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• American Association of University Women
  Promotes education and equity for all women and girls.
• American Council of Learned Societies
  Funds fellowships and research projects in the humanities.
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  Funds suicide prevention and treatments.
• American Honda Foundation
  Youth education, STEM, and environmental funding.
• American Nurses Foundation
  Nursing and national health funding
• American Philosophical Society
  Funds fellowships and Research Projects.
• American Psychological Association
  Funds scholarships, fellowships and research projects in psychology.
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  The Foundation currently makes grants on a selective basis to institutions in higher education; in cultural affairs and the performing arts; in population; in conservation and the environment; and in public affairs.
• Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
  Interests include education and higher education
• Bank of America
  Main interests are arts and cultural programs, youth development and economic development.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  Funds healthcare, poverty, education and technology.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
  Interests include higher education, women, minorities, and community development.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
  Has broad interests in education, International Peace and Security and International Development.
• Center for Field Research (Earthwatch)
  Promotes sustainable conservation of our natural resources and cultural heritage by creating partnerships between scientists, educators and the general public by sponsoring research education and conservation projects.
• Charles Koch Foundation
  Interests include criminal justice, economic opportunity, education, foreign policy, free speech, health care, immigration, entrepreneurship, science of liberty, and technology.
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
  Funds international and national projects in civil society, environmental projects, and improving economic conditions and education.
• Citigroup Foundation
  Working with a global network of colleagues and partners, the Foundation gives grants focused in three main areas.
• Coca-Cola Foundation
  The Foundation supports programs in higher education, classroom teaching and learning, and international education. The programs support scholarships for aspiring students; encourage and motivate young people to stay in school; and foster cultural understanding.
• Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
  Grants and scholarships in NY's capital region.
• Corning Incorporated Foundation
  The primary philanthropic arm of Corning Incorporated. The programs they support are aligned with the businesses they participate in and with social priorities where they can make a meaningful impact.
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
  Funds Fulbright Scholars programs.
• Doctors Company Foundation
  Funds health, patient safety education, healthcare training, safety research.
• ECMC Foundation
  Funds higher education and career success.
• Ewing Narion Kauffman Foundation
  Interests include education, youth development, business and community development.
• Ford Foundation
  Interests include cities and states, civic engagement and government, creativity, future of work, gender/racial/ethnic justice, natural resources and climate, technology, and society.
• Foundation to Promote Open Society
  Funds democratic practice, higher education, early childhood education, economic equity and justice, human rights, information and digital rights, equality, journalism, health and rights, and justice reform.
• Global Fund for Women
  Focuses on strengthening women's rights groups.
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
  Funds projects in higher education, science, the environment and San Francisco Bay Area programs that demonstrate locally the interests of the other three program areas.
• Howard Hughes Foundation
  Funds biomedical research and science education.
• James S. McDonnell Foundation
  Human cognition, theoretical and mathematical tools, special initiatives for science funding.
• J.M. Kapland Fund
  Funds social justice, environment, and heritage conservation.
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  Funds fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. Fellowships are not available for students.
• Kellogg, W. K. Foundation
  Program interests in health, education, and agriculture.
• Kresge Foundation
  Challenge grants for construction projects, scientific equipment upgrades, and other programs for strategic investment and endowment funds.
• Lake Placid Foundation
  Scholarships and grants for the Adirondack region.
• Lumina Foundation
  Funds education, racial justice and equity, human work and learning, state and federal policy.
• Motorola Solutions Foundation
  STEM education, technology, engineering and first responder programming.
• National Academy of Education
  Fellowship programs and research to improve education.
• National Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NEA)
  Funds projects in higher education including innovative projects aimed at high student achievement, projects in the fine arts, and professional development.
• National Grid Foundation
  Funds local projects in the areas of neighborhood improvement, Projects or programs that promote math, science, technology, computer literacy or entrepreneurship in collaboration with elementary schools, secondary schools, community organizations or neighborhood centers, urban renaissance projects and environmental stewardship projects.
• National Humanities Center
  Funds fellowships in the humanities.
• Pew Charitable Trusts
  Funds projects in culture, education, the environment, health and human services, public policy and religion.
• Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation
  Funds entrepreneurship in non-traditional business fields, arts & design, and environment sciences.
• Public Welfare Foundation
  Community Economic Development and participation, criminal justice, disadvantaged elderly and disadvantaged youth, the environment, health, human rights and global security, population and reproductive health, and other areas.
• Radcliffe Institute
  Bunting Fellowship Program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at its premiere multidisciplinary center of advanced studies for scholars, writers, artists, and scientists.
• Research Corporation
  Support for significant fundamental research in astronomy, chemistry and physics that aids professional development of faculty and students.
• Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
  Funds nursing education.
• Robert B. Silvers Foundation
  Literacy, art criticism, political analysis, and social reportage.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  Funds health and healthcare.
• Robin Hood Foundation
  Funds early childhood and youth, education, job and income security, and human services for the five boroughs of New York City.
• Russell Sage Foundation
  Funds visiting scholars, publishing, research, and programs in the social sciences.
• Science History Institute
  Historical study of science, medicine, and technology.
• Social Science Research Council
  An international association devoted to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. It does this through a wide variety of interdisciplinary workshops and conferences, fellowships and grants, summer training institutes, scholarly exchanges, and publications.
• Spencer Foundation
  Provides funds to investigate ways in which education can be improved, around the world through research, fellowships, and training.
• Strada Education Foundation
  Improves education and employment pathways.
• The Commonwealth Fund
  Funding healthcare, health equity, health policy, and practice.
• Teagle Foundation
  Seed funding, liberal arts education accessibility, and financial sustainability.
• Verizon Foundation
  Priority funding areas include literacy, digital divide, workforce development, community technology development and employee volunteerism.
• Wallace Foundation
  Funds school leadership, after school, arts, summer learning, social and emotional learning, expanded learning and arts education.
• Wenner-Gren Foundation
  Supports basic research in all branches of anthropology.
• Whole Kids Foundation
  Funds children's nutrition and wellness.
• William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
  
  Interests include education, environment, gender equity and government, performing arts, U.S. democracy, cyber initiatives, and effective philanthropy.
• William T. Grant Foundation
  Funds research in inequality and youth service.