Searchable Databases
- Community of Science, with links to searchable
- Federal Commons - opportunities for federal government funding
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- GPO Access — Databases via the US Government Printing Office
- GrantsNet - searchable for funding in the biological and medical sciences
- GrantsWeb through the Society of Research Administrators
- The Grant Advisor Plus - searchable for funding sources and deadlines in many disciplines
- IRIS — funding sources, alerts, and deadlines from Illinois Researcher Information Service
- Al-Quds University Research Office funding alert
Full Index:
The links below take you directly to the Web sites of company-sponsored private foundations and direct corporate giving programs. For grant seekers interested in doing preliminary funding research online.
A
- Avon Products Foundation, Inc. (NY)
- Aspect Telecommunications (CA)
- ARCO Foundation (CA)
- Apple Computer (CA)
- AMR/American Airlines Foundation (TX)
- American Savings Bank Foundation (CT)
- American Express Minnesota Philanthropic Program (MN)
- Ameren Corp. (MO)
- Aluminum Company of America (PA)
- AlliedSignal Inc. (NJ)
- Aleut Foundation, The (AK)
- Agrilink Foods/Pro-Fac Foundation (NY)
- AFC Enterprises, Inc. (GA): (Churchs Chicken), (Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits)
- Adobe Systems, Inc. (CA)
- Ackerley Group, Inc., The (WA)
- Abbott Laboratories Fund (IL)
- ADC Telecommunications (MN)
- Aetna Foundation (CT)
- Agilent Technologies, Inc. (CA)
- Alcoa Foundation (PA)
- Alliant Energy (WI)
- Allstate Foundation, The (IL)
- ALZA Corporation (CA)
- American Express Foundation (NY)
- Ameritech Corporation (IL)
- AMP Foundation (PA)
- AOL Foundation (VA)
- Applied Materials, Inc. (CA)
- Ashland Inc./Ashland Foundation (KY)
- AT&T Foundation (NY)
- AXA Foundation (NY)
B
- Brookshire Grocery Co. (TX)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NY)
- Boston Globe Foundation (MA)
- Boeing Company, The (WA)
- Blockbuster Inc. (TX)
- Best Buy (MN)
- Ben & Jerry's Foundation (VT)
- Bell Atlantic Foundation (NY)
- Bayer Corporation (PA)
- Bauer, Inc., Eddie (WA)
- Bank of America Foundation (NC)
- Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (MD)
- Bard Foundation, C.R. (NJ)
- Baxter Allegiance Foundation (IL)
- Bechtel Foundation (CA)
- BellSouth Foundation (GA)
- Berlex Foundation, Inc. (NJ)
- BI-LO Inc. (SC)
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, Inc. (MI)
- Boston Gas (MA)
- BP Amoco (IL)
- Brooklyn Union Gas Company (NY)
- Burger King Corporation Contributions Program (FL)
C
- Credit Suisse First Boston Foundation Trust (NY)
- Cooper Industries (TX)
- ConAgra, Inc. (NE)
- Compaq Computer Corporation (TX)
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland (PA)
- Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation (GA)
- CNET, Inc. Community Involvement Program (CA)
- Citigroup Foundation (NY)
- Cinergy Foundation (OH)
- Chevron Corporation (CA)
- Carolina Power & Light Co. (NC)
- Capital City Bank Group Foundation (FL)
- Candle Foundation, The (CA)
- Cablevision Systems Corporation (NY)
- Cadence Design Systems (CA)
- Canon U.S.A., Inc. (NY)
- Cargill Foundation, The (MN)
- Ceridian Corporation (MN)
- CIGNA Corporation (PA)
- Cisco Systems Foundation (CA)
- Clorox Company Foundation (CA)
- Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc., The (GA)
- Columbia Energy Group (VA)
- Comcast Corp. (PA)
- Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA)
- Consumers Energy Foundation, The (MI)
- Corning Foundation (NY)
- Curriculum Associates, Inc. Excellence in Teaching Cabinet Grant Program (MA)
D
- du Pont de Nemours and Company, E. I. (DE)
- Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc., The (NJ)
- Donnelley and Sons Company, R. R. (IL)
- Detroit Edison Foundation (MI)
- Delta Air Lines Foundation (GA)
- Deloitte and Touche Foundation (CT)
- Datatel Scholars Foundation (VA)
- DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund (MI)
- Deere & Company (IL)
- Dell Foundation (TX)
- Dermody Properties Foundation (NV)
- Disney Learning Partnership (CA)
- Dow Chemical Company (MI)
- Dreyer's Foundation (CA)
- Duke Energy Corporation (NC)
E
- Ernst & Young Foundation (NY)
- Eli Lilly and Company (IN)
- Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation (IL)
- eBay Foundation (CA)
- Eastman Kodak Company (NY)
- Eastern Enterprises (MA)
- Eaton Corporation (OH)
- EDS (TX)
- Electronic Data Systems Corporation (TX)
- EPS Solutions Foundation (CA)
- ExxonMobil Corporation & ExxonMobil Education Foundation (TX)
F
- Freddie Mac Foundation (VA)
- FMC Foundation (IL)
- First Union Regional Foundation (PA)
- FileMaker, Inc. (CA)
- Federated Department Store Foundation (OH)
- Fannie Mae Foundation (DC)
- Farmers Insurance Group (CA)
- Fieldstone Foundation (CA)
- FirstEnergy Companies (OH)
- Fleet Bank (MA)
- Ford Motor Company Fund (MI)
- Frito-Lay, Inc. (TX)
G
- GTE Corporation/Foundation (TX)
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Giving Program, The (OH)
- Giant Food Inc. (DC)
- General Mills, Inc. (MN)
- GE Fund (CT)
- Gargiulo Foundation, James & Marietta (NY)
- Gannett Foundation (VA)
- Gap Inc. (CA)
- GATX Corporation (IL)
- Genentech, Inc. (CA)
- General Motors Corporate Giving Program (MI)
- Giant Food Stores, Inc. (PA)
- GROWMARK, Inc. (IL)
H
- Honeywell Foundation (MN)
- Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Corporate Giving Program (NJ)
- Hitachi Foundation, The (DC)
- Hewlett-Packard Company (CA)
- Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation (HI)
- Hancock Company, John (MA)
- H&R Block, Inc. (MO)
- Hannaford Bros. Company (ME)
- HCR Manor Care Foundation
- Hilton Hotels Corporation (CA)
- Hoechst Foundation, The (NJ)
- Home Depot, The (GA)
- Humana Foundation, Inc., The (KY)
I
- IPALCO Enterprises (IN)
- International Paper Company (NY)
- Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc. (IL)
- Illinois Power Company (IL)
- IBM Corporation (NY)
- IKOS Community Involvement Program (CA)
- Independence Community Foundation (NY)
- Intel Corporation (CA)
- Intimate Brands, Inc. (OH)
- ITT Industries, Inc. Corporate Giving Program (NY)
J
- Johnson & Johnson Corporate Giving Program (NJ)
- J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. (NY)
- Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation, Inc. (FL)
- Johnson Wax Fund, S.C. (WI)
K
- Koch Industries, Inc. (KS)
- KN Energy Foundation (CO)
- KeySpan Foundation (NY)
- Kmart Corporation (MI)
- KPMG Foundation, The (NJ)
- Komag, Inc. (CA)
L
- Lucent Technologies (NJ)
- Longaberger Company (OH)
- Lincoln Financial Group (IN)
- Levi Strauss & Co. (CA)
- Land O'Lakes Foundation (MN)
- Limited, Inc., The (OH)
- Lincoln National Foundation, Inc.,The (IN)
- Lubrizol Foundation (OH)
- Lyondell Chemical Company (TX)
M
- Motley Fool, Inc., The (VA)
- MONY Foundation (NY)
- Monsanto Fund (MO)
- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. — 3M (MN)
- Microsoft Corporation (WA)
- Meyer Stores, Inc., Fred (OR)
- Mervyn's California (CA)
- Merck & Co., Inc. (NJ) Program
- Meijer, Inc. (MI)
- McKessonHBOC (CA)
- Mazda Foundation (DC)
- MathSoft, Inc. (MA)
- Master Brewers Association of the Americas Scholarship Foundation, Inc. (WI)
- Materials for the Future Foundation (CA)
- Mattel Children's Foundation (CA)
- McGraw Hill Companies (NY)
- Medtronic Foundation (MN)
- Men's Warehouse, The (TX)
- Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NY)
- Metropolitan Life Foundation (NY)
- Micron Technology, Inc. (ID)
- Millipore Foundation (MA)
- Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (DC)
- Montana Power Company (MT)
- Morton International, Inc. (IL)
- Motorola, Inc. (AZ)
N
- Northrop Grumman Corporation (CA)
- Northern States Power Company (MN)
- North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation Bright Ideas Grant Program (NC)
- Nike, Inc. (OR)
- Newport News Shipbuilding (VA)
- New England Financial (MA)
- NEC Foundation of America (NY)
- National Starch and Chemical Foundation, Inc. (NJ)
- Nalco Foundation (IL)
- National Semiconductor Corporation (CA)
- Nationwide Foundation (OH)
- New Century Energies Foundation (CO)
- NewDeal Foundation (MA)
- New York Life Foundation (NY)
- Nissan Motor Corporation (CA)
- Northeast Utilities System Corporate Giving Program (CT)
- Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin) (WI)
- Novell, Inc. (UT)
O
P
- Prudential Insurance Co. (NJ)
- Principal Financial Group (IA)
- Polaroid Foundation (MA)
- Pizza Hut, Inc. (KS)
- Philip Morris Companies Inc. (NY)
- Pfizer, Inc. (NY)
- Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (TX)
- Peninsula West Valley Association of Realtors Charitable Foundation (CA)
- Panasonic Foundation, The (NJ)
- Pacific Life Foundation (CA)
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company (CA)
- PacifiCorp Foundation, The (OR)
- Padilla Speer Beardsley Inc. Corporate Giving Program (MN)
- Patagonia, Inc. (CA)
- Penney Company, J. C. (TX)
- Pets.com Pets.commitment Program (CA)
- PG&E Corporation (CA)
- Pillsbury Company Foundation (MN)
- Playboy Foundation (IL)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (NY)
- Procter & Gamble Fund (OH)
- Public Service Electric and Gas Company (NJ)
Q
R
- Rite Aid Corporation (PA)
- Reynolds Metals Company Foundation (VA)
- Raytheon Company (MA)
- ReliaStar Foundation (MN)
- Reynolds and Reynolds Company Foundation (OH)
- Rohm and Haas Company (PA)
S
- Suntory Water Group, Inc. (GA)
- State Street Foundation (MA)
- Starbucks Foundation, The (WA)
- Sovereign Bank Foundation (PA)
- Sonoco Products Company (SC)
- Solectron (CA)
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation (IL)
- Silicon Graphics, Inc. (CA)
- Shell Oil Company (TX)
- Sequent Foundation (OR)
- Sempra Energy (CA)
- Sears, Roebuck and Co. (IL)
- Scripps Howard Foundation (OH)
- SAS Institute, Inc. (NC)
- San Jose Sharks, The (CA)
- SLM Holding Corporation (VA)
- SAFECO Corporation (WA)
- St. Paul Companies, Inc. Corporate Giving Program, The (MN)
- San Diego Gas & Electric (CA)
- Sara Lee Foundation (IL)
- SBC Foundation (TX)
- Seagate (CA)
- Sega Foundation (CA)
- Seneca Foods Corporation (NY)
- Shaw's Supermarkets (MA)
- Siemens Foundation (NY)
- Skadden Fellowship Foundation (NY)
- SmithKline Beecham (PA)
- SOM Foundation (IL)
- Southwire Company (GA)
- Sprint Corporation (KS)
- State Farm Companies Foundation (IL)
- Sun Microsystems (CA)
- Symantec Corporation (OR)
T
- Tupperware U.S., Inc. (FL)
- Trimble Navigation (CA)
- Toshiba America Foundation (NY)
- Tom's of Maine, Inc. (ME)
- 3Com Corporation (CA)
- Texas Instruments Foundation (TX)
- Tesoro Petroleum (TX)
- Target Foundation (MN)
- Texaco (NY)
- Thomson Financial Services (MA)
- Textron Inc. (RI)
- Tops Markets, Inc. (NY)
- Toyota USA Foundation (CA)
- TRW Foundation, Inc. (OH)
U
- U.S. WEST Foundation (CO)
- Unocal Corporation (CA)
- United Parcel Service (GA)
- Union Pacific Foundation (NE)
- United Airlines Foundation (IL)
- United Technologies (CT)
- U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Companies (MN)
- USX Foundation (PA)
V
W
- Working Assets Corporate Giving Program
- Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (CO)
- WHO Foundation (TX)
- Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation (WA)
- West Group Community Partnership Program
- Wells Fargo & Company (CA)
- Walgreens (IL)
- Wal-Mart Foundation (AR)
- Wendy's International, Inc. (OH)
- Westinghouse Foundation (PA)
- Whirlpool Foundation (MI)
- Whole Foods Market, Inc. (TX)
- Windermere Foundation, The (WA)
Y