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• Nelson Mandela Children's Fund - South Africa
  The NMCF was formally constituted by notarial Deed of Trust on 17 February 1995, and its principal mission is to help improve the quality of life of young people in South Africa who suffer under some form of seriously deprived socio-economic circumstance. A.L. Mailman Family Foundation
  Emphasis: Children and families, special emphasis early childhood, family support, moral responsibility and social responsibility. Grant range: 30k-35k.

• Maine Arts Commission
  Serves Maine's diverse arts organizations and communities with limited amounts of funding to assist them with assessing, planning, and implementing strategic cultural development projects. Statewide Leadership Initiatives, Technical Assistance, Community Arts Development, and Arts in Education are covered.

• Magic Johnson Foundation
  Areas of Interest: To fund HIV and AIDS organizations specializing in education, prevention and care geared toward young people.
• Marin Community Foundation
  Select the program if interest to your organization.

  Marion Foundation  
  Supports groups addressing social, economic, and environmental issues. Also explores new frontiers in health and healing, and offers publications covering these issues.
   

• The John & Mary R. Markle Foundation
  Excellent web page. Emphasis: Media and political participation, interactive communication technologies, communications policy.
   
• Marks & Spencer - Community Affairs - United Kingdom
  Health & Care, Education, Environment & Community, Arts & Heritage.
   
• Dennis Martinez Foundation 
  The Dennis Martinez Foundation is a nonprofit organization fighting to develop a healthy and productive life for underprivileged children. International Foundation
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• Katharine Matthies Foundation - Connecticut
  Since the Foundation’s first distributions were made in 1989, over $6 million has been awarded to benefit local non-profit organizations. Grants are made for education, social service, sports, recreation, health care, culture, prevention of cruelty to children and animals, and other programs that benefit local residents and improve the quality of life in Seymour, Oxford, Beacon Falls, Ansonia and Derby.

• Mayerthorpe Area Community Foundation - Canada 
  The Mayerthorpe Area Community Foundation (MACF) invites applications for projects from non-profit community groups working within the fields of social service, community development, education, recreation, health, the arts, and the environment. We provide grants to encourage community pride, support initiatives and develop special opportunities.

• The McCarthy Family Foundation  
  The foundation is currently considering grants in five major areas: AIDS research, education and support, Secondary school science education, Assistance to homeless people, Child Abuse, Environmental protection.  Proposals will only be accepted from Los Angeles and San Diego counties of California.

• Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation
  In 1990 the Trust changed its legal status to that of a Foundation and in 1991 announced its new guidelines for grant making, narrowing its program areas to four; Communities, Journalism, Education, and Citizenship.

• James S. McDonnell Foundation
  Emphasis: Biomedical and behavioral sciences, research and innovations in education, global  understanding.

• McConnell Foundation 
  Awards grants in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties to qualified nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and public schools.

• The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
  Area of funding interest include Children, Tropical Disease Research, New York Neighborhoods, Youth Development, Justice.

• William G. McGowan Fund
  Areas of funding interest include Health, Children/Youth, Education.

• The McGraw-Hill Companies
  Areas of Interest: Nonprofit arts and cultural institutions  The McGraw-Hill Companies supports innovative programs and initiatives that  increase the abilities of people around the world to learn, to grow intellectually, to master new skills, and to maximize their individual talents for school, work and community.

• McGregor Fund
  The principal interest of the Fund is the Detroit metropolitan area, although requests will be considered from organizations located elsewhere for programs or projects which significantly benefit the Detroit metropolitan area.

• The McKnight Foundation
  We contribute to the arts, encourage preservation of our natural environment, and promote research in selected fields.

• Mebane Charitable Foundation - accepts proposals and provides grants for individuals and institutions at all levels of learning for innovated methods of instruction and scholarships. 

• MediaOne Corporate Philanthropy - Their parent company merged with AT&T
  MediaOne Group has merged with AT&T Broadband. The AT&T Foundation is now their philanthropy program.

• The Meadows Foundation - Texas
  The Meadows Foundation is a private philanthropic institution established in 1948 by Algur H. and Virginia Meadows to benefit the people of Texas.

• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  Emphasis: Arts and culture, conservation and the environment, population, fellowships.

• Richard King Mellon Foundation
  The Foundation makes grants for such purposes as, in the judgment of the Trustees, will be "in the public interest." Priorities include regional economic development, the quality of life in southwestern Pennsylvania, and national land and wildlife conservation.

• Merk Family Fund
  The goals of the Merck Family Fund are to maintain, restore, and enhance the natural environment and support programs that will sustain a healthy planet for future generations.

• Merrill Lynch & Company
  Since today's children are tomorrow's leaders, our philanthropic strategy focuses on education as the key to success in life. Today, our emphasis is evolving to fit changing social needs. Since evidence shows that early intervention works, we are increasing support for primary and secondary education that helps youth with limited resources graduate from high school and succeed in college.

• Mervyn's Stores Community Commitment - California,  Parent Company: Target
  Collaborative Arts, Education Grant, Family Involvement in Education Grant, Family Arts Grant, Law Enforcement Grant, Social Action Grant. Other companies under the Target umbrella: Marshall's Fields.

• MetLife Community Involvement
  The Metropolitan Life Foundation was established in 1976 by MetLife for the purpose of supporting various educational, health and welfare, and civic and cultural organizations.

• Brittany Miller Foundation
  The Brittany Miller Foundation is a charitable organization formed in the fall of 1995 to fill a great need in our community: providing financial assistance to families from the Hudson Valley who have children undergoing long-term medical treatment at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.

• Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
  The Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation is a private, charitable foundation that makes grants to nonprofit organizations concerned with the environment, human rights, peace and security, and New York City civic and cultural issues.

• The Micron Corporation 
  Micron's Community and Academic Relations Program makes donations of cash and volunteers to support civic and charitable institutions in communities where Micron has a manufacturing facility. If your program is located in a community where Micron has a manufacturing facility—currently Boise, Idaho, and Lehi, Utah—but is not eligible for a grant from the Micron Foundation, you may use the same grant application process to apply through our Community and Academic Relations Program. If your program is located in a community where Micron has a non-manufacturing facility, please contact Micron Community and Academic Relations at (208) 363-3675 to inquire about local programs.

• Microsoft Corporation
  Through our national programs, we seek to bring the benefits of information technology to people and communities who do not have access to this technology. We also support the communities in which our employees live and work, with particular emphasis on the Puget Sound region

• Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
  Providing leadership and support for the arts in DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV and the US Virgin Islands.

• Milken Family Foundation
  Emphasis: Education, medical and research, community and welfare programs.

• Milagro Foundation 
  Partners with the non-profit community to serve the needs of children and youth in the areas of arts, education, and health.

• The Millipore Foundation
  The Foundation's mission is to support Millipore's interest in scientific and technological advancement; to support specific public policy issues that affect Millipore's stockholders, employees and customers; to help improve the quality of life in Millipore's communities; and to assist and encourage Millipore's employees in volunteer efforts.

• Minneapolis Foundation
  Encouraging & facilitating charitable giving in the Twin Cities, the nonprofit Minneapolis Foundation is a leading philanthropic community organization. Experienced donation, tax deduction, trust and estate guidance is available for financial planning and accounting professionals with clients willing to support the Minneapolis / St. Paul metropolitan area. Supports effective nonprofit organizations in the arts, education, health care and human services.

• Mintz Levin - Pro Bono Work
  We take pride in the amount of Pro Bono work performed by our attorneys and our long history of community service.

• Miss Arizona Scholarship Foundation
  Providing scholarship and community service opportunities for young women.

• Monitor Sugar Company: Community Involvement

• Monsanto Fund  
  Through the Monsanto Fund, financial support is granted to many community groups that actively work with women and minorities, in addition to groups that are dedicated to increasing appreciation for cultural diversity.

• The Moody Foundation - Galveston, Texas
  The Moody Foundation continues to make 20-30 grant awards each year to other organizations. Grants are restricted to 501(c)3 organizations based in Texas. Additionally, recent successful grant applicants are generally: based in Galveston, Austin, or Dallas; requesting partial funding for ongoing or expansion projects; and primarily involved in social services, education, or the arts.

• The Morino Foundation
  Our primary areas of focus are youth advocacy and services, entrepreneurship, social networking and community services.

• J. P. Morgan Charitable Trust
  J.P. Morgan makes charitable contributions to a wide range of organizations in the arts, education, the environment, health and human services, international affairs, and urban affairs.

• Morgan Stanley
  Increasingly, we are looking for ways to establish productive partnerships with local and national organizations testing new ideas in education, the arts, health care and social services. We see these organizations as a vital channel through which Morgan Stanley can offer resources to those communities where our employees live and work. The Foundation distributes most of its grants within and around New York City. Small grants budgets are in place in other cities in the U.S. in which Morgan Stanley has a corporate presence. In 1992, Morgan Stanley established the Morgan Stanley International Foundation in London.

• Morton International Community Support - Now part of Rohm & Haas Company
  Morton contributes to the community through financial and educational support as well as the energy and talents of our employee volunteers.

• Montana Community Foundation
  Seeking to protect and enhance the unique resources of Montana - its people and their needs, its diversity of culture, its richness of artistic creation and appreciation, and the beauty and quality of its land, air and water - so that these resources may be enjoyed now and in the future.

• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
  The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation's grantmaking is organized in four programs: Civil Society, Environment, Flint, Poverty.

• Moyer Foundation 
  Supports family and child-centered charities in the Pacific Northwest.

• Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
  The mission of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation is to contribute to the greater good of society by assisting young Americans with disabilities, through education and other means, to lead fuller and more productive lives.

• Ms. Foundation for Women
  The Ms. Foundation for Women, a national, multi-issue, public women's fund founded in 1972, supports the efforts of women and girls to govern their own lives and influence the world around them. The Foundation funds and assists women's self-help organizing efforts, and pursues changes in public consciousness, law, philanthropy and social policy. The Ms. Foundation directs resources to break down barriers based on race, class, age, disability, sexual orientation, and culture.

• Munsch Hardt Community Involvement
  Munsch Hardt plays an active roll in the Dallas and Austin communities. Both as a firm and on an individual basis, we strive to give back to the communities in which we live.

• M.J. Murdoch Charitable Trust
  The Trust makes grants primarily in five states of the Pacific Northwest: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Any applicant outside of this geographical area should not consider the Trust as a potential source of funds. Areas of Interest: Education, Scientific Research, Arts and Culture, Health and Human Services.

• Laura Jane Musser Fund 
  Foundation with interest in children, music, fine arts, intercultural harmony, and other issues.

• Museum Loan Network - Grants Description
  The Museum Loan Network awards two types of grants to eligible non-profit institutions in the United States: planning grants and implementation grants. Participating institutions must be art museums or have a significant art collection and must be interested in borrowing or lending works on a long-term basis. The program does not support the loan of works for temporary or traveling exhibitions.

• Music Performance Trust Funds
  MPTF supports programs which are often the only source of live music in the communities in which they take place. MPTF is the largest single sponsor of live music in the world.

• Muskegon County Community Foundation - Michigan
  Emphasis: Muskegon County.

• The Muttart Foundation - Canada
  The Foundation considers applications from registered charitable organizations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, the western Northwest Territories and Yukon. The Foundation invites applications for support of projects or organizations that relate to the three priority areas it has identified: Children and Youth, Aboriginal Education, A More Effective Charitable Sector.

• The Sidney Myer Fund and The Myer Foundation
  The Sidney Myer Fund, whose Trustees include his children, maintains his breadth of interest through support for the community.

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