AVON PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNOTATED GUIDE TO GRANTS AND GRANT FUNDING
COMPILED BY FRANCIS DIMENNO, DIRECTOR, AVON PUBLIC LIBRARY
PLEASE SEND ANY CORRECTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR EMENDATIONS TO:
fdimenno@ocln.org

Boston Annenberg Challenge Fund - http://www.agmconnect.org/links/annenfnp.html
This foundation supports projects that work in the Boston Public Schools to help achieve school teaching and learning goals.

The Boston Foundation – http://www.tbf.org/
The foundation gives priority to community-building strategies that help children and their families in the greater Boston area overcome poverty.

The Boston Globe Foundation – http://www.bostonglobe.com/community/foundation/index.stm
Offers support to programs that build youth leadership and forge friendships across racial, cultural and neighborhood boundaries.

Carlisle Foundation - http://www.carlislefoundation.org/
The priorities of this foundation include substance abuse, domestic and community violence, homelessness / housing, economic development and other services for children, youth, and families.

The Charles Hayden Foundation - http://www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/hayden/
The Charles Hayden Foundation seeks to promote the mental, moral and physical development of children and youth ages three to eighteen in the New York and Boston metropolitan areas. Our focus is on programs serving youth most at risk of not reaching their full potential, especially youth in low-income communities. Priority is given to programs that intervene early in young people's lives, before a pattern of failure has been established, and provide consistent, relatively intensive opportunities and support over many years.

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. - http://www.draper.com/profile/community.htm
Draper provides quarterly grants to deserving nonprofit organizations and institutions in the Cambridge community. Particular emphasis is placed on educational programs in engineering, mathematics, and science, followed by human services.

The Cloud Foundation - http://www.agmconnect.org/cloud.html
The Cloud Foundation seeks to renew the confidence, ambition, and hope of youth at risk by supporting programs that provide immersion in a foreign culture and exposure to the arts in the rich mosaic of our city, country, and world.

Essex County Community Foundation - http://www.eccf.org/
Supports programs that provide services to Essex County (MA) and programs in which schools and non-profits collaborate.

Fassino Foundation - http://www.fassinofoundation.org/
In the greater Boston area, the foundation supports projects that help homeless, abused, and disabled children and their families.

Foley, Hoag, and Eliot - http://www.agmconnect.org/fhe.html
As a focus for its grantmaking, the Foundation is committed to fostering a spirit of mutual respect, understanding and cooperation among youth in Boston.

Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation, Inc. - http://www.beveridge.org/
Special interests are in Hampden and Hampshire Counties (MA) including general education and youth development initiatives.

Horizon Foundation - http://www.horizonfoundation.org/
In Barnstable, Essex, and Middlesex Counties (MA), the foundation supports youth-focused programs, arts education, environmental education, history education, and leadership training.

John Hancock Financial Services - http://www.johnhancock.com/
 Supports general educational (including health education) initiatives and youth development initiatives.

Massachusetts Service Alliance - http://www.msalliance.org/
The Massachusetts Service Alliance furthers the principles and ideals of community service, community service learning, and volunteerism, in part, by investing public and private funds in community-based organizations.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation - http://www.nelliemaefoundation.org/
The Foundation focuses its grantmaking in the four key initiative areas: Adult literacy, college preparation, minority high achievement, and out-of-school time, serving students in grades 5-14 and adult learners.

Polaroid Foundation - http://www.polaroid.com/polinfo/foundation/index.html
The Polaroid Foundation seeks to help children and adults become more independent and realize their full potential as successful members of society. Toward this end, we support activities that help the most vulnerable people in our communities build skills. These skills enable them to overcome obstacles and challenges and increase their ability to help themselves.

Riley Foundation - http://www.agmconnect.org/riley5.html
Supports educational and social services programs for disadvantaged children and adolescents, and those that seek to improve the quality of education in the Boston Public Schools.

A. L. Mailman Family Foundation - http://www.mailman.org/
Special Interests: Supports programs that promote moral education and social responsibility; early care and education initiatives.

Annie E. Casey Foundation – http://www.aecf.org/
In general, the grant making of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is limited to initiatives that have significant potential to demonstrate innovative policy, service delivery, and community supports for children and families.

Carnegie Corporation of New York - http://www.carnegie.org/index.html
The corporation awards grants of approximately $75 million each year to nonprofit organizations and institutions for projects that are broadly educational in nature and that show promise of having national or international impact.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation - http://www.mott.org/
Supports initiatives that seek to end poverty through the improvement of community education.

Cisco Foundation - http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/750/philanthropy
Supports education and technology initiatives.

The Coca Cola Foundation - http://www.thecoca_colacompany.com/foundation/index/html
Supports educational initiatives, including higher education, classroom teaching and learning, and global education.

The Handspring Foundation - http://www.handspring.com/company/foundation
The Handspring Foundation makes cash grants available to non-profit organizations that focus on issues directly related to children and youth at-risk.  Preference is given to organization with a strong underserved outreach component.  Funding is also available for technical assistance/organizational effectiveness grants for organizations that focus on issues directly related to children and youth at-risk

IBM Corporation - http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant
The main focus of giving is on education. The corporation also provides smaller grants in the areas of adult education and workforce development, arts and culture, communities in need, and the environment.

JCPenney - http://www.jcpenney.net/company/commrel/guidelin.htm
Funding emphasis is given to: projects/organizations that serve a broad sector of the community; national projects that have a multiplier effect by benefiting local organizations across the country; organizations that provide direct services to their client populations; and projects/organizations with a proven record of success.

The Kmart Family Foundation - 3100 West Big Beaver Road Troy, MI 48084-3163
The Kmart Family Foundation is organized as a private nonprofit entity to educate, prevent, and fight against drug abuse by youth nationwide.  The funds raised by The Kmart Family Foundation will be donated to charities that focus on the fight against and prevention of drug abuse by children and/or on combating the effects that drug abuse by others can have on children and their families.

Raytheon Company - http://www.raytheon.com/community
Raytheon's commitment to the communities where they have a presence is strategically focused on math and science education, access and opportunity and environmental stewardship.

The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation – http://www.woodruff.org/
Principal giving interests are focused on the following program areas: elementary, secondary and higher education, health care and education, human services, particularly for children and youth, economic development and civic affairs, art and cultural activities, and conservation of natural resources and environmental education.

School Grants – http://www.schoolgrants.org/
The School Grants goal is to help the most kids possible by empowering those who teach them with the knowledge and resources necessary to write successful grant proposals.  The website offers tips for grant writing as well as information on available grants for schools.

Verizon Foundation – http://www.foundation.verizon.com/
Verizon Foundation supports programs that create innovative eSolutions, help bridge the digital divide, foster basic and computer literacy, help enrich our communities, and create a skilled workforce.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation - http//www.wkkf.org
Their mission statement is "To help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations."

WalMart Foundation - http://www.walmartfoundation.org/
Specifically, The WalMart Foundation focuses giving to: community education and scholarships, family health and welfare needs - particularly youth, economic and workforce development programs that benefit communities, environmental issues, volunteerism, and community-based 501(c)3 organizations.

Greater Lowell Community Foundation - http://www.glcfoundation.org/
Discretionary grants for strengthening management capacity are open to all nonprofit organizations whose work benefits people and natural resources in the city and towns that comprise greater Lowell through an annual competitive program.

Greater Worcester Community Foundation –http://www.greaterworcester.org/
The Greater Worcester Community Foundation promotes healthy and vibrant communities by increasing philanthropy and effectively investing resources.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation - http://www.harvardpilgrim.org/public/about/community.cfm
The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation promotes health and prevents disease through community service, medical education, and research.

Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities - http//www.mfh.org
The Foundation is particularly interested in funding projects that reach underserved communities, involve collaboration among community, cultural, or academic organizations, foster connections across disciplines, among different bodies of thought, or between past and present, and encourage people to develop meaningful connections with the places in which they live.

The Ford Foundation - http//www.fordfound.org
The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Their goals are to: strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement.

Hitachi Foundation - http//www.hitachi.org
The foundation promotes social responsibility through effective participation in a global society.  The foundation seeks to build the capacity of all Americans, particularly those underserved by traditional institutions.  The foundation helps people address the multicultural, community and global changes they face.

The MacArthur Foundation - http//www.macfound.org
The Foundation seeks the development of healthy individuals and effective communities; peace within and among nations; responsible choices about human reproduction; and a global ecosystem capable of supporting healthy human societies. The Foundation pursues this mission by supporting research, policy development, dissemination, education and training, and practice.

Metropolitan Life Foundation - http//www.metlife.com/Companyinfo/Community/Found
The primary objective of the Foundation is to assist tax-exempt organizations through a program of financial support, particularly in the communities in which MetLife has a major presence. Our goals are to strengthen communities, promote good health and improve education.

Public Welfare Foundation - http//www.publicwelfare.org                                                    The Public Welfare Foundation is a non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet basic human needs. Grants have been awarded in the areas of criminal justice, disadvantaged elderly and youth, environment, population, health, community and economic development, human rights and technology assistance.

The Robbins-de Beaumont Foundation - http//www.agmconnect.org/robbins.html
The foundation looks nonprofit organizations whose goals are helping people reach their full potential as contributing members of their families, neighborhoods, and society at large. Grants tend to be given to or for new and unique projects, which address identified needs of the community served and have relatively modest operating budgets.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - http//www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
Grant making is concentrated into 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.

The Rockefeller Foundation – http://www.rockfound.org/
The Rockefeller Foundation is a knowledge-based, global foundation with a commitment to enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the world.  In order to maximize its resources and leverage the Foundation's strengths, grant making is organized around four thematic lines of work: creativity and culture, food security, health equity and working communities.

Theodore Edison Parker Foundation - http//www.agmconnect.org/parker1.html
The Parker Foundation's primary goal is to make effective grants that benefit the city of Lowell and its residents. Grants are made for a variety of purposes including social services, cultural programs, community development activities, education, community health needs, and urban environmental projects.

The Dunn Foundation - http//www.dunnfoundation.org
In New England, the foundation supports programs that address the issue of urban sprawl, including community character and the visual quality of the community.

Fields Pond Foundation - http://www.fieldspond.org/
The primary mission of Fields Pond Foundation is to provide financial assistance to nature and land conservation organizations that are community-based and which serve to increase environmental awareness by involving local residents in conservation issues.

Henry P. Kendall Foundation - http//www.kendall.org
The Henry P. Kendall Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is dedicated to restoring and maintaining the ecological integrity of terrestrial, aquatic and marine systems in the northeast and northwest regions of North America.

Massachusetts Environmental Trust - http//www.agmconnect.org/maenvtr1.html
Trust funding programs are designed to encourage grassroots activity, to address specific environmental needs as determined by the Board of Trustees, and to stimulate cooperative activity among environmental entities.

Merck Family Fund - http//www.merckff.org
The goals of the Merck family fund are to restore and protect the natural environment and ensure a healthy planet for generations to come, as well as to strengthen the social fabric and the physical landscape of the urban community.

Ben & Jerry’s Foundation - http//www.benjerry.com/foundation/
The Ben & Jerry's Foundation offers competitive grants to not-for-profit, grassroots organizations throughout the United States which facilitate progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems.

Patagonia - http//www.patagonia.com
Supports action-oriented environmental programs that focus on root causes, and build public involvement and support.

Community Foundation of Western Mass. - http//www.communityfoundation.org
Supports nonprofit organizations that offer programs in the arts, education, human services, health care, housing, and the environment, and works to improve the quality of life in this region.

Crossroads Community Foundation - http//www.ccfdn.org
Crossroads' discretionary grants support nonprofit organizations, services and programs in a variety of fields, including: community, culture, education, environment, housing, health, and social services.

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation – http//www.packard.org
The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following broad program areas: conservation; population; science; children, families, and communities; arts; and organizational effectiveness and philanthropy.

Fleet Boston Financial Foundation - http//www.fleet.com/about_inthecommunity_fleetbostonfinancialfoundation.asp
Fleet Boston Financial Foundation focuses it’s giving on the following priority areas: economic opportunity, youth development, public education, and arts and culture.

Haymarket People’s Fund – http://www.haymarket.org/
Haymarket People's fund gives money to grassroots groups of local people who believe that change is possible.  They also work with community groups to enhance their media, organizing, and fundraising skills.

Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust - http://www.agmconnect.org/cox.html
The Trust funds projects in New England in the areas of health, education and the environment. The Trust also makes grants to support the development of philanthropy in New England. The Trustees are interested particularly in projects that primarily benefit underserved populations and disadvantaged communities in New England, as well as projects that focus on prevention rather than remediation. The Trust also is interested in fostering collaborations among nonprofit organizations in communities throughout New England and welcomes collaborative concept papers.

JTO ONLINE

Resist, Inc. - http//www.resistinc.org
Resist, Inc. funds activist organizing and education work within movements for social change.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation – http//www.mellon.org
The Foundation 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.

The Annenberg Foundation – http//www.whannenberg.org
The Annenberg Foundation provides support for projects within its grant-making interests of education, culture, the arts, and community and civic life.  It generally limits funding to programs likely to produce beneficent change on a large scale.

AOL Time Warner Foundation – http//www.aoltimewarnerfoundation.org/grants.html
The AOL Time Warner Foundation is dedicated to using the power of media, communications and information technology to serve the public interest and strengthen society.  The foundation prefers to enter into sustainable strategic partnerships with organizations that have a demonstrated commitment to pioneering innovative ways of meeting our four priorities: equipping kids for the 21st Century; extending internet benefits to all; engaging communities in the arts; and empowering citizens and civic participation.

AT&T Foundation - http//www.att.com/foundation
The AT&T Foundation awards grants in the areas of education, civic and community service, and the arts and culture.  The AT&T Foundation giving focuses on cities and regions with large concentrations of AT&T employees and business operations, with the majority of funds supporting U.S.-based institutions.

Keyspan Foundation - http//www.keyspanenergy.com/foundation/index.cfm
To provide a uniform and consistent charitable grant program that improves the quality of life in the communities they serve, the KeySpan Foundation complements KeySpan's Corporate Giving Program and focuses on the following areas: Arts & Culture, Community Development, Education, Environment, and Health & Human Services.

The Kresge Foundation – http//www.kresge.org
The foundation focuses on building construction or renovation projects for higher education, health, social services, science and the environment, arts and humanities, and public affairs.

The McKnight Foundation – http//www.mcknight.org
The foundation supports efforts to strengthen communities, families, and individuals, particularly those in need.  They also contribute to the arts, encourage preservation of our natural environment, and promote research in selected fields.

Smithers Foundation – http//www.smithersfoundation.org
Sponsors activities that are concentrated in the field of alcoholism, including treatment, research, and public education and creating awareness of the problem ion the work world.  The main thrust continues to be the prevention of alcoholism through education.

The Starr Foundation – http//www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/starr/
Makes grants in a number of areas, including education, medicine and healthcare, public policy, human needs, culture and the environment.

The Pew Charitable Trusts – http//www.pewtrusts.com
Supports independent projects that take an interdisciplinary approach to broad issues of significant interest or concern, such as culture, education, health and human services, the environment, and public policy.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation – http//www.hewlett.org
The Foundation concentrates its resources on activities in- conflict resolution, education, environment, family and community development, performing arts, population, and U.S.-Latin American relations.

Massachusetts Procurement of State Contracts - http//www.comm-pass.com

Massachusetts Department of Education - http://www.doe.mass.edu/

Department of Agriculture – http//www.usda.gov

Department of Commerce – http//www.doc.gov

Department of Education – http//www.ed.gov

Department of Health and Human Services – http//www.hhs.gov

Department of Housing and Urban Development  - http//www.hud.gov

Department of Justice – http//www.usdoj.gov

Department of Labor – http//www.dol.gov

Department of Transportation – http//www.dot.gov

Federal Register – http//www.access.gpo.gov

General Information and Directory – http//www.info.gov/directory

National Endowment for the Arts – http//www.arts.endow.gov

National Endowment for the Humanities – http//www.neh.fed.us

National Institute for Literacy – http//www.nifl.gov

Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations - http//www.cityofboston.gov/intergovernmental/weekly.asp
The weekly Funding Update is a listing of funding opportunities, recent grant awards, announcements, and news from local, state, federal and private sources.

Chronicle of Philanthropy - http//www.philanthropy.com
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world.  It is a news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fundraisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.

The Foundation Center - http//www.fdncenter.org
The Foundation Center's mission is to support and improve institutional philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grant seekers succeed.   To achieve this mission, they: Collect, organize, and communicate information on U.S. philanthropy, conduct and facilitate research on trends in the field, provide education and training on the grant seeking process, and ensure public access to information and services through our World Wide Web site, print and electronic publications, five library/learning centers, and a national network of cooperating collections.

Funds Net - http//www.fundsnetservices.com
Funds Net is a privately owned Web site created in 1996 for the purpose of providing Nonprofit Organizations, Colleges and Universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet.

The Grantsmanship Center – http//www.tgci.com
The Grantsmanship Center (TGCI) conducts some 200 workshops annually in grantsmanship and proposal writing.  TGCI is also active in publishing through The Grantsmanship Center Magazine, which is mailed to the staff of 200,000 nonprofit and government agencies in the U.S.

Nonprofit Gateway - http//www.nonprofit.gov
This website is designed as a central starting point to help nonprofit organizations access online Federal information and services. Linked to all Cabinet Departments and many agencies, it contains information about grants, regulations, taxes, and other services as well as information on a wide range of other topics and programs.

LAST UPDATED 5 December 2003