List of charitable foundations explained

This is a list of notable charitable foundations.

A

• AARP Foundation
• Acorns Children's Hospice
• Action Against Hunger
• ActionAid
• Acumen
• Adelson Foundation
• Adventist Development and Relief Agency
• Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada
• Aleh Negev
• Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
• Alexander S. Onassis Foundation
• Allegheny Foundation
• Al Manahil Welfare Foundation Bangladesh
• The Alliance for Safe Children
• American Academy in Rome
• American Heart Association
• American Himalayan Foundation
• American India Foundation
• American Indian College Fund
• American Near East Refugee Aid
• American Red Cross
• Amici del Mondo World Friends Onlus
• Amref Health Africa
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Armenia Fund
• Artforum Culture Foundation
• Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
• The Asia Foundation
• Atlantic Philanthropies
• Aythos
• Azim Premji Foundation

B

• Baan Gerda
• Beckstrand Cancer Foundation
• Belarus Solidarity Foundation
• Best Friends Animal Society
• Bharat Sevashram Sangha
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Bilqees Sarwar Foundation
• Blessing Bethlehem
• Bloomberg Philanthropies
• Bluey Day Foundation
• Born This Way Foundation
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America
• Bread for the World
• Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association
• British Heart Foundation
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Bush Foundation

C

• CAFOD
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
• Campaign for Liberty
• The Canadian International Learning Foundation
• Cancer Research UK
• CanTeen
• Cardiac Risk in the Young
• CARE
• Caritas
• Carter Center
• Carthage Foundation
• Casa Pia
• Catholic Charities USA
• Catholic Relief Services
• CBM (formerly Christian Blind Mission)
• Cesvi
• Child In Need Institute
• Child Watch Phuket
• Child's Play
• Children at Risk
• Children in Need
• Children International
• Children of Peace International
• Children's Defense Fund
• Children's Development Trust
• The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
• Children's Liver Disease Foundation
• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
• Children's National Medical Center
• Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities
• Christian Children's Fund of Canada
  • Church World Service The Citizens Foundation
• City Sikhs
• City Year
• Clinton Foundation
• Comic Relief
• Community Network Projects
• Compassion Can't Wait
• Compassion International
• Confetti Foundation
• Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
• Counterpart International
• The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

D

• Daniels Fund
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Direct Relief
• Do Something
• Dream Center
• Drosos Foundation
• Dubai Cares
• The Duke Endowment

E

• East Meets West
• Edhi Foundation
• Elizabeth Associations
• Engineers Without Borders
• Epilepsy Foundation
• Epilepsy Outlook
• Eppley Foundation
• Eye Care Foundation

F

• Feeding America
• Feed My Starving Children
• FINCA International
• Food Allergy Initiative
• Food Not Bombs
• Ford Foundation
• The Foundation for a Better Life
• Foundation for Child Development
• The Fred Hollows Foundation
• Fremont Area Community Foundation
• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
• Fritt Ord
• Fund for Reconciliation and Development
• Fundacion Manantiales

G

• Garfield Weston Foundation
• GEFEK
• George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
• German Foundation for World Population
• Gill Foundation
• Girl Scouts of the USA
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• GlobalGiving
• Global Greengrants Fund
• Global H2O
• Global Village Foundation
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• Grassroots Business Fund
• Greenpeace

H

• Habitat for Humanity
• Hands on Network
• Hands on Tzedakah
• Heal the World Foundation
  • Health World Inc. Heart to Heart International
• Heifer International
• Helen Keller International
• Heritage Action
• The Heritage Foundation
• High Fives Foundation
• Holt International Children's Services
• Hope Educational Foundation
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International)

I

• The Idries Shah Foundation
• IHH (Turkish NGO)
• Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
• Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation
• Inheritance of Hope
• International Children Assistance Network
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• International Foundation for Electoral Systems
• International Fund for Animal Welfare
• International Literacy Foundation
• International Medical Corps
• International Planned Parenthood Federation
• International Republican Institute
• International Resources for the Improvement of Sight
• International Union for Conservation of Nature
• Invisible Children, Inc.
• Islamic Relief
• ISSO Seva

J

• J. Paul Getty Trust
• Jane Goodall Institute
• Jesse's Journey
• Jesuit Refugee Service
• Jewish Community Center
• John A. Hartford Foundation

K

• Kin Canada
• Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
• Konrad Adenauer Foundation
• The Kresge Foundation

L

• La Caixa
• Laidlaw Foundation
• The Lawrence Foundation
• LDS Humanitarian Services
• Legal Education Foundation
• The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
• Lepra
• Li Ka Shing Foundation
• Libra Foundation
• Lifeline Express
• Lilly Endowment
• Lions Clubs International
• Lunches for Learning

M

• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Malteser International
• Marie Stopes International
• Mastercard Foundation
• Material World Charitable Foundation
• Maybach Foundation
• McKnight Foundation
• Médecins du Monde
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
• Mercy Corps
• Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
• Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation
• Movimento Sviluppo e Pace
• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation

N

• National Collegiate Cancer Foundation
• Nemours Foundation
• Network for Good
• New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
• Nimmagadda Foundation
• Nippon Foundation
• Nobel Foundation
• Norwegian Mission Alliance
• NYRR Foundation

O

• Oaktree
• Omar-Sultan Foundation
• ONS Foundation
• Operation Blessing International
• Operation Smile
• Operation USA
• Opportunity International
• Oral Cancer Foundation
• Orbis International
• Ormiston Trust
• Oxfam

P

• The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Pin-ups for Vets
• Plan International

R

• Ratanak International
• Realdania
• Redthread
• Refresh Bolivia
• Reggio Children Foundation
• REHASWISS
• Robert Bosch Stiftung
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Rotary Foundation
• Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
• Royal London Society for Blind People
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

S

• Saint Camillus Foundation
• The Salvation Army
• Samaritan's Purse
• Samsara Foundation
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia
• Save the Children
• Save the Manatee Club
• Scaife Family Foundation
• SCARE for a CURE
• Schowalter Foundation
• Serving Charity
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation
• Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts
• SKIP of New York
• Smile Train
• Societat de Beneficència de Naturals de Catalunya
• Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
  • Somaly Mam SOS Children's Villages
• SOS Children's Villages – UK
• SOS Children's Villages – USA
• Sparebankstiftelsen DnB
• St. Baldrick's Foundation
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• Starlight Children's Foundation
• Stichting INGKA Foundation
• Stone Family Foundation
• Students Helping Honduras
• Surdna Foundation
• Survivor Corps
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• SystemX

T

• Taproot Foundation
• The Book Thing
• Thrive Africa
• Tom Joyner Foundation
• Toys for Tots
• Traffic
• True Volunteer Foundation
• Tulsa Community Foundation

U

• UNICEF
• United Methodist Committee on Relief
• United Nations Foundation
• United States Artists
• United Way Worldwide
• Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

V

• Vancouver Foundation
• Varkey Foundation
• Veniños
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
• Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
• Virtu Foundation
• Voluntary Service Overseas
• Volunteers of America

W

• The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
• W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
• Waste No Food
• WE Charity (formerly Free the Children)
• Wellcome Trust
• Wetlands International
• Wikimedia Foundation
• WildAid
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• The Winnipeg Foundation
• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
  • World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts World Literacy Foundation
• World Medical Relief
• World Scout Foundation
• World Transformation Movement
• World Vision International
• World Wide Fund for Nature
• Wounded Warrior Project
• Wyoming Wildlife Federation

Y

• Young Lives
• Youth Entrepreneurs
• Youth with a Mission
• YouthBuild

See also

• Charitable trust
• List of foundations in Canada
• List of water-related charities
• List of wealthiest charitable foundations
• Youth philanthropy