National Foundations

Some of the major national foundations identified by the Foundation Center as interested in health are listed here with their primary areas of interest.
  • Aron Charitable Foundation
    125 East 56th Street-Suite 2300
    New York, NY 10022
    (212) 832-3405
    Local hospitals and health agencies.

  • Bush Foundation
    332 Minnesota Street, East 900
    St. Paul, MN 55101
    (651) 227-0891
    www.bushfound.org
    Efficiency of health care delivery; rural and under-served areas.

  • Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
    250 Park Avenue, Room 900
    New York, NY 10017-0026
    (212) 551-9100
    www.emcf.org
    Improving the school-to-work transition for disadvantaged youth; improving the family environment of neglected children in institutionalized or foster care.

  • William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.
    500 5th Avenue, Suite 1230
    New York, NY 10110-0180
    (212) 302-8734
    www.donner.org
    Nutrition; nutrition education

  • Ford Foundation
    320 East 43rd Street
    New York, NY 10017
    (212) 573-5000
    www.fordfound.org
    Preference for community-based programs that educate mothers and children about health, nutrition, and early intellectual stimulation; teenage pregnancy prevention; projects with potential national applications.

  • Gannett Foundation
    1100 Wilson Boulevard, 30th Floor
    Arlington, VA 22234
    www.gannettfoundation.org
    Health institutions in areas served by Gannett Company.

  • William Randolph Hearst Foundation
    888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor
    New York, NY 10106-0057
    (212) 586-5404
    www.hearstfdn.org
    Health care for minority and poverty-level populations; improvement of health care delivery systems.

  • Houston Endowment, Inc.
    600 Travis, Suite 6400
    Houston, TX 77002-3007
    (713) 238-8100
    www.houstonendowment.org
    Expansion and improvement of health care facilities.

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    P.O. Box 2316
    Princeton, NJ 08543-2316
    (609) 452-8701
    www.rwjf.org
    Second largest of all foundations; health as main priority.
    Experimental approaches to administering health care services; improving access to personal health care by the most undeserved populations; and a variety of other projects.

  • Joyce Foundation
    70 West Madison Street-Suite 2750
    Chicago, IL 60602
    (312) 782-2464
    www.joycefdn.org
    Cultural and social habits affecting health; nutrition; environment; health education; self-help; prevention.

  • Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
    2400 Sand Hill Road
    Menlo Park, CA 94025
    (650) 854-9400
    www.kff.org
    Community-based health promotion projects.

  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation
    One Michigan Avenue East
    Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058
    (616) 968-1611
    www.wkkf.org
    Projects designed to improve human well-being through health promotion/disease prevention/public health; community-wide, cost-effective health services.

  • Kresge Foundation
    P.O. Box 3151
    3215 West Big Beaver Road
    Troy, MI 48007-3151
    (248) 643-0588
    www.kresge.org
    Building construction or renovation projects; generally funds only well-established institutions.

  • Levi Strauss Foundation
    Levi's Plaza
    1155 Battery Street, 7th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111
    (415) 501-6579
    www.levistrauss.com/index_community.html
    Prevention of violence within families; individual well-being of the aging; priority-projects targeting areas where it has facilities.

  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    140 South Dearborn Street-Suite 1100
    Chicago, IL 60603-5285
    (312) 726-8000
    www.macfdn.org
    Psychological and behavioral aspects of health.

  • Metropolitan Life Foundation
    One Madison Avenue
    New York, NY 10010-3690
    (212) 578-6272
    www.metlife.com/Companyinfo/Community/Found/index.html
    Health education; safety; nutrition; illness prevention; alcohol abuse.

  • Pew Charitable Trusts
    2005 Market Street-Suite 1700
    Philadelphia, PA 19103
    (215) 575-9050
    www.pewtrusts.org
    Public health policy research; mental health and mental retardation; long-term care; and rehabilitation and chemical dependency.

  • Public Welfare Foundation, Inc.
    1200 U. St., N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20009-4443
    (202) 965-1800
    www.publicwelfare.org
    Programs which serve low-income populations only; preference-short-term needs.

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
    630 Fifth Avenue-Suite 2550
    New York, NY 10111-0242
    (212) 649-1649
    www.sloan.org
    Environmental health.

  • Sunnen Foundation
    7910 Manchester Avenue
    St. Louis, MO 63143
    (314) 781-2100
    Family planning and pregnancy termination; youth; abused children; handicapped.

 

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