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Pacific Northwest. Major emphases are education and scientific research. Includes grant guidelines,
list of recent recipients, and financial information for the trust.
http://www.murdock-trust.org/
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Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
Founded with the proceeds from the sale of Chicago's Ridgeway Hospital, a nonprofit psychiatric
facility focusing on low-income adolescents. One of its primary funding areas is the support of
nonprofit agencies which provide medical, psychiatric and psychological care to economically
disadvantaged children and youth, thereby continuing the original mission of the hospital.
http://www.blowitzridgeway.org/
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McKnight Foundation
Minnesota foundation working to strengthen communities, families and individuals. Provides news
items, application details, entities funded, and current issues.
http://www.mcknight.org/
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Equality Network Foundation
Mission is to facilitate networks of people and organizations that work towards economic,
environmental, educational, cultural, and social equality and justice.
http://www.equality.net/Foundation/default.htm
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Nancy Graves Foundation
Established in 1996 through a provision of the artist's Last Will and Testament to give grants to
individual artists.
http://www.nancygravesfoundation.org/
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Resist, Inc.
For more than 30 years, Resist has funded progressive organizations in the United States that are
actively part of a movement for social change.
http://resistinc.org/
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The William Bingham Foundation
The foundation furthers the charitable purposes of its founder, Elizabeth Bingham Blossom, in the
fields of education, health and human services, science, and the arts; seeks to strengthen civil
society and its institutions; works for a world that is environmentally self-sustaining; educates
family members and others in the values and practices of philanthropy, community service, and
stewardship; and seeks to build a sense of community among ourselves and with the world we share.
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/bingham/
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Otto Bremer Foundation
The mission of the foundation is to be an accessible and responsible financial resource to aid in
the development and cohesion of communities within the states of Minnesota, North Dakota,
Wisconsin, and Montana, with preference given to those communities served by the affiliates of
Bremer Financial Corporation.
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/bremer/
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The Muttart Foundation
http://www.muttart.org
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Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation
Supports various needy charitable, educational, health services and cultural organizations, mainly
in Florida.
http://www.edythbush.org/
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American Council of Learned Societies
Private non-profit federation of sixty-one national scholarly organizations. The mission of the
ACLS, as set forth in its constitution, is to "advance humanistic studies in all fields of
learning in the Humanities and the related social sciences and to maintain and strengthen relations
among the national societies devoted to such studies."
http://www.acls.org/
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The Bonner Foundation
The Foundation allocates its resources to two primary projects: the Bonner Scholars Program, a
community service scholarship program supporting 1500 students at 24 colleges and universities; and
the Crisis Ministry Program, which supports faith-based anti-hunger initiatives.
http://www.bonner.org/
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The Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation, Inc.
Private family foundation which supports corporations, trusts, community chests (united ways),
funds or foundations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific,
literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children; such persons as
the directors deem proper, to be used for the benefit of poor, needy, and deserving persons to
enable such persons to become self-supporting or to become more useful citizens; and such persons
as the directors deem proper, to be used for the advancement or promotion of science, learning,
medicine, surgery, literature, music, art or human welfare.
http://www.beveridge.org/
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Pet Care Trust
Pet industry body: to help promote public understanding regarding the value of and right to enjoy
companion animals, and to enhance knowledge about companion animals through research and education.
http://petsforum.com/petcaretrust/
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The Bodman Foundation
Concentrates its grant program in New York City with occasional grants directed to northern New
Jersey in memory of the Bodmans.
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/achelis-bodman/
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Tiger Woods Foundation
The foundation supports programs that encourage youth to dream big dreams, engage the community in
helping youngsters pursue their goals, and ensure young people's access to developmental
opportunities in society.
http://www.tigerwoods.com/
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National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation information, features, events and activism for America's historic places.
http://www.nationaltrust.org
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Philanthrofund Foundation
Dedicated to funding community organizations that serve the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
allied communities of the upper midwest.
http://philanthrofund.org/
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Pacific Northwest Foundation
Focuses on unique medical/dental health issues. Includes how to give, and self evaluations of
nonprofit boards of directors.
http://www.pnf.org
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The Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation
Educating the national community to the dangers of family violence, and funding support groups.
http://www.nbcf.org/
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National Heritage Foundation
Located near Washington, D.C. Purpose is to restore, maintain, and extend our heritage of people
making peoples' lives more meaningful. "We have the resources and industry experience to give
you a sustainable advantage in setting up your foundation."
http://www.nhf.org/
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John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
The foundation's general purpose is to provide support for projects that reflect or are intended to
strengthen the economic, political and cultural institutions upon which the American heritage of
constitutional government and private enterprise is based. The foundation also seeks to promote a
general understanding of these institutions by encouraging the thoughtful study of the connections
between economic and political freedoms, and the cultural heritage that sustains them.
http://www.jmof.org/
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
Committed to the same fundamental values that guided the founders' lives: encouraging individual
growth and potential; improving the quality of people's lives; maintaining and nurturing our
democratic traditions; ensuring an educated and engaged citizenry; protecting religious freedom;
and assisting and supporting those in need.
http://www.pewtrusts.com/
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Charles Dickens Heritage Foundation
Established by Jeanne-Marie Dickens and Christopher Charles Dickens, great-great grandson of
Charles Dickens, in support of sick, homeless or disadvantaged children and adults.
http://www.dickensfoundation.org/
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The W. M. Keck Foundation
The foundation's grantmaking is focused primarily on the areas of medical research, science, and
engineering. The foundation also maintains a program for liberal arts colleges and a Southern
California Grant Program that provides support in the areas of civic and community services, health
care and hospitals, precollegiate education, and the arts.
http://www.wmkeck.org/
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American Bar Foundation
Nonprofit, independent national research institute committed to basic empirical research on law and
legal institutions.
http://www.abf-sociolegal.org/
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The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Concentrates on assisting people in the southern United States to build communities - just and
caring communities - that nurture people, spur enterprise, bridge differences, foster fairness and
promote civility.
http://www.mrbf.org/
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Devoted to helping disadvantaged children, their families, and their neighborhoods.
http://www.aecf.org/
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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The foundation's programs and interests fall into the following areas: science and technology,
standard of living and economic performance, education and careers in science and technology, and
selected national issues and civic programs.
http://www.sloan.org/
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