Foundations that give application information
These 3,385 private foundations did not say they refuse unsolicited applications. On their latest Form 990-PF they left the “preselected organizations only” box unchecked, and the same filing gives at least some application information: who or where to contact, what to send, or deadlines.
Most large private foundations check that box. Check each foundation's current guidelines before you apply. Our 2026 report counts 3,061 of these foundations under a stricter rule; how this list is built explains the difference.
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 Application details come from the latest filing and can be out of date, so confirm them with the foundation.
301–400 of 3,385 foundations in this list.
| Foundation | Typical grant | Total giving | Grants reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Family Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: AL, GA, NY How to apply:Contact | $5K | $16.3M | 60 |
| Herrick Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MI, IN, VA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $25K | $16.2M | 141 |
| Berges Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MO, CA, VA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $16.2M | 57 |
| The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $30K | $16.2M | 241 |
| Alabama Power Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: AL, FL, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $2.5K | $16.2M | 1,240 |
| Dr Ralph & Marian Falk Medical Research Tr IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OH, MN, WI How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $176.2K | $16.1M | 75 |
| The Lanier Theological Library Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: Oxford, TX, TN How to apply:ContactMaterials | $23.5K | $16.1M | 36 |
| The Dyson Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, CA, IN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $16.5K | $16M | 317 |
| The John A Moran Charitable Trust IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: NY, UT, VA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $15K | $16M | 85 |
| The Allbritton Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: VA, CT, TX How to apply:ContactMaterials | $525K | $16M | 6 |
| Iowa West Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: IA, NE How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $25K | $15.9M | 134 |
| Dte Energy Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MI, SC, NC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $10K | $15.8M | 442 |
| C K Blandin Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $2.9K | $15.8M | 931 |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: MS, CA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $143.9K | $15.7M | 24 |
| The Ayers Foundation Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $15.7M | 66 |
| The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, NJ, MA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $15K | $15.7M | 252 |
| The Roundhouse Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OR, CA, WA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $10K | $15.6M | 621 |
| El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OK, TX, KY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $30K | $15.6M | 134 |
| William T Kemper Foundation IRS filing 2023 · Most giving: MO, KS, MA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $38.2K | $15.5M | 142 |
| Connelly Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, NJ, NY How to apply:ContactMaterials | $15K | $15.4M | 305 |
| Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: PA, NJ, MD How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $239.3K | $15.3M | 34 |
| Great Pacific Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: OK, TX, CA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $37.5K | $15.3M | 18 |
| Joe C Davis Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TN, MA, GA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $20K | $15.3M | 215 |
| Ge Aerospace Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, OH, NY How to apply:ContactMaterials | $429 | $15.3M | 2,467 |
| SC Johnson Giving Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, IL, WI How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $401.4K | $15.2M | 14 |
| Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $90K | $15.2M | 54 |
| Mimi and Peter Haas Fund IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, MA How to apply:Contact | $15K | $15.2M | 238 |
| Louis Calder Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CO, NY, TN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $140K | $15.1M | 73 |
| Hoblitzelle Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: TX, KS How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $15M | 104 |
| The John M O'Quinn Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, NY, MD How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $50K | $15M | 78 |
| The Townsend Foundation Inc IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: NJ, PA, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $50K | $15M | 81 |
| James Graham Brown Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: KY, DC, GA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $202.5K | $14.9M | 50 |
| William G McGowan Charitable Fund IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, NY, MO How to apply:ContactMaterials | $5K | $14.9M | 557 |
| Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, TX, GA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $50K | $14.9M | 83 |
| The Fb Heron Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: KY, AR, MA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $2.5K | $14.8M | 77 |
| Easton Sports Development Foundation II IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, CO, SD How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $1.4K | $14.7M | 74 |
| Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, WA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $3K | $14.6M | 185 |
| Carequest Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MA, CA, FL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $125K | $14.5M | 112 |
| The Ewing Halsell Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $75K | $14.5M | 93 |
| The Steinman Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: PA, VA, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $10K | $14.5M | 183 |
| E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: VA, MA, MD How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $30K | $14.4M | 310 |
| Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, DC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $15K | $14.4M | 301 |
| Elmina B Sewall Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: ME, MA, VT How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $31K | $14.4M | 296 |
| The V & L Marx Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: NY, FL, CT How to apply:ContactMaterials | $10K | $14.4M | 240 |
| The Oak Foundation USA IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: HI, MA, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsApply online | $400.8K | $14.3M | 16 |
| The Cigna Group Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $250 | $14.1M | 4,075 |
| Pohlad Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MN, DC, IA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $626 | $14.1M | 372 |
| Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, VA, CO How to apply:ContactMaterials | $50K | $14M | 58 |
| Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: WV, PA, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $75K | $14M | 198 |
| The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, MI, PA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $50K | $14M | 119 |
| Russell Sage Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, MA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $35.1K | $13.7M | 308 |
| Sfs Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: SD, FL, IA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $137K | $13.6M | 40 |
| Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, MD, VA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $35K | $13.6M | 274 |
| Manning Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: VA, OH, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $13.5M | 65 |
| David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TN, MN, IL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $10K | $13.5M | 42 |
| The Abell Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MD, DC, NY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $20K | $13.4M | 391 |
| Keren Keshet - the Rainbow Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, JERUSALEM, DC How to apply:ContactMaterials | $25K | $13.4M | 34 |
| The Grable Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA, NC, DC How to apply:ContactMaterials | $20K | $13.3M | 361 |
| Millstone Fund IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OH, KY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $40K | $13.3M | 181 |
| The Virginia A Groot Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MI, NC, IL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $30K | $13.3M | 17 |
| The Christensen Fund IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: EASTERN, RIFT VALLEY, AZ How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $76.1K | $13.2M | 134 |
| The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $13.2M | 318 |
| Robert J & Helen C Kleberg Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, CA, PA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $109K | $13.1M | 47 |
| Bnsf Railway Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: TX, MT, IL How to apply:Contact | $2.5K | $13.1M | 1,913 |
| Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, MA, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $27.5K | $13M | 139 |
| John W Anderson Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: IN, IL, MN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $15K | $13M | 218 |
| Cargill Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MN, MO, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $100K | $13M | 95 |
| The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: LA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $46.9K | $13M | 206 |
| Jr Hyde III Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TN, DC, NC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $37.5K | $12.9M | 141 |
| Altman Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, MA, PA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $50K | $12.9M | 216 |
| Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust Company IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: CA, MA, CO How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $12.9M | 170 |
| The Gheens Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: KY, IN, LA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $12.8M | 320 |
| Helen V Brach Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: IL, OH, WI How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $10K | $12.8M | 554 |
| The Dreiseszun Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: AZ, CA, CO How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $12.8M | 141 |
| The David and June Trone Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: SC, MD, DC How to apply:Contact | $25K | $12.7M | 53 |
| Kickapoo Springs Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, MO, VA How to apply:ContactMaterials | $12.5K | $12.7M | 138 |
| Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: FL, NC, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $57.5K | $12.7M | 88 |
| Ppl Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: PA, RI, KY How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $5K | $12.7M | 554 |
| Lattner Family Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: FL, KS, GA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $12.7M | 197 |
| Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, ID How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $12.7M | 141 |
| Hardenbergh Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: MN, GA, IL How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $15K | $12.6M | 337 |
| Intuitive Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DE, SCOTLAND, CA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $51.8K | $12.6M | 104 |
| The Legett Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX How to apply:ContactMaterials | $10K | $12.6M | 136 |
| The Northrop Grumman Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: VA, CA, DC How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $500 | $12.4M | 1,284 |
| Segal Family Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: NY, CA, CO How to apply:ContactMaterials | $30K | $12.4M | 344 |
| Rockwell Automation Charitable Corp IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: WI, NH, DE How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $45K | $12.4M | 74 |
| Hauck Charitable Foundation IRS filing 2025 · Most giving: MO, NY, TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $200K | $12.4M | 25 |
| The Hunt Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, NM, CO How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $20K | $12.4M | 144 |
| MD Anderson Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, OK How to apply:ContactMaterials | $50K | $12.4M | 158 |
| The Melville Charitable Trust Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: DC, CT, MD How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $150K | $12.4M | 54 |
| The Don & Lorraine Freeberg Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, FL, CO How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $12.3M | 83 |
| The Rider-Pool Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: PA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $500K | $12.3M | 5 |
| Alliance Healthcare Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: CA, NY, TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $25K | $12.3M | 155 |
| Heatherington Foundation for Innovation and Education in Health Care IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: OR, IL, FL How to apply:ContactMaterials | $100K | $12.2M | 38 |
| Abell-Hanger Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX, VA, MD How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $6.3K | $12.2M | 382 |
| Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: MO, NY, KS How to apply:ContactMaterials | $10K | $12.2M | 189 |
| RBC Foundation - USA IRS filing 2023 · Most giving: MN How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlinesApply online | $430.9K | $12.2M | 8 |
| Helen Jones Foundation Inc IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX How to apply:ContactMaterials | $87.5K | $12.2M | 34 |
| Schultz Family Foundation IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: WA, DC, PA How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $100K | $12.1M | 66 |
| Three Rivers Foundation for the Arts & Sciences IRS filing 2024 · Most giving: TX How to apply:ContactMaterialsDeadlines | $36.6K | $12.1M | 6 |
How this list is built
Form 990-PF has a box a foundation checks if it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. It is in Part XIV, Line 2 on returns for tax years 2021 and later (Part XV on older forms). A foundation that leaves the box unchecked is asked to describe how to apply: whom to contact, the form and materials to send, deadlines, and any limits on awards. This list includes each foundation whose most recent electronic filing leaves that box unchecked and fills in at least a contact, the form and materials, or deadlines.
The list is a reading of a filing, not a promise that a foundation is taking applications now. Some entries are brief: a filing may say only that no particular form is required, or give “None” as its deadline. Filings also lag by a year or more, so check the foundation's website or contact it before you apply. How we read the filings is on the methodology page.
Our report Foundation Application Information 2026 uses a stricter rule: it does not count filings whose application lines say only “N/A”, “NONE” or “SEE STATEMENT”. By that rule it counted 3,061 of these foundations in its October 2026 snapshot.