-only grants for general operating and program support through a competitive, quarterly online application process.
Added: 10/4/05

Aetna Foundation Announces Community Grants Program
Core value of improving the quality of life in communities in which the company works by addressing critical social issues aligned with the foundation's philanthropic focus areas.

Albertsons Grocery Store
Provides grants to fund health and nutrition-oriented programs or community resources that affect the availability of adequate health care and human service support.
Added: 1/22/04

Alcoa Foundation
Actively invests in the quality of Alcoa communities worldwide. Current foundation priorities include: conservation and sustainability; skills today for tomorrow; business and community partnerships; and safe and healthy children and families.

Alex's Lemonade Stand Invites Applications for Childhood Cancer Research
Committed to eradicating childhood cancer through basic research, career development, and helping to streamline translational clinical research.
Added: 2/6/06

Alicia Rose “Victorious” Foundation
Provides teen center to hospitals serving teens with life-threatening illnesses.
Added: 3/29/06

Allen Foundation, Inc.
Supports grants for education, training and research in human nutrition. Of special interest to the foundation are: 1) programs that target young students to improve their health and development; 2) training programs for educators concerned with good nutritional practices; 3) programs that educate and train mothers (particularly teen mothers) during pregnancy and postpartum about the importance of good nutrition; and 4) programs that aid in the dissemination of information regarding good nutritional practices.

Allstate Foundation
Works in concert with Allstate by aligning with the company's major focus areas: tolerance, inclusion and diversity, safe and vital communities and economic empowerment. Foundation grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations that seek to improve the quality of life in communities across the country.

Ambrose Monell Foundation
Voluntarily aiding and contributing to religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational uses and purposes, in New York, elsewhere in the United States and throughout the world.
Added: 10/26/05

American Electric Power
Supporter of non-profit organizations whose focus is improving the quality of life in the areas of education, environment and human services such as hunger, housing, health and safety.
Added: 4/11/05

American Honda Foundation
Funds youth-oriented programs, including education and minority programs.
Added: 2/20/04

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
The Foundation has two basic purposes: to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society.

American Psychiatric Foundation
Fund educational, informational, and outreach initiatives that promote the early recognition and treatment of mental illness.
Added: 9/16/05

Anheuser-Busch Companies
Focus on the areas of education, health care and human services, minority development and youth, cultural enrichment and environmental protection. Added: 2/26/06

Annenberg Foundation
Focus is on education, particularly public school restructuring and reform in the United States.
Added: 6/2/04

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
This program supports efforts to encourage caring attitudes in the delivery of patient care. Projects should have potential for widespread practical application and should be of interest to other groups. New ideas are encouraged, especially if they facilitate communication between patients (and their families) and doctors, nurses and other caregivers; ameliorate patient anxieties; strengthen trust and cooperation; and foster caring attitudes.

AT&T Foundation
Grants to nonprofit organizations for innovative programs that focus on helping people achieve self-sufficiency and lead productive lives. The foundation is particularly inclined toward projects that employ innovative technological solutions awards grants in the following program areas: education, civic & community service, and arts & culture.

Bamford-Lahey Children’s Foundation
Supports programs that will enhance the linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional development of children.

Bank of America Foundation
Supports programs in early childhood development, economic and financial education and teacher development.

Baxter International Foundation
Funds initiatives that benefit the entire health field, including projects that improve quality, cost-effectiveness, access or education, and may be designed as models for larger programs. Frequently, projects focus on improving the health of children through preventive efforts. The foundation also places emphasis on increasing the availability, commitment and skills of health-care providers, and supports efforts to improve career prospects in health care for minorities, women and disabled persons.

Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program
Funds clinical research and educational projects of early career investigators, fellows in training, and hemophilia professionals. Encourages hemophilia professionals to expand the knowledge base of hemophilia-related bleeding disorders. Provides an opportunity for new physicians to enter the field of hemophilia.
Added: 11/16/05

BEA Foundation
Provides grants to support programs that encourage early intellectual development of pre-school age children. Funding is provided for projects that achieve the following outcomes: school readiness by age 5; increased availability and quality of early care; safe and supportive communities, where children have access to adequate food, shelter, and basic services, and are free from crime and violence.

Beaumont Foundation of America - Free Computers
Dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals by providing technology to historically underserved schools and communities.

Beez Foundation
Mission is to raise money for pediatric brain cancer research and pediatric patient services.

Best Buy Children's Foundation Programs Benefiting School-Aged Children
The mission of is to improve the lives of school-aged children in communities where Best Buy maintains a business presence. Awards grants to nonprofit organizations that take an innovative approach to building life skills in young people through education, mentoring and leadership development.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Has a program focused on the Pacific Northwest which supports non-profit organizations in Washington and Oregon. The Pacific Northwest program is comprised of three giving areas: Community Grants, Community Access to Technology and Sound Families. In Washington and Oregon, the foundation supports organizations that provide assistance to families including: shelter, abuse prevention, enrichment activities, education, job training, youth civic involvement, mental health services, and after-school programs, among others. The CAT grant program is designed to assist nonprofits in Washington state deliver access to information technologies to state residents.


Blockbuster
The company will consider requests from non-profit organizations that meet one or more of the following requirements: film/video industry focus, impacts children/families, and has clearly defined and measurable goals.
Added: 5/18/05

BMW of North America, LLC
Highest consideration given to those that focus on education, road safety and the environment.
Added: 12/15/04

Boeing Charitable Contributions
Funds four major areas: education, health and human services, arts and culture, and civic and environment. Boeing accepts applications for not only cash grants, but also for in-kind donations and services. Also visit the Boeing Employees Community Fund that funds project in local communities where employees work.
Added: 3/17/04

Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific Foundation focuses its support towards national and local charitable efforts committed to improving access to quality healthcare and educational opportunities for the underserved.

Bridgestone Firestone Trust Fund
Focuses on organizations with missions supporting: 1) education, 2) environment and conservation, 3) childrens programs.
Added: 12/2/05

Brookdale Foundation
Relatives as Parents Program helps nonprofits develop programs addressing the growing number of grandparents raising their randchildren.
Added: 1/22/04

Burlington Resources Foundation
Contributions made to: federated organizations, educational institutions, youth organizations, hospital and medical facilities, cultural organizations, civic services and human service organizations
Added: 3/13/05

Campbell Foundation
Support nonprofit organizations conducting clinical research into the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, and related conditions and illnesses with focus on alternative, nontraditional avenues of research.
Added: 7/27/05

CarMax Foundation
Assists nonprofit organizations that are either national in scope or have a presence in one or more of their market areas with focus on addressing and improving auto safety for families and children.
Added: 7/27/05

Candle Foundation
Awards grants in five areas: community investmentl, education and information dissemination, hunger and homelessness, medical research, and preventive health services. Go to About Candle and then The Candle Foundation.

Charles Lafitte Foundation
Funds four main programs: education, children's advocacy, medical research & issues, and the arts.
Added: 3/13/05

Chatlos Foundation
The Foundation's areas of interest include medical concerns and social concerns.
Added: 3/4/04

Children Affected by AIDS Foundation
Funds are granted to organizations that provide direct care, support, and assistance to children, ages birth to 13 years, who are HIV-positive or otherwise affected by HIV/AIDS.

Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
Awards grants for research into the causes of and effective treatments for pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors.
Added: 5/8/06

Chiron Corporation Establishes Foundation
Commitment to transform the practice of medicine, improve human health, and enhance the quality of life in communities where the company has a presence.
Added: 10/21/04

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Offers Quality of Life Grants
Committed to funding research that develops treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal-cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. The foundation also works to improve the quality of life for people living with disabilities.
Added: 4/5/04

CIGNA Foundation
Grants will be considered with a focus in health human services, education, community and civic affairs, or culture and the arts.

Citigroup Foundation
Funds educational opportunities in low-income communities that will better prepare the next generation for life-long learning and the workforce. In early childhood and primary and secondary education, grants support early literacy development, technology-based curriculum resources, and career and college preparation programs.
Added: 6/8/05


Community Toolbox - Children's Environmental Health
The Community Toolbox for Children's Environmental Health is an organization that provides grants in conjunction with capacity building training and technical assistance to parent and other community-based groups.

Comprehensive Health Education Foundation Grants
The purpose of Comprehensive Health Education Foundation is to promote health and quality of life through education. C.H.E.F. is interested in funding health education and leadership programs within the early childhood and school-aged youth.

Computer Associates Community Grants
Awards community grants in support of initiatives and programs for children pre K - Grade 12. Diversity Grants are awarded in support of initiatives that directly benefit children of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and/or children with developmental disabilities.
Added: 1/22/04

Commonwealth Fund
Supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy; dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, low-income families, minorities, and the uninsured.


ConAgra Foods Foundation
The foundation's mission is to "improve the quality of life in communities where ConAgra Foods employees work and live." The foundation focuses its resources in the following areas: civic and community betterment; education; health and human services; and hunger, nutrition and food safety.

ConocoPhillips Corporate Giving Program
Awards given in categories of education & youth and safety & social services.


Corning Incorporated Foundation
Supports programs in the area of education, culture and community service. Added: 1/14/05

Cure Autism Now
Encourages innovative approaches towards elucidating the causes, prevention and appropriate therapy of autism and to encourage talented new scientists to make their careers in autism research.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Grants support medical research and the prevention of child maltreatment
Added: 5/3/04

Dr. Scholl Foundation
Preferences include general charitable programs, including grants to hospitals, programs for children, developmentally disabled, and senior citizens.


Educational Foundation of America
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the environment, the crisis of human overpopulation and reproductive freedom, Native Americans, arts, education, medicine, and human services.
Added: 4/11/05

ExxonMobil Foundation
Priorities focus on education, health, the environment and public policy research.
Added: 7/14/05

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Minigrants to school and public libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children.
Added: 9/20/04

Federated Department Stores Foundation
Gives to non-profit organizations, civic programs, community projects, arts and educational institutions.
Added: 7/14/05

FedEx Community Grants
Supports the communities the company serves through financial contributions, in-kind shipping services, and volunteer services of employees. Core giving areas include emergency and disaster relief, pedestrian and child safety, critical community needs, and education, health and human services.
Added: 8/5/05

Fetzer Institute
The Fetzer Institute is a private operating foundation that supports research, education and service programs, which explore the integral relationships among mind, body and spirit.

Finish Line Youth Foundation
Supports grants for youth athletic and wellness programs in areas where Finish Line operates stores.

For All Kid's Foundation, Inc.
Support the intellectual, social and cultural development of at-risk and underserved children throughout the US. Main focus is center-based child care, and first priority is given to programs serving low-income, urban areas, where many families struggle to find quality child care and early childhood education programs. Other grant interest of the foundation include after school, literacy, health, and well-being programs.

Ford Motor Company Fund
Makes awards in five categories: education, environment, public policy, health & social programs, civic affairs & community development, and arts & humanities. Added: 11/16/05

Foss Foundation
grants for initiatives to improve the lives of children and youth, including those with mental illness.
Added: 11/2/05

Foundation for Child Development
Provides grants for research, policy analysis, advocacy, public education, leadership development, and program development projects for issues affecting children and families at risk.

General Mills Foundation
Awards grant funding to nonprofit organizations for health, social service, and education projects.

General Motors Foundation
Targeted areas of focus are: education, health and human services, civic and community relations, public policy, arts and culture, and environment and energy, with a strong commitment to diversity in all areas.
Added: 10/21/04

Gerber Foundation
Their mission is to enhance the quality of life of infants and young children in nutrition, care, and development.
Added: 2/6/04

Goodrich Corporation Foundation
The Foundation makes charitable grants in four categories: Education; Arts and Culture; Civic and Community; Health and Human Services.
Added: 12/30/03


Hagen Family Foundation
Grants to organizations for charitable, religious, literary or scientific purposes and/or to lessen the financial burdens of government by carrying out a grant-making program in support of other tax-exempt organizations.

Hasbro Children's Foundation
The mission is to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged children, birth through age 12, through the support of innovative, model direct service programs in the areas of health, education and social services. The Foundation also funds universally accessible playspaces.

Hearst Foundations (William Randolph)
Provides funding for general support, endowments, projects, research, and scholarships. Within the area of health, the foundations' interests seek to improve and increase health care, while facilitating wellness, prevention, and rehabilitation.

Heinz Company Foundation
Committed to promoting the health and nutritional needs of children and families
Added: 12/30/03

Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation
Of particular interest are organizations that promote partnerships and collaborative efforts among multiple groups and organizations. The Foundation encourages pilot initiatives that test new program models.
Added: 2/11/05

Intel Model School Program
Provides equipment for schools and school districts to enhance their technology by using advanced technology.
Added: 7/25/05

Ittleson Foundation
Provides seed money for the start-up of innovative programs, demonstration projects and applied research in public policy focused on AIDS and mental health.

Janus Foundation
Focuses on at-risk youth through education and community service and volunteerism.

JCPenny Co., Inc.
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in a variety of areas. Funding priorities include: health and welfare; civic betterment; education; and arts and culture.

J. Jill Group, Inc. -- Corporate Contributions Program
Believes in establishing long-term partnerships with nonprofit organizations whose missions are to aid women and children in need.

JM Foundation
Provides funding in the areas of rehabilitation for people with disabilities, health, youth programs, prevention of substance abuse, and civic and public policy and also supports organizations that enhance the quality of family life and assist disadvantaged youth. It usually makes grants in two general program areas: 1) health and rehabilitation and 2) education and public policy research.

John Deere Foundation
Supports programs in education, health and human services, community development, and arts and culture.
Added: 3/28/05

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation (Medical Education)
While the foundation continues to concentrate its giving in medicine and health, it also include issues that challenge the education of health professionals, including the need for teamwork, the provision of primary care in the changing environment of healthcare management and delivery and the increasing need for diversity of healthcare professionals.

Kaiser Permanente Cares for Communities
Grants to nonprofit organizations and agencies with national reach. Kaiser seeks long-term, high impact partnerships; programs that give individuals and groups the background, knowledge and skills to develop responsibility for their own well-being; and interest in involving Kaiser Permanente employees and physicians as volunteers.

Kennedy Foundation (Joseph P. Jr.)
Maintains two firm objectives: 1) to seek the prevention of mental retardation by identifying its causes and 2) to improve the means by which society deals with its citizens and mental retardation.

Kettering Family Foundation
The Foundation considers unsolicited requests in the following general areas of interest: Cultural/Arts, Education, Environment, Medical/Health, Social/Human Services.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Favors programs dedicated to strengthening families.

Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation - Children's Mental Health
Interested in two areas of children's mental health: 1) childhood and adolescent depression; and, 2) Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).

Kresge Foundation
Seek to strengthen the capacity of charitable organizations to provide effective programs of quality. The Foundation's grants support a range of organizations reflecting almost the entire breadth of the nonprofit sector.
Added: 11/14/03

Lance Armstrong Foundation Community Grant Program
Supports nonprofit organizations that are positively impacting the quality of life for those living with, through, and beyond cancer.

Lawrence Foundation
Focused on making charitable contributions and grants to support educational, environmental, health and other causes.
Added: 2/6/04

Liberty Mutual
Supports nonprofit organizations that help people live safer, more secure lives. Funding is focused on education and health and safety.
Added: 3/7/05

Libri Foundation
Grants to help rural libraries acquire new hardcover children's books.
Added: 3/24/04

The Lucky Brand Foundation
A charitable organization committed to bringing happiness, comfort and hope to children who have disabilities. Past grantees include: the Children's Burn Foundation, Camp Ronald McDonald, Elementary Schools, Art Programs, Children's Hospitals and others.

Ludwick Family Foundation
Awards fund new vehicles or equipment, equipment replacement and modernization, improvements to facilities, and educational materials.
Added: 8/20/04

McKenzie Foundation
Supports educational, environmental, health and other causes
Added: 3/13/05

MAC AIDS Fund
Supports non-profit HIV/AIDS organizations and programs for basic needs, such as food, clothing, housing or shelter (short-term or transitional); direct services related to healthcare, social services, transportation (for medical visits, outpatient visits and other social services), and health-related recreational activities, and programs that bring HIV/AIDS education, awareness and prevention to public attention.
Added: 5/12/06

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Fund the Program on Human and Community Development which operates primarily within the United States. Issues of interest to the program include community development; regional policy; affordable housing, with a particular emphasis on the preservation of rental housing; and system reform in education, juvenile justice, and mental health.
Added: 8/23/05

Mailman Foundation (A.L.)
The foundation's main goal is to improve early childhood. The foundation is especially interested in projects that extend knowledge, make linkages between research and improved practice and policies, and communicate knowledge gained through research and practice to the broader public. The foundation also supports advocacy projects, including projects that engage families as active partners and advocates.

March of Dimes Washington State Chapter Community Grants
The purpose of the Chapter Grants program is to provide seed money for programs whose primary focus is the provision of services which lead to the prevention of birth defects, prematurity, and infant mortality. Chapter Grants are awarded once a year.

March of Dimes Birth Defects National Foundation
Funds grants supporting research including basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies. Also supports research that advances the understanding of the cognitive, social and behavioral risks and processes that affect pregnancy outcomes, the perinatal period and subsequent child development.

Markle Foundation (John and Mary R.)
The Foundation has four active program areas: 1) Public Engagement through Interactive Technologies; 2) Policy for a Networked Society; 3) Interactive Media for Children; and 4) Information Technologies for Better Health.

Mattel Children's Foundation
supports organizations that serve children in communities within the U.S. that address a locally defined need. Priority is given to programs that align with Mattel's philanthropic priorities: health, education, and girl's empowerment.
Added: 10/4/05

Mayday Fund
The trustees combined Mrs. Katzenbach's special interest in the treatment of pain with her establishment of the Mayday Fund and dedicated it to one purpose: reduction of the physical and psychological toll of pain and its consequences.

Medina Foundation
Funding areas include emergency and critical human services, pre-school to 12th grade educational opportunities, substance abuse, domestic violence, and services for those with disabilities. Eligible applicants are located in following Washington State counties: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom.
Added: 3/27/06

Medtronic Foundation
Their mission is to improve the health of people and communities with a priority area or: Building partnerships and empowering people with chronic disease.
Added: 1/29/04

Merck Company Foundation
Funds grants consistent with company's overall mission to enhance the health and well-being of people around the world. Such needs include improving health care, fostering biomedical and science education, and supporting the arts, social services, and civic, environmental and other charitable organizations.
Added: 8/5/04

MetLife Foundation
Provides grants for the following areas: health, education, culture, civic affairs, and public broadcasting.
Added: 2/21/06

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
Focuses on health, education, safety, youth development and early childhood care.
Added: 12/15/054

Milagro Foundation
Focuses upon three areas: (A) helping children and youth live healthy lives through education and prevention; (B) helping live literate lives through learning; and (C) helping live culturally enriched lives through arts education.

Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation
Current priorities include: consumer-oriented projects that enable people with disabilities to lead fulfilling, independent lives; innovative policy research and education on marketbased approaches to health care and rehabilitation; improving and expanding quality health services, especially palliative care; and education and training of allied health and rehabilitation professionals.
Added: 10/28/04

Milken Foundation
mission to discover and advance inventive and effective ways of helping people help themselves and those around them lead productive and satisfying lives. Developing human potential through education and protecting human well-being through the channels of medicine are the chief means by which the Foundation pursues this aim.
Added: 11/2/05

Mockingbird Foundation
Their programmatic focus is music education for children.

Moyer Foundation
The mission is to offer encouragement, comfort and support to children and families who are enduring a time of profound distress - whether physical, emotional, or financial - and to provide opportunities for enhancing overall wellness, stability and quality of life.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Major priorities in the areas of: the arts; health; environmental affairs; religion; democratic values and contemplative practices and inter-program grants. Within the area of health, the foundation's commitment is to improve people's health and well being, especially those who confront barriers due to low- to moderate-socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and gender.

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Pracitioners
NAPNAP hopes to explore "new avenues to health care" access for our children. by offering grants to members and chapters.

National Center for Family Friends (NCFF)
Part of the National Council on the Aging, Family Friends is an intergenerational volunteer program that pairs older volunteers (men and women age 55 and over) with families who have children with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses.
Added: 2/6/04

National Education Association (NEA) Foundation
Supports a variety of efforts by teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the nation's public schools, colleges, and universities. Added: 2/21/05

National Gardening Association - Youth Garden Grants Program
Through its Youth Garden Grants Program, supports projects that emphasize children and youth learning by working in an outdoor garden.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine
The mission is "to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health. The Regional Medical Library for the Pacific Northwest Region of the NN/LM, at the University of Washington, seeks to promote outreach throughout the region by offering Mini-awards for Training, Exhibiting, and Upgrading Connections.

National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) A not-for-profit research and education foundation that seeks to improve health care safety by studying errors in the nation's health care system and implementing safeguards to prevent patient injury.

NEC Foundation of America
Focuses on technology for people with disabilities.

Nick Traina Foundation
The Foundation’s goal is to provide funds in areas related to manic-depressive illness and its diagnosis, including research and treatment, and funding organizations that help families who continue to battle the illness.

Nike Corporation
Focuses on programs that support youth and physical activity, and the positive effects of the two. Programs should increase and promote physical activity in some way. Added: 11/16/04

Northwest Health Foundation
Open to innovative projects that address health protection, quality of health care, access to health care, basic and applied biomedical, health, and socio-behavioral research, education for health professionals and consumers, and mental health in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Office Depot
Supports nonprofit organizations at the local level with donations of products, contributions of funds and efforts to encourage employees and customers to become involved.

PacifiCare Foundation
Funds grants to serve specific community needs in areas of health promotion, human and social services and education. The foundation also has a fund supporting children and youth programs. Additionally, the foundation has created the Health Care Access Initiative. This unique public-private partnership brings together corporate and government resources and PacifiCare provider partners with school-based health programs.

Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation
The mission is to promote the healthy development of vulnerable populations and strengthen families and communities in the Pacific Northwest. The foundation invests in effective organizations that address significant community needs, reflect best practices, leverage public and private resources, and contribute to lasting social change.

Payless ShoeSource Foundation
Dedicated to improving the quality of life in the communities where their associates and customers live. They support programs that achieve measurable results in these communities.
Added: 10/28/04

PepsiCo Foundation
Committed to helping address the needs of today's youth, focusing on: 1) encouraging physical activity and promoting youth fitness and 2) skill development, primarily among urban and low-income youth, of leadership, entrepreneurship and other life skills which prepare young people to be successful in post-secondary education and the workforce.
Added: 12/2/05

Peregrine Charities
Created to assist children and families coping with rare pediatric diseases; grants issued toorganizations that support medical research into the origin, treatment, and cure of pediatric diseases -- in particular, rare and under-funded pediatric diseases.
Added: 4/3/06

Physicians' Foundation for Health Systems Excellence
Makes grants to nonprofit organizations for projects that enhance the capacity of practicing physicians to provide excellent care for their patients. Funding priorities include: 1) Patient Safety, 2) Physician Education and 3) Quality Improvement.
Added: 2/7/06

Prudential Foundation
Support to innovative direct-service programs that address the needs of communities in three areas: Ready to Learn, Ready to Work, Ready to Live. Added: 5/12/06

Public Welfare Foundation
Dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations, and to those working to deliver services that meet basic human needs. Funding at the foundation is focused in eleven program areas: community economic development and participation; criminal justice; disadvantaged elderly; disadvantaged youth; environment; health; human rights and global security; population and reproductive health; special opportunities; and the welfare reform fund.

Ralph and Eileen Swett Foundation
Identified priority areas are 1) the assistance of orphaned children including the promotion of their adoption and 2) intervention in the lives of troubled youths as two areas of interest to which it expects to direct a portion of its funding each year. Funding is not limited to these areas. The Foundation is actively seeking further areas of interest.

Real Networks Foundation
The RealNetworks Foundation supports projects that: enhance the quality of life in areas where RealNetworks' employees live and work and enable alternative voices or foster the right of free speech throughout the world.

RGK Foundation
Priorities include three areas: 1) Educational, 2) Medical, and 3) the Community. Grants in these areas include support for research and conferences as well as support for programs that promote academic excellence in institutions of higher learning; programs that raise literacy levels; programs that attract minority and women students into the fields of math, science, and technology; and programs that promote the health and well being of children.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Grantmaking is concentrated in four areas: to assure that all Americans have access to basic health care at reasonable cost, to improve care and support for people with chronic health conditions, to promote healthy communities and lifestyles, and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abuse, tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs.

Rohm and Haas' Responsible Neighbor Community Program
This program advances the economic and social quality of life in the communities where it has operations. Funding goes for education, civic/community and health/human services. Education priorities include K-12 science, tech and math education, mentoring, afterschool programs and recreation. Civic/community funds go to job training and volunteerism. Health grants go for child-safety endeavors.

Ronald McDonald House Charities
Provides grants to not-for-profit, tax exempt organizations whose national or global programs help children reach their fullest potential.

Rosie’s For All Kids Foundation
Grants in three areas related to early childhood care and education: tuition subsidies for the cost of care of a child in a center-based organization; small renovation projects; and playground renovations - resurfacing play areas, mending or new fencing and new playground equipment.
Added: 5/8/06

RR Donnelley Foundation
The guiding principles of the foundation are support of the written word and children and youth.

Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation
Aims to identify and disseminate innovative and effective practices for helping underprivileged youth reach their full potential through three types of grants: evaluation of innovative methods in helping youth reach their full potential; rreplication of methods that have demonstrated their effectiveness in helping youth to reach their full potential: and diffusion of practices that RMYF-funded outcome evaluation has shown to be effective in helping youth reach their full potential.
Added: 8/5/05

SAM'S CLUB Foundation
Develops and implements programs that support children and families in the company's local communities.
Added: 11/29/04

Sandler Family Foundation
Seeks to develop important new pathways of investigation in basic research regarding asthma.
Added: 2/21/06

Sara Lee Foundation
Supports pioneering initiatives and opportunities that direct special attention on underserved and diverse populations, including women and communities of color. The foundation has a special interest in addressing the following topics through its Direct Grants Program: 1) hunger and homelessness; 2) job training; and 3) cultural activities.

Sarah Scaife Foundation
Foundation’s grant program is primarily directed toward public policy programs that address major domestic and international issues
Added: 10/13/04

SBC Foundation
The foundation places primary emphasis on supporting initiatives that enhance education and community development through technology.

Schering-Plough Foundation
Focuses in three major areas: health, education, community initiatives (social/civic welfare, public policy, culture and the arts and women and minorities).
Added: 10/26/05

Shell Oil Company Foundation
Focus areas include education, culture and the arts, civic and community, health and welfare, diversity and inclusiveness, and sustainable development interests.
Added: 2/8/06

ShopKo Foundation
Supports students at risk of not graduating from high school, people with learning disabilities, literacy programs and activities recognizing educational achievement as well as promoting healthy lifestyles throughout their communities, and raise awareness of health-related concerns through community events, health fairs, local walks and runs, wellness testing and community programs focused on hunger and nutrition.
Added: 2/7/06

Social Venture Partners
Seeks to develop philanthropy and volunteerism to achieve positive social change in the Puget Sound region of Washington. Through the program, SVP invests in organizations with programs that focus on early childhood development and/or that foster improved caregiving skills.
Added: 2/6/04

Staples Foundation for Learning
New foundation that expects to fund programs that support or provide job skills and education opportunities for all people, with special emphasis on disadvantaged youth.

Starbucks Foundation
Funding of programs that promote youth leadership through literacy and respect for diversity.
Added: 8/20/04

Starr Foundation
Grants in a number of areas, including education, medicine and healthcare, public policy, human needs, culture and the environment.

Teammates for Kids Foundation
Supports the on-going work of operating organizations that help needy children in the areas of health, education and inner-city services.

Thrasher Research Fund Medical Research for Children
Funds research on insufficiently studied medical conditions that either are severe or affect children in large numbers.
Added: 8/5/05

Tiger Woods Foundation
Focused on providing opportunities to children and families who are underserved. The following are approved programmatic areas for funding: education, youth development, parenting, and family health & welfare.

Toys “R” Us Children’s Fund
Funds are used to support The Kids' Playroom Program, the early learning program, and other children's causes.

Toy Industry Foundation
Focused on organizations that provide goods or services to children who are homeless specifically targeting organizations that are currently bringing and/or planning to bring a play and/or recreational element to their program.

Tremaine Foundation, Inc. (Emily Hall)
Seeks and funds initiatives which foster success of individiuals with learning disabilities.

Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
Provides community grants to grassroots organizations that focus on bridging the gap in psychosocial services available for young adults with cancer.
Added: 2/26/06

United Cerebral Palsy Research & Educational Foundation
The UCP Research & Educational Foundation is the principal non-government agency in the USA sponsoring research directly related to the prevention of cerebral palsy and to improvement in the quality of life of persons with cerebral palsy and related developmental disorders.

United Parcel Service of America (UPS) Foundation
Supports grant programs in the areas of education, health, social services, the arts and humanities and civic and public affairs.

UnumProvident
Seeks to partner with charitable organizations that primarily target four areas: disability, public education, health and wellness, and the arts and culture.
Added: 11/2/05

Verizon Foundation
Invests in and partners with organizations that focus on literacy and education initiatives, technology and work force development programs, and domestic violence solutions. Also offers in-kind donations, etraining and egrants.
Added: 4/5/04

VHA Health Foundation
Awards grants to U.S. health care providers that demonstrate a novel and/or better approach to solving a problem or need related to health or health care.
Added: 4/22/05

Volunteers in Health Care (VIH)
Awards small grants and helps fund networking opportunities such as meetings, site visits, and training sessions regarding medical and dental care for uninsured.

Walgreens Contributions
Awards grants in program areas concerning health and human services, education, civic and community, and arts and culture.
Added: 6/9/04

Wallace Foundation
Current objectives are to strengthen education leadership to improve student achievement; improve after-school learning opportunities; and expand participation in arts and culture.

Wells Fargo Foundation
Funds projects in the following areas: civic and public affairs; education; social services and health; other community-based projects.

Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
The foundation supports a wide variety of grants for programs that make a significant difference in the quality of life in communities where Weyerhaeuser employees work and live.

Wilkins Family Foundation
Funds projects, community service organizations, economic development activities, and cultural organizations in the United States involved with education and health issues of children 17 years of age and younger.
Added: 3/4/04

William T. Grant Foundation
Supports research studies relevant to the healthy psychological and social development of children and youth.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Foundation activities center around the common vision of a world in which each person has a sense of worth; accepts responsibility for self, family, community, and societal well-being; and has the capacity to be productive, and to help create nurturing families, responsible institutions, and healthy communities.

Yes I Can! Foundation for Exceptional Children
Designs and implements programs that help improve the quality of life for children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.
Added: 1/12/05