The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) aims to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through direct grants. By funding nongovernmental organizations globally, NED seeks to advance democratic goals across more than 100 countries, facilitating the growth and development of democratic values, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law.

National Endowment for Democracy

National Endowment for Democracy Grant Program

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund aims at fostering long-term peace and prosperity in Europe, with a focus on successful post-communist and post-conflict transitions in the Balkans. It supports healthy democratic processes, regional myth debunking initiatives, and the development of a vibrant civil society and indigenous philanthropy in the region. The RBF is dedicated to ensuring the transformation into transparent, accountable, and responsive democracies, emphasizing ethnic, gender, age, cultural, and racial diversity, and promoting pluralistic, inclusive societies.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Democratic Practice Program

The Cowles Charitable Trust aims to advance the philanthropic legacy of Gardner Cowles, Jr. and the Cowles family, focusing on promoting education, social justice, health, and the arts. Established in 1948, the trust reflects Mike Cowles’ dedication to responsible journalism and philanthropy, supporting sectors such as the arts, education, ethical journalism, medical and climate research.

Cowles Charitable Trust

Cowles Charitable Trust Grant

Resist's mission focuses on supporting groups engaged in the work of justice, liberation, and resistance against systemic oppression. They fund organizations that organize within communities for structural social and economic changes. Resist is dedicated to fostering movements that confront white and Christian supremacy, capitalism, gender and sexual oppression, and all forms of patriarchy, prioritizing leadership by those most affected by structural oppression.

Resist.

Resist Grants

Versacare Foundation is an independent, self-funded lay organization that has been supporting Seventh-day Adventist ministries and select humanitarian efforts with financial grants since 1990. Comprised of lay Adventists and current and former Adventist church employees, its mission is to further the Kingdom of God and restore the “image of God” in those in need.

Versacare, Inc.

Versafund Grant Program: Catalyst Grant

The Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation aims to support nonprofit organizations that work towards strengthening the human spirit and enhancing personal integrity. The Foundation dedicates its resources to initiatives focused on character development through avenues such as leadership training, literacy, primary education, business integrity, spiritual enrichment, and ethics. It believes in the potential for individuals to grow in various aspects of life, thereby fostering a more confident and ethical lifestyle. The Foundation’s core mission is to empower its beneficiaries to improve their families and communities, encouraging a cycle of giving and strengthening.

The Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation

Richard Donchian Foundation Grants

The World Future Fund is dedicated to conducting research and educating the public on the importance of a greater commitment to investing in the future, aiming to address the imbalance of borrowing from the future at an unsustainable pace. Established in 1995, it monitors long-term trends to promote building for a real future.

World Future Fund

World Future Fund Grant

The mission of the Decorative Arts Trust, a non-profit organization, is to promote and foster the appreciation and study of the decorative arts. Their efforts include exchanging information through programming, collaborating with museums and preservation organizations, and underwriting internships, research grants, and scholarships for graduate students and young professionals.

Decorative Arts Trust

Dean F. Failey Grant

AJA Foundation seeks to help those who have adhered to societal expectations yet find essential resources and advancement opportunities elusive or structurally inaccessible. The Foundation aims to level the playing field by investing in organizations globally that address what it sees as fundamental human rights, focusing on equal access to clean water, quality education, and essential healthcare. It partners with organizations demonstrating success, narrow missions, cost-effective solutions, and proven results, emphasizing investment in capable and committed individuals for exceptional outcomes.

AJA Foundation

AJA Foundation Grants

The Brinson Foundation is a privately funded philanthropic organization committed to encouraging personal initiative, advancing individual freedoms & liberties, and positively contributing to society in the areas of education and scientific research.

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