International

Mission/Giving Statement: Kindle Project seeks to foster a nexus of creative ideas and cultivators to inspire and support possibilities for change.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Funding and other support specifically to people and organizations approaching their work in creative, innovative ways toward one or more of the following goals: 

• Transforming conflict
• Inspiring ingenuity
• Challenging outmoded systems and frameworks
• Fostering generostiy among people
• Educating outside of mainstream paradigms

Together with our collaborators, we hope to build a nexus for social, political and global transformation.

Funding Restrictions: Due to limited staff capacity, we are unable to respond to unsolicited grant requests. Grants are solicited and awarded by invitation only.

Application Instructions: The application process is structured with our grantee partners on a case-by-case basis.

Mission/Giving Statement: To create healthier communities worldwide.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Access to Health Care; Science Education; Develpoment of Communities

Grantmaking Program Area Description: 

Access to Health Care: To address this issue by designing, partnering on and implementing innovative programs to expand access to health care services for the world's most disadvantaged populations, by training doctors, building facilities in underserved areas or engaging in other locally appropriate initiatives.

Science Education: Serving as a catalyst by stimulating community investment and engagement. Engages and inspires students, families and teachers in scientific exploration in out-of-school informal settings. Encourages young people to be more proficient in science and attracts more scientists to the field. Builds strong partnerships that are systemic, replicable and sustainable for multiple years and multiple locations.

Development of Communities: Healthy communities possess vibrant and diverse institutions that serve the public good. These institutions range from health and human welfare agencies such as food banks, homeless shelters and health clinics to museums, libraries and universities. The Abbott Fund supports creative programs that address unmet needs of local communities. When natural disasters and emergencies strike communities, the Abbott Fund responds with Grants to trusted humanitarian relief partners. Grants are directed to both immediate needs and longer-term reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts.

Applications Instructions: Grant application instructions online.

Notes: Request for Proposals will be listed online during times the fund accepts proposals.

Application Instructions: 

Mail Inquiries to: 

Winnie Lou Holdridge

1814 Poplar

Deming, New Mexico 88030

Include letter or advertisement describing charity, no submission dealines.

Application Instructions:  Submit a request for interview by email or US mail. Projects should generally be related to the arts.

Notes:  The Foundation funds the same organizations each year, See Ministries and Lizzie Q Foundation.

Grantmaking Program Areas:

Mission/Giving Statement: ELF was founded with the goal of supporting endangered language preservation and documentation projects. Its main mechanism for supporting work on endangered languages has been funding grants to individuals, tribes, and museums. 

Types of Funding/Funding Restrictions: Awards can be made to institutions, but no administrative costs are covered.

Application Instructions: There is no application form, but see the website for information that must be included in the first page of your electronic document submission. Applications must be submitted electronically.

Mission/Giving Statement: The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Education & Youth; Governance & Accountability; Health; Justice; Media & Arts; Rights & Equality

Grantmaking Program Area Descriptions:

Education & Youth: The Foundations early childhood programs advance a holistic approach to teaching, while their advocacy and debate initiatives strive to ensure that young people of different backgrounds have equal access to education and individual expression.

Governance & Accountability: The Foundations work with governments and businesses to advance transparency, rule of law, and good governance around the world.

Health: The Foundations work to establish health policies and practices that are based on evidence and promote social inclusion, human rights, and justice.

Justice: The Foundations work to further justice throughout the world by supporting international tribunals, advocating on behalf of stateless people, and helping to institute national legal reforms that ensure freedom of information, promote sentencing alternatives, and protect the rights of criminal defendants.

Media & Arts: The Foundations support public access to knowledge, inclusion of minority voices in media, and the artistic expression of pressing social issues.

Rights & Equality: The Foundations work to advance human rights and equality around the world in law, governance, and society, through programs that emphasize the rights of minorities and raise public awareness of issues such as gender violence and the treatment of people with disabilities.

Types of Funding/Funding Restrictions: Eligibility requirements and restrictions vary by program area.

Application Instructions: LOI instructions vary by program area.

Mission/Giving Statement: Tides Foundation partners with donors to increase and organize resources for positive social change. It facilitates effective grantmaking programs, creates opportunities for learning, and builds community among donors and grantees.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Civic Participation; Economic Justice; Education; Environment; Health Services & Health Reform; HIV/AIDS Treatment & Prevention; Human Rights; International Development; LGBT Issues; Peace & Conflict Resolution; Progressive Arts & Media; Reproductive Justice & Health; Women's Empowerment

Types of Funding/Funding Restrictions: See individual RFP for eligibility and restrictions. 

Application Instructions: The Foundation does not accept unsolicited LOIs or proposals.  It only accepts LOIs for open RFPs. Each open RFP will list application instructions. 

Mission/Giving Statement: The general policy of the Foundation is to allocate funds for charitable, educational, community, and religious purposes to support communities in which Carlo, Inc. and its subsidiaries conduct business, primarily to charitable organizations supporting the Roman Catholic Church.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Religion; Charity; Education; Community

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions: Applicant's purpose and continuing work must not be in conflict with the doctrine, policies or practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Additional restrictions are listed on the Foundation's 990 form.

Application Instructions: Application instructions are listed on the Foundation's 990 form, available on Guidestar. Applications are accepted January 1 through April 1 of each year.