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• The Canadian Women's Foundation  
As Canada's first and only national public foundation for women and girls, CWF has earned a reputation as an organization that is accessible to grass-roots women's groups. Canadian Women's Foundation awards both one-year and multi-year grants. The maximum one-year grant size is between $20,000 and $25,000, depending on from which Fund the grant is made. Larger, multi-year grants are made to some economic development and teen violence prevention programs.

• Commonwealth Fund 
The mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including people with low-incomes, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, people with disablities, and the elderly. Letters of inquiry are accepted on a rolling basis; there are no deadlines. Typically, projects recommended for board approval are in development for at least four to six months before a board meeting. The Fund's board meetings are held in July, November, and April of each year. Small grants are approved monthly.

• The Education Trust 
The Education Trust was established in 1990 by the American Association for Higher Education as a special project to encourage colleges and universities to support K-12 reform efforts. Since then, the Ed Trust has grown into an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to make schools and colleges work for all of the young people they serve. We believe that it is impossible to achieve significant change in K-12 without simultaneously changing the way that postsecondary education does business. We also believe that postsecondary education needs improving as much as K-12.

• Exxon Mobil Foundation 
The one of the latest programs to gain the support of the ExxonMobil Foundation and its Educating Women and Girls Initiative (EWGI)1. EWGI provides funding and applies the company’s core business and management expertise to help women and girls realize their full potential. Projects funded by EWGI reduce barriers preventing girls from attending school, and give women training to start or improve businesses and non-governmental organizations.
 

• FairTest 
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.

• Federated Department Stores Foundation (Now Macy's) 
The Macy's Foundation focuses its giving primarily in the areas of education, arts/culture, women's issues, HIV/AIDS, and programs to assist youth and minorities. Applicants seeking funding for programs or projects that directly benefit one or more of these areas of strategic focus should indicate their focus clearly on their applications.

• Fund for Nonviolence 
Focusing on women and girls, this foundation addresses issues of poverty, violence and children's needs.

• General Electric Foundation
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.

• Global Fund for Women  
The Global Fund for Women, an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice, advocates for and defends women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the world.

• Girls Global Education Fund 
Provides scholarships for girls in developing countries to attend primary, junior high and high school.

• Iowa Women's Foundation 
It is the mission of the Iowa Women's Foundation (IWF) to bring about a just society by supporting the empowerment of all women and girls throughout the state of Iowa

• The Kentucky Foundation for Women
The goal of the Kentucky Foundation for Women is to change the lives of women by supporting feminist expression in the arts in Kentucky; by publishing The American Voice, a literary journal; and by operating Hopscotch House, a rural retreat for women near Louisville.

• The Limited. Inc.  
Our primary areas of focus include organizations whose major purpose is serving women, children or education. Embedded in this focus is a commitment to inclusion. The foundation will provide monetary and in-kind support to 501(c)(3) public charities that fit within our philanthropic focus, meet our guidelines and serve our home office communities of Columbus and Kettering, Ohio, New York City, New York and Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

• Mott Foundation
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a private foundation based in Flint, Michigan. Grants from the Foundation are made in four different programs: Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area and Pathways Out of Poverty. Each of our four programs has funding priorities that are detailed on this site. In addition, the Foundation has established application procedures for organizations that wish to submit a letter of inquiry or grant proposal.

 • Ms. Foundation for Women 
The Ms. Foundation for Women funds in the areas of economic security; health and safety; and girls, young women and leadership. We also support organizing and public policy advocacy work that cuts across these issue areas. The Ms. Foundation does not accept or reply to unsolicited requests that are not sent in response to an RFP.

Boston Women's Fund   
The Boston Women’s Fund is a community-based foundation operating in the Greater Boston area. Our vision for society includes the full participation of women excluded because of their race, class, age, ability or sexual orientation. We raise money from hundreds of donors in order to provide grants, support, and assistance to innovative women’s and girls’ projects working for racial, social and economic justice. The organizations we support work on critical issues such as welfare reform, health care, violence prevention, reproductive freedom, homelessness, workplace equity, and economic development. The Boston Women’s Fund currently uses a Letter of Intent format. After reviewing each letter of intent, a number of organizations might be asked to submit a full proposal.

• The Breast Cancer Fund
Strategic placement of seed funding is made to projects that attempt to fill the wide gaps of knowledge concerning the disease, especially to innovative programs that are not being supported by more traditional sources of funding.

• Noel Foundation 
Encourages and supports the advancement of women around the world by funding entrepreneurial and educational programs. The Noel Foundation does not accept unsolicited inquiries for grant support.

• Nokomis Foundation   
Nokomis Foundation invests in thought and action to advocate for women and girls. We value creativity and experimentation while supporting proven solutions that challenge even the most traditional barriers silencing women and girls.

• NOW Foundation, Inc.
The National Organization for Women Foundation ("NOW Foundation") is a 501(c) (3) organization devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation.

• The Open Meadows Foundation  
Funds projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls; projects that have limited access to financial resources and which reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of our society and promote the empowerment of women and girls; and projects for social change that have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. Deadline: February 15 and August 15, annually.

• Philanthrofund 
Dedicated to Funding Community Organizations that Serve the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Allied Communities of the Upper Midwest. Grant applications are due (postmarked or delivered) by September 15. Scholarship amounts generally range from $2,000 to $5,000 and past winners are today pursuing careers in medicine, teaching/education, law and politics to name but a few. Scholarship applications are due at PFund each year by February 1. This is a postmark deadline.

• The New Mexico Women’s Foundation
We support and fund innovative (and empowering) programs which enable women and girls to realize their dreams.

• Ellis L. Phillips Foundation 
THE ELLIS L. PHILLIPS FOUNDATION is primarily interested in strategically significant modest project grants to institutions in New England, in the following fields: Informal and Women's Education; advanced training and institutional development in Music and the Visual Arts; Rural Human Services; Rural Historic Preservation; Biodiversity Conservation. Because the foundation’s resources are limited and our giving is personal, we do NOT accept unsolicited proposals.
 

• Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Remainder Trust 
Geographic areas; Metropolitan Phoenix, Indiana, Arizona. Areas of funding interest include women, children, families, education and health care. Deadline for proposals is May 5, 2008.

• Rockefeller Family Fund 
At present, the Family Fund has four program areas: Citizen Participation and Government Accountability, Economic Justice for Women, Environment, and Institutional Responsiveness. Within these program areas, RFF supports advocacy programs of national significance that are likely to yield tangible public policy results. Applicants should submit a letter of inquiry of no more than two pages summarizing 1) the goals of the project; 2) the strategy or plan for achieving the goals; and 3) the amount of funding requested. If you are invited to submit a full proposal, you will be provided with guidelines for material to include. The RFF responds to all inquiries. Applicants should allow approximately four weeks for staff to review and answer a letter of inquiry.

• Libby Ross Foundation 
Sponsors organizations involved in the treatment, research, and prevention of breast cancer and fosters awareness through fundraising events.

• RainbowSauce
RainbowSauce is a website that has gathered various gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender media types and listed them all in one place. Instead of surfing the net for hours on end looking for the LGBT books, films or music you want, we've collected literally thousands of queer media titles and categorized them all for easy browsing. 
 

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• Sara Lee Foundation  
To ensure the most effective use of its grant funds, the Sara Lee Foundation operates within guidelines that direct its support to nonprofit organizations working in the following areas: food-related programs such as food insecurity, nutrition and healthy lifestyles, women’s self-sufficiency and arts and cultural programs.

• TAP: The Ada Project
The Ada Project (TAP) is a clearinghouse for information and resources related to women in computing. TAP serves primarily as a collection of links to other online resources, rather than as an archive. TAP includes information on conferences, projects, discussion groups and organizations, fellowships and grants, notable women in Computer Science, and other electronically accessible sites. The goal of TAP is to provide a central location through which these resources can be "tapped".

• Textron Charitable Contributions Program
Textron's charitable giving program focuses on supporting programs and providing educational opportunities for women and minorities to enable them to achieve success in the workplace.

• The Tides Foundation 
Tides awards grants in these issue areas (listed alphabetically): Arts and Culture, Civic Participation, Economic Development, Economic Justice, Environment, Environmental Justice, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Issues, HIV/AIDS, Native American Communities, Women's Empowerment/Reproductive Health, Youth Programs.

• The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham 
A component fund of The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, dedicated to improving the status and quality of life for women and girls in the Greater Birmingham area through purposeful philanthropy and the establishment of a permanent endowment.

• Verizon Foundation 
Organizations seeking grants must actively support programs that address the Verizon Foundation's focus areas of education, literacy, domestic violence prevention or technology for healthcare and healthcare accessibility. The Verizon Foundation reviews unsolicited proposals on a continuous calendar year basis from January 1st through November 2nd.

• Whirlpool Foundation:  
Women and Work, Family and Society - To learn more about the complexities of family life and guide future grant making in this area, Whirlpool Foundation embarked on a global research initiative to explore women’s views and attitudes on work, family and society.

• Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation 
The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation is a charitable private foundation that provides scholarship grants to schools and colleges for deserving female students and operating grants to a small number of institutions serving the needs of elderly women. The Foundation makes scholarship grants to accredited educational institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In accordance with guidelines prescribed by the founder, the grantee institutions award scholarships on the basis of need to Christian women who reside in one of the specified states.

• The Fund for Women Artists 
The Fund for Women Artists is a non-profit arts service organization based in Western Massachusetts that supports the creation of plays, films, videos and other artworks that reflect the diversity and complexity of women’s lives.

• The Maine Women's Fund 
The MWF was founded in 1988 when 20 women came together to create a permanent resource to fund initiatives that create positive and lasting change for Maine women and girls. 

• The WHO Foundation  
The WHO Foundation was established to address health, education and wellness concerns specifically for women and children. The WHO Foundation: Women Helping Others® nationally supports grass-roots charities serving the overlooked needs of women and children. Grants are provided to organizations serving women and/or children in the United States and Puerto Rico. Specific projects and programs addressing health and social service needs are our priority.

• The Vermont Women's Fund 
No other organization in the state of Vermont makes grants exclusively to support the needs of women and girls! Our grants are helping women and girls to move out of poverty, establish safe relationships, choose healthy behaviors, build communication skills, master non-traditional occupations, and strengthen their physical, emotional, intellectual and financial well-being. We step in where larger foundations do not by funding smaller, grassroots, gender-specific programs.

• Three Guineas Fund 
promotes social justice for women and girls by expanding access to opportunity in education and the economy through targeted grants. Three Guineas Fund does not accept unsolicited inquiries for grant support.

• Third Wave Foundation 
National activist and philanthropic organization created for young women between the ages of 15 and 30.

• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) East and Southeast Asia 
The Trust Fund provides funding for innovative and catalytic initiatives that seek to prevent and eliminate violence against women.

• WomensBusinessGrants.com - The fund is a non-profit private foundation which gives business grants to women who wish to start a business, or grow a business they have already begun. 

• Women's Endowment Fund  
The mission of the Women's Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation is to: provide funding for Akron area programs that support women and children,  serve as a catalyst for needed projects,  assist women in their personal growth as philanthropists.

• The Women's Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Vancouver 
The Women's Endowment Fund enables Jewish women to connect with other women through the funding of projects that directly benefit or are of great importance to women in the Jewish community.

• Women & Philanthropy at UCLA  
Recognizing and promoting women's leadership and philanthropy at UCLA. 

• Women's Foundation of Genesee Valley 
Manages endowment fund for making annual grants to programs that explicitly benefit women and girls in Western New York.

• The Women's Foundation of Minnesota - GirlsBEST (Girls Building Economic Success Together) program: a five-year grantmaking and public awareness initiative focused on increasing the readiness of girls, ages 10-18, to achieve economic well-being

• The Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona has announced the establishment of Go Girls! Sports Grants, a program that will award grants totaling $10,000 over the next year for girls sports teams in southern Arizona that need help with expenses. The funds must be used for team members who would not be able to participate without financial assistance. Grant money may be used for costs associated with uniforms, athletic shoes, and equipment, as well as toward team fees, travel costs, tournament fees, or other related expenses. Grants are available to girls at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Teams must be community-based, not school teams. 

• Woman's Peacepower Foundation   
The Women's Peacepower Foundation Makes grants to grassroots projects that are working to impact issues of violence against women and their children.

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