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Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation places a major focus on helping to improve
people’s lives through health and learning. We will continue to look for strategic
opportunities to extend the benefits of modern science and technology to people around the
world, especially where poverty serves as an obstacle to participating in these
benefits.
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Gates
Family Foundation - Colorado
The purpose of the Gates Family Foundation is to aid, assist, encourage, initiate, or
carry on activities that will promote the health, well-being, security, and broad
education of all people. Because of a deep concern for and confidence in the future of
Colorado, the Foundation will invest primarily in institutions, projects, and programs
that will enhance the quality of life of those who live and work in the state.
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Genentech Corporate
Responsibility
Genentech has established and funds two non-profit foundations, one for promoting research
in the area of growth and development and one to support science education.
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General
Motors Corporation Foundation
Each year we contribute millions of dollars ($67 million in 1996 and over $700 million
over the last decade) to a variety of charitable organizations throughout the world. In
the twenty years since its inception, the GM Foundation has become a standard in community
initiatives -- donating significantly ($27 million in 1996 alone) to a variety of
activities and organizations in the following focus areas: education, health and human
services, arts and culture, civic and community, public policy, environmental and energy,
and other categories. Community Involvement section.
The GenCorp Foundation
The Foundation's highest giving priority is education to ensure that our future leaders
and workers gain the desire, knowledge, and work-readiness skills required for
corporations like ours to succeed and maintain a competitive edge. GenCorp Foundation
grants also seek to improve those social organizations, arts groups, and cultural
institutions with the willingness and commitment to bring about and manage meaningful,
positive change.
General Electric Fund - International
We seek to educate - grade school through graduate school and beyond. Education develops
resourceful leaders who grow the economy. It produces informed voters and consumers. It
fosters understanding and respect for one another. The GE Fund is a catalyst, supporting
programs that provide for the education and well-being of men, women, and children around
the world.The
Jenesis Group. This Foundation awards grants on a national level
to non-profit organizations with annual budgets below $500,000.
Support is primarily offered to results-oriented organizations which
help children and youth by: building self-esteem and fostering
self-reliance; emphasizing literacy and academic excellence; offering
leadership training and development; utilizing mentoring strategies;
teaching career readiness and/or "life" skills; preventing
juvenile delinquency; and/or developing entrepreneurial skills.
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Georgia-Pacific
Foundation
Georgia-Pacific will regularly participate in dialogue with our community members. The
company is committed to being an active contributing member of the communities in which it
operates so that community preferences and concerns can be reflected in its overall
environmental plan.
The Gerber Foundation
Provides funding for national programs which address issues facing infants and young
children.
Wallace Alexander Gerbode
Foundation
The primary focus is on the San Francisco Bay Area (counties of Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo) and Hawaii.
J. Paul Getty Trust
Select the program of interest to your organization. International funding.
The Gill Foundation
Gill Foundation Grantmaking funds organizations nationwide serving gay men, lesbians,
bisexuals, transgender individuals, and people living with HIV/AIDS. Also funds National
HIV/AIDS organizations and programs focusing on education, prevention, public policy and
technical assistance for community-based HIV/AIDS organizations. For more details on their
funding information visit this page.
Howard Gilman Foundation
The mission of The Howard Gilman Foundation is to preserve the legacy of
Howard Gilman by supporting philanthropic programs in his primary areas of
interest: performing arts, wildlife conservation and cardiovascular
diseases. The Foundation accomplishes its mission through three major
activities: 1) managing White Oak Plantation as a refuge for wildlife
conservation and a center for residencies and conferences; 2) awarding
grants to support creative talent and leadership in the performing arts in
New York City; and 3) sustaining research at the Howard Gilman Institute
for Valvular Heart Diseases at Weill Medical College of Cornell
University.
Gillete Corporation
For a global leader like Gillette, fulfilling this traditional value of good citizenship
has meant reaching beyond the workplace, through corporate contributions and employee
involvement, to improve our communities.
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
The Mission of the Foundation is to support and enrich the cultural, social, and economic
life of Greater Kalamazoo. The priorities of the Foundation are: (1) The Arts, Culture and
Humanities; (2) Human Services; (3) Education and Youth Activities; (4) Community
Development; and (5) Health and Wellbeing.
Glaxo Wellcome
Inc. - United Kingdom
Glaxo Wellcome has a strong commitment to the community and is totally dedicated to the
values of being a good corporate citizen.
Glendale
Community Foundation - California
Area of funding interest: Capital equipment Programs, including related overhead, supplies
and administrative expenses, which are responsive to changing community needs Our funding
interests include arts and culture, children and youth, disaster relief, the
disabled/handicapped, education and literacy, health (physical and mental), human services
and senior services
Global Fund for Women -
International
The GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN is an international organization which focuses on female human
rights. It supports issues as diverse as literacy, domestic violence, economic autonomy,
and the international trafficking of women, among others. It supports women's groups based
outside of the U.S.
The Goizueta Foundation - National
The Foundation supports organizations that provide youth with educational programs,
meaningful life experiences, productive employment opportunities, and positive character
development. Consideration may also be given to cultural and religious institutions that
operate within the areas of education, community, and youth services
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund - San
Francisco Bay Area
The Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund is interested in supporting programs that will have a
significant positive impact in an array of fields including: environment, population,
Jewish affairs, children and youth, and the elderly.
The Golden Civic Foundation
Areas of Interest: Charitable Purposes: The Foundation is generally supportive of
community and human service agencies which assist the disadvantaged in their efforts to be
self-sufficient and productive. Civic Purposes: Programs supported by the
Foundation are typically those which enhance Gulden's culture and heritage and are likely
to be of economic benefit to and broadly used by the Golden Community.
Morris Goldseker Foundation of
Maryland
Grant programs in the fields of community affairs, education, health, human services,
neighborhood development, and special emphasis on disadvantaged persons.
Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships
The Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships is dedicated to seeking out
innovative research and exceptional treatment options to fight cancer and
other catastrophic diseases.
Steven I. Goldspiel Memorial Research
Fund
The purpose of the Fund is to support projects which promote research on and advancement
of library sciences, in particular focusing on projects which address the goals identified
in SLA's Research Agenda.
The
Grable Foundation - Pittsburgh
We are especially focused on public education because we believe it is the single most
important opportunity for individual and societal achievement. Our belief is summed up
concisely by Mark Twain when he said, "Out of public schools grows the greatness of a
nation." Other funding interests are families, community, and special areas.
Grand Prix Foundation Long Beach
Raises money for donations and grants through a series of charitable events held in
conjunction with the annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The Grantee Exchange Fund
The Grantee Exchange Fund was established to encourage social change organizations to seek
technical assistance from one another, and to help build regional and national networks
among activists and their organizations. The Fund typically makes grants in the range of
$300 - $800 to cover training, travel or conference expenses.
The Grass Foundation
The Grass Foundation has supported independent research by young investigators in the
field of neuroscience. The Foundation provides fellowships for scientists at the beginning
of their careers, such as the Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience at the Marine Biological
Laboratory and the Robert S. Morison Fellowship. The Foundation has supported additional
programs including courses and lectureships and has made grants available to qualified
institutions.
The Great Lakes Protection Fund
The Fund seeks projects which lead to tangible improvements in the health of the Great
Lakes ecosystem, promote the interdependence of healthy ecological and economic systems,
and are innovative, creative, and venturesome.
The Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation
The Foundation considers requests for funding in seven broad areas: Arts & Culture,
Health, Community, Affairs & Development, Historic Preservation, Education, Human
Services, Environment
Greater
Kansas City Community Foundation - Missouri
Emphasis: Greater KC area. Emphasis: Children, youth, community policing, neighborhoods,
arts.
Greater Rochester Area Community Foundation
- Michigan
The Greater Rochester Area Foundation makes grants to individuals for educational
scholarships, and to nonprofit organizations located in or serving the citizens of
Rochester, Rochester Hills, and Oakland Township, Michigan. The Foundation manages and
awards grants from more than 50 individual funds in the general areas of arts and culture,
civic beautification, community development, education and scholarships, health and human
concerns, recreation, science, and youth.
Princess
Grace Foundation USA
Areas of Interest: Dance, Theater, Films.
William T. Grant Foundation
- Research
Support from the Foundation is available in several forms, all of which are
investigator-initiated: Research on the Development of Children, Adolescents, and Youth,
Research to Evaluate Broadly-Based Social Interventions, Faculty Scholars Program, Small
Grants Program.
Grant a Wish Foundation
Helps make tough times easier for critically ill children.
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