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STATE FUNDERS

ALABAMA

Alabama Power Foundation
This foundation supports projects focused on improving education, strengthening communities, promoting arts and culture, and restoring and enhancing the environment.
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
The Foundation makes grants in the areas of early childhood education, dropout prevention, economic security, health and vibrant communities. Next grant cycle: June.
Daniel Foundation of Alabama
Areas of interest for this foundation are civic and community, education, health, and arts and culture.
Protective Life Foundation
This foundation provides grants in arts and culture, civic and community, education, health and health initiatives, human services, and youth and youth-at-risk.

Alaska

Alaska Community Foundation
This community foundation distributes competitive grants, donor advised grants and scholarships.
CIRI Foundation
The major goal of The CIRI Foundation is to encourage the education and career development of The Foundation's Alaska Native beneficiaries. Project grants are made in Education and Heritage.
Rasmuson Foundation
A strong supporter of public broadcasting in Alaska.

Arizona

Arizona Community Foundation
This foundation supports Arizona programs in public education, civic leadership, affordable housing, youth development, health and human services, arts and culture and strengthening rural communities.
Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Marley Foundation
Funds arts, culture, medical research and education in Arizona.
Piper Charitable Trust
Supports the arts and service organizations in Maricopa County, Arizona.
US Airways Corporate Giving
Proposals for capital campaign grants accepted from organizations in and serving Charlotte, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Washington, DC (including national organizations). Deadline: April 1 and Oct 1.

Arkansas

Blue & You Foundation Arkansas
Grants support initiatives aimed at improving the health of Arkansans.
Reynolds Foundation, Donald W.
Supports journalism nationally, focusing particularly on training of journalists who serve smaller communities and on business journalism.
Walton Family Foundation
Supports projects serving Northwest Arkansas.
Windgate Charitable Foundation
The foundation's interests include programs that support arts and crafts and art history. Grants are made in Arkansas and nationally, with a preference given to the central portion of the country.
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Separate from the other Rockefeller foundations, this foundation focuses on reducing poverty in Arkansas.

California

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Cal Humanities
Accepts applications for Community Stories (up to $10,000), with a new emphasis on stories of veterans and those who care for them, plus Documentary Project Grants.
California Endowment
The foundation's Innovative Ideas Challenge seeks projects that are “disruptive innovations” aimed at addressing health issues in California.
Creative Work Fund
The Creative Work Fund accepts applications from northern California-based artists and nonprofits for collaborations to produce new art.
Fresno Regional Foundation
The Fresno Regional Foundation will begin making grants of $100,000 - $300,000 from its new Fund for the San Joaquin Valley in 2012.

Colorado

Catto Charitable Foundation
This Foundation funds public media in Colorado, Texas and at the national level.
Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
The Foundation has a strong interest in early childhood education and the achievement gap. Competitive grant deadline in September.
Denver Foundation
The Foundation is undergoing a change in strategy, but is maintaining a strong interest in education (including dropout prevention), especially focused on low-income and underrepresented populations.
Gill Foundation
The foundation's top priority is support for organizations that advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. It supports public media through its Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado.

Connecticut

Ettinger Foundation
This foundation makes grants to pre-selected organizations in diverse areas, including independent film.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
This community foundation is increasing its funding and leadership in the areas of education and workforce training.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
Newman's Own Foundation
This national corporate foundation has funded public broadcasters in the Eastern U.S. for general and project support.

Delaware

C.E. Bennett Foundation
This foundation makes a small number of grants in the area of arts, including to public media.
Kendeda Fund
The Kendeda Fund is a charitable giving program dedicated to exploring how human beings can relate to one another and to the planet more mindfully and use resources equitably.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.
Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
This corporate foundation supports organizations in regions of Iowa, Delaware, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Washington.

District of Columbia (DC)

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Overall, this foundation is interested in improving economic outcomes for youth and low-income families in the Washington, DC region by improving education and workforce development opportunities.
Herb Block Foundation
Now accepting inquiries for Pathways Out of Poverty, focusing on education in DC metro area – Deadline 2/8; LOIs for Encouraging Citizen Involvement due 6/5.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.
New Funding Opportunity: D.C. Public Schools Effective Teaching Video Project
The D.C. Public Education Fund is soliciting applications from video producers to create a video library for teachers that will allow teachers to see what effective teaching looks like.
Philip L. Graham Fund
A good fit for organizations that support the Washington, D.C. area or improvements in the field of journalism.

Florida

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation funds health-related projects in Florida.
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
This foundation's grantmaking is focused in arts, culture and the humanities; civic engagement and community capacity-building; education; the environment; healthcare and human services.
Dade Community Foundation
Serving the Miami-Dade community, this foundation addresses education, health, human services, arts and culture, environment, economic development, youth, homelessness, social justice and more.
Knight Foundation, John S. and James L.
The Knight Foundation invests in projects that advance journalism in the digital age and in projects that strengthen the 26 local communities where the Knight brothers held newspapers.
Motorola Mobility Foundation
The Foundation has supported the development and innovative use of digital, social and mobile technology applications to address important community issues.

Georgia

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
This foundation is a prospect for public media organizations serving the 23-county metropolitan Atlanta region. Most grants are for general operating or capacity-building support.
Cox Foundation of Georgia, James M.
This foundation gives nationally and has interest in education (including literacy and dropout prevention) and in journalist training. Next deadline: November 1.
Motorola Mobility Foundation
The Foundation has supported the development and innovative use of digital, social and mobile technology applications to address important community issues.
Turner Foundation
This foundation focuses on environmental issues and has a history of supporting public media.

Hawaii

Atherton Family Foundation
This Hawaii foundation supports organizations working in the areas of arts/culture, human services, education, environment, community development, health and religion/spiritual development.
Cades Foundation
Organizations working in the areas of arts/culture, environment, human services and education receive support from this foundation.
Hawaii Community Foundation
Supporting Hawaii's nonprofit organizations, this foundation makes grants focused on the environment, human services and projects that benefit the people, flora and fauna of Kauai.

Idaho

Idaho Community Foundation
Established to enrich the quality of life through Idaho, this foundation supports organizations working in arts and culture, education, public projects, health, libraries and emergency services.
J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation
This foundation focuses specifically on improving education in Idaho from kindergarten through college.
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation
This foundation supports organizations working in Idaho in education, health care and social services. It has been a long-time supporter of Idaho Public Television.

Illinois

Alphawood Foundation
Nonprofits in metropolitan Chicago whose mission involves the arts, arts education, social change advocacy or domestic violence intervention can receive general operating grants from this foundation.
Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Chicago Community Trust
This Trust makes grants in five programs: arts and culture, basic human needs, community development, education and health.
Joyce Foundation
Grants made in the areas of education, workforce development, environment, gun violence prevention and democracy. Grants also support arts/culture in Chicago.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.

Indiana

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
John W. Anderson Foundation
Grants from this foundation support education, arts, and health and human services, primarily in Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana.
Joyce Foundation
Grants made in the areas of education, workforce development, environment, gun violence prevention and democracy. Grants also support arts/culture in Chicago.
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Giving priorities for this foundation include community development, education, religion, youth and philanthropic leadership education.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.

Iowa

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Iowa West Foundation
Supporting communities in southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska, this foundation funds programs in community and economic development, education, and human and social needs.
Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation
Funds a variety of community programs in Iowa, including health, education, science and fitness.
Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
This corporate foundation supports organizations in regions of Iowa, Delaware, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Washington.

Kansas

Dane G. Hansen Foundation
With a general giving focus on Northwest Kansas, this foundation supports Kansas public media.
Kansas Health Foundation
Putting emphasis on partnerships, this foundation makes grants that promote health behaviors, strengthen the public health system, improve access to health care and build civic leadership.
Sprint Foundation
National giving supports K-12 education and diversity. Local giving supports youth-focused social messaging campaigns.
William T. Kemper Foundation
The foundation supports community organizations in Missouri, Kansas and western Illinois.

Kentucky

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
This health conversion foundation supports initiatives that are designed to improve the health of Kentuckians.
Humana Foundation
This foundation supports organizations that promote healthy lives and communities in Kentucky and selected communities nationwide.
Owsley Brown Charitable Foundation
The foundation supports public media, the arts, and community institutions, primarily in Kentucky.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.

Louisiana

Arts Council of New Orleans
The Arts Council provides funding to support arts and cultural activities in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines Parishes. It serves as one of eight regional distributing agencies for state arts funds.
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
This foundation works with its donors to connect them to nonprofits meeting community needs. It also invests in projects that have the potential to change the community.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation
The Foundation's new $10 million Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana offers great opportunities for public media to partner with other community organizations. Deadline for letters of intent: January
Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Greater New Orleans Foundation
This foundation focuses on community revitalization, environment, regionalism, community impact and economic and workforce development.

Maine

Davis Family Foundation
This foundation supports higher education, medical programs, and arts and culture organizations that promote music, theater, drama, history and literature.
Maine Community Foundation
Several competitive grant competitions in Maine.
Oak Foundation USA
This international foundation funds global environmental and social justice issues. Special interests include climate change, women's issues and learning differences.

Maryland

Annie E. Casey Foundation
This foundation focuses heavily on children and families, and has strong interest in early childhood education and literacy.
Baltimore Community Foundation
The Foundation will focus discretionary giving increasingly on education and will double its investment in education beginning in 2012.
Chesapeake Bay Trust
The Trust is currently accepting applications for outreach and awareness grants. Deadline: July 6, 2012.
Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation
The major priorities of this foundation are arts and culture and environmental protection.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.

Massachusetts

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
This foundation's primary interest areas include environmental protection, social services, education and youth development.
Boston Foundation
Competitive grants are made through the Foundation's Permanent Fund for Boston in the areas of education, health/wellness, civic/cultural vibrancy, job growth, increasing the livability of Boston.
Citizens Charitable Foundation
The foundation makes grants in areas of company operations nationwide, including to public media. Interests include the arts and education.
Motorola Mobility Foundation
The Foundation has supported the development and innovative use of digital, social and mobile technology applications to address important community issues.
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Supports public broadcasters through their arts and culture funding area. Giving primarily in Boston and Pittsburgh.

Michigan

Arcus Foundation
The foundation has made many media grants for production and outreach around issues related to gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender people.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
This foundation prefers projects that reflect regional thinking and cooperation, promote civic participation, foster innovation, help move the region forward and leverage public and private resources.
Ford Motor Company Fund
This foundation supports innovation and education, community development and auto-related safety education. There is a fit for public media projects that expand or promote diversity.
Joyce Foundation
Grants made in the areas of education, workforce development, environment, gun violence prevention and democracy. Grants also support arts/culture in Chicago.
Meemic Foundation for the Future of Education
The foundation makes grants to educators for learning innovations and may be a good partnership opportunity for stations.

Minnesota

Best Buy Children’s Foundation
The Foundation supports programs nationwide that provide opportunity to youth through technology, including media production.
Deluxe Corporation Foundation
The Foundation makes grants in many communities nationwide. It supports public media and has interests in education, youth and the arts.
Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
Seeking to enrich the quality of life in the Fargo-Moorhead area, this foundation funds programs in arts and culture, community betterment, education, environment, health and human rights.
General Mills Foundation
The Foundation mainly makes grants in Minnesota, but also supports health/nutrition, arts and education in areas of company operation.
Joyce Foundation
Grants made in the areas of education, workforce development, environment, gun violence prevention and democracy. Grants also support arts/culture in Chicago.

Mississippi

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Foundation for the Mid-South
This foundation is committed to comprehensively solving the problems affecting the region and supports education, health and community development programs.
Gertrude C. Ford Foundation
Primarily, this foundation supports education, health and youth-serving organizations in Mississippi.
William B. and Saramel Crooks Foundation
The foundation supports public media in Mississippi.

Missouri

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Promoting racial diversity and inclusion is a priority for this foundation that seeks to improve the quality of life in Greater Kansas City.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.
William T. Kemper Foundation
The foundation supports community organizations in Missouri, Kansas and western Illinois.

Montana

Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
This foundation supports organizations that provide direct services and implements programs in education, health/human services, arts/culture and community service.
Gilhousen Family Foundation
Focusing its support in Gallatin County, Montana, this foundation makes grants in community-building, children's and human services, the arts, health care, education and the environment.
O.P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation
Funds organizations primarily in Montana. Special interests include arts, astronomy, environment and Native American issues.

Nebraska

Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
This corporate foundation supports organizations in regions of Iowa, Delaware, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Washington.

Nevada

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Cord Foundation
Founded in 1962, this foundation awards grants in four interest areas: higher education, human services, secondary education and youth.
Reynolds Foundation, Donald W.
Supports journalism nationally, focusing particularly on training of journalists who serve smaller communities and on business journalism.

New Hampshire

Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation
This foundation provides general support to public media, mainly in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
This community foundation funds radio and television projects in New Hampshire that support its interest in arts, education and civic leadership.
Putnam Foundation
This foundation supports public media in relation to education and the performing arts.

New Jersey

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Dodge Foundation
The Foundation invests in traditional and online/digital media initiatives to educate and inform the public around issues of importance to New Jersey.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.
Prudential Foundation
This national corporate foundation funds public media projects that aim to improve social outcomes for community residents in areas where the company operates.

New Mexico

J.F. Maddox Foundation
This foundation supports education and economic and community development initiatives that serve southeastern New Mexico.
Lannan Foundation
Making grants in New Mexico and nationally, this foundation funds projects that support exceptional contemporary artists and writers and Native activists in rural indigenous communities.
McCune Charitable Foundation
Has a history of funding film and radio projects in New Mexico, with an emphasis on social change.
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Education and the achievement gap are high priorities for this foundation, which sees itself as a leader in tackling community needs.

New York

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
The Foundation recently announced $1.4 million in grants to help New York City arts organizations further their educational programming through the use of technology.
Greater Rochester Health Foundation
The foundation supports projects designed to improve health in the Rochester, NY region.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.
Newhouse Foundation, Samuel I.
A good fit for public media in New York state, and for national training initiatives to engage more diverse journalists.
Overbrook Foundation
Has a long history of support for public media. Projects must address the areas of enviromnment and/or human rights.

North Carolina

Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
This foundation has a strong history of general support for public media, and is also interested in educational and workforce development initiatives.
Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Goodrich Foundation
The Foundation and local business units make grants to support STEM learning, veterans and workforce development.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
Triangle Community Foundation
This community foundation has supported public broadcasters in the four North Carolina counties that it serves.

North Dakota

Alex Stern Family Foundation
This foundation supports the arts, social welfare/human services, education, youth recreation, civic projects and health issues for the benefit of the greater Fargo-Moorhead area.
Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
Seeking to enrich the quality of life in the Fargo-Moorhead area, this foundation funds programs in arts and culture, community betterment, education, environment, health and human rights.

Ohio

George Gund Foundation
Founded to contribute to human well-being and the progress of society, this foundation supports the arts, education, economic development, the environment and human services.
Joyce Foundation
Grants made in the areas of education, workforce development, environment, gun violence prevention and democracy. Grants also support arts/culture in Chicago.
KeyBank Foundation
This foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, health, employment, financial education, human services, diversity and promoting economic self-sufficiency.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.

Oklahoma

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
The Foundation supports investigative reporting, especially on state and local issues, and professional development for journalists.
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
This Oklahoma foundation has a history of making modest grants for television and radio projects.
Reynolds Foundation, Donald W.
Supports journalism nationally, focusing particularly on training of journalists who serve smaller communities and on business journalism.
Zarrow Families Foundation
The foundation's areas of interest include arts, youth, health, elementary and secondary education, and Jewish causes and charities. Giving is primarily in the Tulsa, OK area.

Oregon

Collins Foundation
Grants in arts, children and youth, community welfare, education, environment, health and science, humanities and religion are awarded by this foundation.
Intel Foundation
This foundation emphasizes programs that promote math and science education and empower women and underserved youth to enter math and science fields.
Meyer Memorial Trust
Foundation supports capital/equipment needs, capacity-building and other projects providing “significant social benefit” in Oregon and Clark County, WA.
Motorola Mobility Foundation
The Foundation has supported the development and innovative use of digital, social and mobile technology applications to address important community issues.
Oregon Community Foundation
The largest foundation in Oregon supports multiple radio and television projects in their state, as well as early childhood and literacy projects.

Pennsylvania

Caesars Foundation
Formerly the Harrah’s Foundation, Caesars makes grants for healthy aging, arts and educational programming in areas of company operation.
Heinz Endowments
This foundation makes grants to arts and culture, children and families, education, environment and innovation economy programs.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.
Motorola Mobility Foundation
The Foundation has supported the development and innovative use of digital, social and mobile technology applications to address important community issues.

Rhode Island

Champlin Foundations
Giving from this foundation is primarily for conservation, education, libraries, health, hospitals, cultural activities, historic preservation, and social and family services.
Dow Jones Foundation
This foundation makes grants to arts organizations, educational purposes, and media and communications.
Rhode Island Foundation
This Foundation has a signature initiative focused on dropout prevention in Rhode Island, is interested in using the arts in schools, and has a history of funding public media.

South Carolina

Central Carolina Community Foundation
The Foundation awards grants primarily to nonprofit organizations in an 11-county area of Central South Carolina in the areas of arts and education.
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina
This foundation fosters philanthropy for the lasting good of the community, primarily for education and human services.

South Dakota

Dakota Charitable Foundation
Primarily, this foundation gives for education and human services but is also interested in the arts, community and economic development and higher education.
Larson Family Foundation
This foundation makes grants in the areas of children and youth, higher education, housing, human services and recreation.

Tennessee

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
This foundation's Community Partnership Program makes Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants and Research and Initiatives Grants.
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
This foundation is dedicated to enriching the quality of life in middle Tennessee but has also funded media projects in other parts of the country.
HCA Foundation
This foundation makes grants in the arts, childhood and youth development, health and well-being and innovation technology.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.

Texas

Brown Foundation, Inc
Support from this foundation is principally for education, the arts and community service. The current emphasis is on improving public education within the state of Texas.
Dallas Foundation
Aging, arts, education, early childhood development, environment, health, human and social services and public/civic benefit are all areas of interest to this foundation.
Houston Endowment
This foundation makes grants in arts, education, environment, health, human services, neighborhood development and other community enhancement programs.
Motorola Mobility Foundation
The Foundation has supported the development and innovative use of digital, social and mobile technology applications to address important community issues.
RGK Foundation
This foundation gives nationally to support education, literacy, STEM learning and health.

Utah

George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
With a mission to enrich Utah, this foundation makes grants in arts and culture, community, education, health care, and preservation and conservation.
R. Harold Burton Foundation
Supports education, science, literary and health projects in the greater Salt Lake Metropolitan area.
Willard L. Eccles Foundation
The foundation has supported radio and television projects in Utah. Areas of interest include the environment and medical education.

Vermont

Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
This foundation may be a fit especially for community stations, media training programs, and projects addressing social justice issues.
Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation
This foundation provides general support to public media, mainly in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Lintilhac Foundation
Recently, this foundation has advocated strongly for clean water, renewable energy and social justice.
Vermont Community Foundation
Supports organizations working in Vermont, on a wide variety of topics, including arts, cultural heritage, social justice, hunger, and animal welfare.

Virginia

Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Grants from this foundation are available in the areas of youth, education and community services for work in Charlottesville, VA, and the surrounding counties.
Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia
The primary focus of this foundation's competitive grantmaking is their Strengthening Families - Strengthening Communities program that promotes youth and community development and health projects.
Gannett Foundation
This foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, media and journalism, education, conservation, health, disaster relief, youth development, diversity and community development.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.

Washington

Casey Foundation, Marguerite
This foundation supports work that helps low-income families strengthen their voices and mobilize their communities. It doesn't accept unsolicited applications, but has made numerous media grants.
Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda
This foundation gives in four areas: Global Development Program, Global Health Program, U.S. Program and Pacific Northwest Communities.
Meyer Memorial Trust
Foundation supports capital/equipment needs, capacity-building and other projects providing “significant social benefit” in Oregon and Clark County, WA.
Microsoft Corporation Contributions Program
The funder supports education and workforce development. It also makes software donations and supports community technology training initiatives.
Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
This corporate foundation supports organizations in regions of Iowa, Delaware, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Washington.

West Virginia

Bloch Fund
The Bloch Foundation has identified the following areas of interest: arts, education, family services, federated giving programs, higher education, human services, religion.
Herscher Foundation Inc.
This foundation makes grants in arts, health, higher education and human services and has supported public media.
McGee Foundation
Funding primarily in Charleston, WV and some international projects. Media grants have focused on journalism.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater, film.

Wisconsin

Argosy Foundation
While most unsolicited proposals are not accepted, the foundation does accept proposals for commissioning, performance and broadcast of contemporary classical music through its Contemporary Music Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
This foundation's highest funding priority is supporting creative efforts that address issues of poverty, particularly grants focused on education, employment and strengthening children and families.
Joyce Foundation
Grants made in the areas of education, workforce development, environment, gun violence prevention and democracy. Grants also support arts/culture in Chicago.
Meemic Foundation for the Future of Education
The foundation makes grants to educators for learning innovations and may be a good partnership opportunity for stations.
PNC Foundation
The Foundation makes grants for school readiness, teacher training, STEM education, economic development, and arts and culture. It's made many general support grants to public media.

Wyoming

Kerr Foundation, Robert S. and Grayce B.
Supports public broadcasters nationally and in Wyoming. Special interest in partnerships with arts organizations.