OVERVIEW: The Foundation for the Tri-State provides grants to nonprofits in eastern Kentucky, as well as in southern Ohio and southwestern West Virginia. Its areas of focus are arts and culture, social services, environment, scholarships and youth. IP TAKE: The Foundation for the Tri-State is a modest community foundation that serves communities in eastern Kentucky, […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: The Wood River Women’s Foundation supports the Wood River Valley region of Idaho with grants for human services and community development. A focused grant program supports early childhood education in the area. IP TAKE: The Wood River Women’s Foundation keeps its giving local but is otherwise accessible to community organizations of every size. Recent […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: This funder was formed by resort owners and developers. It supports arts and culture, education, health and human services, sports and recreation, and natural resource conservation. It only considers groups that serve Teton Valley, Idaho. IP TAKE: The Teton Springs Foundation makes modest grants to local groups in Teton County, Idaho. It tends to support […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: This community funder supports community-focused nonprofits in the Teton Valley region of Idaho. IP TAKE: The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s grants are modest, but the foundation is supportive and approachable. Of note is the foundation’s innovative fundraiser, the Tin Cup Challenge, which brings together community stakeholders, nonprofits and donors for an event that catalyzes […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: This funder supports K-12 education, parks and veterans’ causes in the state of Idaho. IP TAKE: The Albertson Family Foundation’s grantmaking targets specific purposes related to K-12 education, recreation and veteran’s post-military life in the state. Giving tends to take the form of ongoing support to like-minded grantee partners. Without a connection to a past grantee […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: The Callaway Foundation supports religion, charity, education and community development in LaGrange and Troup County, Georgia. IP TAKE: A Georgia funder for over 80 years, Callaway funds broadly in terms of issues and narrowly in terms of geography. This is a transparent grantmaker that gives access to annual reports and provides clear application guides. […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: The Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust supports improvements to the organ transplantation process for needy residents of Georgia. IP TAKE: This funder has been trying to make the organ transplant process easier for Georgia residents for more than three decades. Because it is managed by the Wells Fargo system, it is both transparent and […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: The Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation supports medicine, life enhancement and music, primarily in the Atlanta area of Georgia. IP TAKE: According to the foundation’s website, it has shuttered and no longer accepts applications. PROFILE: Established in 1994, the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation is a private foundation based in Atlanta, Georgia. […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: The Courts Foundation supports education, religion, healthcare, human services, and arts and culture in Atlanta, Georgia. IP TAKE: This funder is dedicated to the city of Atlanta and open to learning about new nonprofit causes in Georgia. Unfortunately, it lacks transparency, restricting further information. Also, it has supported only one organization for nearly a […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation supports education in the Atlanta metro area. It also funds Parkinson’s Disease research. IP TAKE: Lanier is a longtime education funder in the Atlanta, Georgia area. This funder is not particularly open to new grantees, although it does accept unsolicited LOIs. It lacks transparency; however, it is very approachable…| www.insidephilanthropy.com
OVERVIEW: This funder supports a wide range of community needs and interests throughout all 44 counties of Idaho. IP TAKE: The Idaho Community Foundation is a major grantmaker in the state, serving hundreds of nonprofits of every size each year. Most of the foundation’s grantmaking programs give broadly for community needs, rather than specifying a specific focus […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: This family funder supports a wide range of Idaho nonprofits and prioritizes rural healthcare, education, and underserved communities. IP TAKE: This is a family-run foundation that prides itself on keeping overhead expenses low to maximize its giving. It is one of the largest grantmakers in the state and declines to limit its grantmaking to certain types […]| Inside Philanthropy
OVERVIEW: This funder supports the arts, science, education, social services, environment, culture and community needs in ten counties of Eastern Idaho. It makes grants in the spring and fall of each year. IP TAKE: This is an accessible funder in Eastern Idaho that will fund nearly any nonprofit need that benefits communities in its region. The arts…| www.insidephilanthropy.com
OVERVIEW: The Chinook Fund supports racial justice, social justice and economic justice in Colorado. IP TAKE: This progressive funder is a unique philanthropic organization that is accessible to new grant seekers and maintains a local focus in spite of its big social justice goals. The Chinook Fund provides start-up grants, established grants and multi-year grants…| www.insidephilanthropy.com
OVERVIEW: The Boston Bar Foundation is the charitable arm of the Boston Bar Association and awards grants to nonprofit organizations that provide legal serves to vulnerable people in Greater Boston. IP TAKE: BBF focuses on legal aid grants in Boston but has other interests too, although all dovetail with the legal profession in some way. Low-income and…| www.insidephilanthropy.com
OVERVIEW: The Northeast Florida Area Agency on Aging - ElderSource makes grants to support Florida’s senior population and their caregivers. IP TAKE: Now half a century old, ElderSource is one of the largest grantmakers for aging in Northeast Florida. It’s a very transparent funder, but you shouldn’t expect to find support here. It doesn’t review unsolicited proposals…| www.insidephilanthropy.com