Foundations that accept grant applications
Most large private foundations tell the IRS they only fund preselected organizations. These 3,385 publish how to apply on their latest Form 990-PF and do not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Typical grant is the median of grants reported in the filing data. Application details come from the latest filing and can be out of date, so confirm them with the foundation.
1–100 of 3,385 foundations in this list.
| Foundation | Typical grant | Total giving | Grants reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MA, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterials | $500K | $6.3B | 4,974 |
| Lilly Endowment Inc IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: IN, DC, IL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $50K | $6.1B | 4,093 |
| Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, SC, VA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $2.7K | $1.5B | 45 |
| The Ford Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, DC, CA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $100K | $844.7M | 4,007 |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $150K | $625M | 2,001 |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, CA, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $40K | $622.6M | 3,093 |
| WK Kellogg Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MI, DC, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $590.3M | 3,597 |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, CA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $500K | $555M | 848 |
| The Duke Endowment IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NC, SC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $200K | $473.7M | 845 |
| Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: GA, VA, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $1.7M | $372.6M | 56 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $150K | $350M | 1,029 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, DC, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $208K | $323.3M | 1,119 |
| The William Penn Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, DC, NJ How to apply:ContactMaterials | $41.5K | $292.3M | 2,134 |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $76K | $287.7M | 1,339 |
| The Sunderland Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: MO, KS, NY How to apply:ContactMaterials | $495K | $279.1M | 121 |
| Alexion Access Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CT How to apply:ContactMaterials | $18.1M | $276.6M | 11 |
| O'Donnell Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: TX, VA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $1M | $218.8M | 43 |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $130K | $185.4M | 695 |
| Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, MA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $200K | $172.6M | 601 |
| The Kresge Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MI, DC, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $140K | $170M | 800 |
| Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OH, NY, IL How to apply:ContactMaterials | $15K | $168.6M | 563 |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CO, TX, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $19.3K | $164.6M | 835 |
| Joseph B Whitehead Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: GA, TX, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $500K | $163.2M | 83 |
| Fidelity Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MA, NY, TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsApply online | $400 | $156.2M | 4,430 |
| Dogwood Health Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NC, VA, MN How to apply:ContactMaterialsApply online | $37.5K | $148.2M | 835 |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: FL, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $85.3K | $147.7M | 513 |
| Open Society Institute IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, DC, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $15K | $146.9M | 559 |
| The McKnight Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MN, CA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $145.9M | 790 |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, MI, MA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $100K | $141.2M | 413 |
| CABIN ROAD FOUNDATION dated April 4 2011 IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, TX, NC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $20M | $140.4M | 9 |
| John Templeton Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, MA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $216.7K | $134.4M | 426 |
| Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: MN, WI, TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $60K | $132.3M | 561 |
| The Ahmanson Foundation IRS filing 2023 · Most giving: CA, NE, MD How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $50K | $128.4M | 859 |
| Otto Bremer Trust IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: MN, WI, ND How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $55K | $125.8M | 1,063 |
| The Moody Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, DC, MN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $70K | $121.3M | 373 |
| The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, GA, FL How to apply:ContactMaterialsApply online | $256.8K | $117.2M | 246 |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, MT, VA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $220K | $116.7M | 296 |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: WA, OR, MT How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $87K | $116.6M | 797 |
| The Eugene McDermott Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, DC, NM How to apply:ContactMaterials | $50K | $116.3M | 247 |
| Surdna Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, CA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $78K | $115.4M | 789 |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: IL, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $55K | $115.2M | 897 |
| The Sarofim Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, NJ, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $150K | $114.9M | 152 |
| Wal-Mart Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: VA, DC, AR How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $430K | $113.9M | 144 |
| Publix Super Markets Charities Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: FL, GA, AL How to apply:ContactMaterials | $2.5K | $111.1M | 6,799 |
| The Rees-Jones Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, VA, MI How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $75K | $103.9M | 177 |
| Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MA, DE, WA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $35K | $102.8M | 1,433 |
| Harold Alfond Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: ME, MA, FL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $250K | $102.7M | 45 |
| The Colorado Health Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CO, VA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $80K | $102.2M | 684 |
| The Leon Levine Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NC, SC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $60K | $100.1M | 955 |
| Houston Endowment Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, NY, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $125K | $99.6M | 355 |
| The Norcliffe Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: WA, TN, CT How to apply:ContactMaterials | $15K | $97M | 1,040 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MO, KS, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $75K | $95M | 364 |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, DC, MA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $90.3M | 289 |
| Meyer Memorial Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OR, WA, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $89.8M | 838 |
| McCune Foundation PNC Bank NA IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, RI How to apply:ContactMaterials | $170K | $89.4M | 165 |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, MA How to apply:Contact | $98.1K | $89M | 522 |
| Hillman Family Foundations IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, OR, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $20K | $88.8M | 814 |
| The Heinz Endowments IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, DC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $70K | $85.4M | 550 |
| Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, OR, TN How to apply:ContactMaterials | $25K | $84.6M | 95 |
| The Brown Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, PA, NM How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $50K | $84.3M | 222 |
| The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: MI, CA, IL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $150K | $83.8M | 319 |
| The Klarman Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MA, DC, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $82.2M | 260 |
| The Shubert Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, CA, IL How to apply:ContactMaterials | $35K | $82.1M | 1,323 |
| Longwood Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DE How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $250K | $81.5M | 174 |
| The Robert A Welch Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $105K | $77.7M | 133 |
| Koret Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $76.8M | 544 |
| Dane G Hansen Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: KS, MO, TN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $20K | $75.1M | 754 |
| The Meinders Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: OK, MN, IN How to apply:ContactMaterials | $200K | $74.7M | 50 |
| Stanley M Herzog Charitable Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MO, VA, KY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $5K | $74.4M | 154 |
| Gates Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CO, NH, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $73.6M | 734 |
| The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OK, NY, IL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $20K | $72.5M | 1,014 |
| Weingart Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $10K | $72M | 1,041 |
| Daniels Fund IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CO, WY, NM How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $14.1K | $69.7M | 1,593 |
| Wm Keck Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MA, OR How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $10K | $69.7M | 260 |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MD, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $75K | $69.3M | 526 |
| Argyros Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, AZ, ID How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $68.2M | 271 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NJ How to apply:ContactMaterials | $134.1K | $67.7M | 144 |
| Truist Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, VA, NC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $67M | 447 |
| Charles Koch Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: VA, NY, ND How to apply:ContactMaterials | $250K | $64.1M | 93 |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, DC, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $60K | $60.4M | 646 |
| The Frist Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TN, NY, NJ How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $20K | $58.2M | 174 |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, IL, MA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $26K | $57.9M | 580 |
| Hobsonlucas Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, NJ How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $5K | $56.8M | 336 |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: WI, CA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $56.5M | 361 |
| Husco Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: WI, FL, TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $10K | $56M | 36 |
| Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, MA, NY How to apply:ContactMaterials | $25K | $55.6M | 213 |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, MA, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $100K | $54.9M | 392 |
| The J Paul Getty Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC How to apply:Contact | $7.7K | $54.7M | 1,074 |
| Breakthrough Prize Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, MN, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $54.6M | 65 |
| Mercury Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, CA, RI How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $2M | $54.5M | 17 |
| Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: NJ, DC, Maryland How to apply:ContactMaterials | $82.1K | $54.5M | 152 |
| The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OK, GA, TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $5K | $53.9M | 153 |
| Esther and Harold Mertz Foundation C/O Dianne R Stadtfeld Sdtc LLC IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, FL, VA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $15K | $53.8M | 9 |
| The Bush Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MN, SD, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $150K | $53.7M | 148 |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, CA, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $71.4K | $53.2M | 186 |
| The Joyce Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: IL, DC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $80K | $52.2M | 470 |
| Ed Rachal Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, IL, MI How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $52.2M | 616 |
| The Ryan Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CO, NE, MO How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $307.3K | $52M | 16 |
| The Batchelor Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: FL, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $51.7M | 644 |
| Public Welfare Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, LA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $113.1K | $51.3M | 374 |
How this list is built
Form 990-PF Part XV asks each private foundation to either check a box stating it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, or to publish how to apply: a contact, required materials, deadlines, and restrictions. This list includes foundations whose most recent electronic filing leaves that box unchecked and provides application information. Always verify current guidelines with the foundation before applying — filings can lag by a year or more.