Top 60 National Grantmaking Foundations that Fund Christian Agencies

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following broad program areas: conservation; population; science; children, families, and communities

The Annenberg Foundation

The Annenberg Foundation exists to advance the public well-being through improved communication.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Private foundation dedicated to improving health and healthcare for Americans. Details on grant applications, information on grantees

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Describes current funding interests in education, environment, and performing arts, with information on past grantees and foundation operations.

IMMI Word & Deed Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 408
Westfield, Indiana 46074
Contact: Don Boyle, Dir.

Purpose and activities: Grants are made to religious organizations for the purpose of assisting them in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed.
Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches.

Woerner World Ministries, Inc.
777 S. Flagler Dr., Ste. 1100
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily to evangelical Christian organizations.  Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches.

Maude Pritchard Charitable Trust
(Formerly William E. and Maude S. Pritchard Charitable Trust )
c/o The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
1211 Ave. of the Americas, 34th Fl.
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: (212) 789-5325
Contact: Michael H. Spiegel

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily for education, health care, and human services.  Fields of interest: Biological sciences; Christian agencies & churches; Elementary/secondary education; Health care; Human services.

The Ireland Foundation
c/o H & I Advisors
1030 Hanna Bldg., 1422 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115-2004
Telephone: (216) 363-1033
Contact: Louise Ireland Humphrey, Pres.

Purpose and activities: Grants largely for educational and charitable programs, with emphasis on nursing, higher and secondary education, and hospitals; grants also for music.
Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches; Education; Elementary/secondary education; Federated giving programs; Higher education; Hospitals (general); Nursing care; Performing arts, music; Performing arts, opera.
Geographic focus: National

The White Foundation, Inc.
99 Lazell St.
Hingham, MA 02043

Purpose and activities: Giving for Christian religion and higher education.
Fields of interest: Children/youth, services; Christian agencies & churches; Higher education.

The Good Shepherds Trust Foundation
P.O. Box 2918
Valdosta, GA 31604-2918

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily for Christian agencies and churches.
Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches; Human services.

The Neal Family Foundation
P.O. Box 561109
Charlotte, NC 28256

Purpose and activities: Giving mostly for evangelical Christian activities.
Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches; Mental health/crisis services, suicide.

Tyndale House Foundation
351 Executive Dr.
Wheaton, IL 60188
Telephone: (630) 668-8300
Contact: Mary Kleine Yehling, Exec. Dir.

Purpose and activities: To promote the gospel through Christian literature projects, Bible translations, and Christian services and activities in the U.S. and abroad.
Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches; Human services; Language/linguistics; Literature; Protestant agencies & churches; Religious federated giving programs.

The Rock Foundation
7660 Twin Lakes Trail
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

Purpose and activities: Giving only to religious charities engaged in evangelistic ministerial works.
Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches; Protestant agencies & churches; Protestant federated giving programs.

Richard M. and Elizabeth M. Ross Family Foundation
(Formerly Elizabeth M. Ross Family Foundation )
2145 14th Ave., Ste. 16
Vero Beach, FL 32960
Contact: Marcia Blackburn, Secy.-Treas.
FAX: (561) 978-9685
E-mail: rossfund@earthlink.net

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily for medical research and for children's health and welfare.
Fields of interest: Children/youth, services; Christian agencies & churches; Food banks; Medical research; Museums.

Cornerstone Christian Outreach, Inc.
1445 Ross at Field, Ste. 1700
Dallas, TX 75202-2785

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily to Christian churches, schools, and organizations, with emphasis on Baptist institutions.  Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches; Education; Human services; Protestant agencies & churches.

James Read Family Foundation
P.O. Box 459
Hingham, MA 02043

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily to Christian agencies and churches.  Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches.
 

Everlasting Private Foundation
c/o Annie M.H. Chan
19770 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone: (408) 343-1088
Contact: Michelle Woo

Purpose and activities: To foster Christian beliefs through operation of the Lakeview Conference Center, a religious/Bible Camp and Christian Community Center.  Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches.

The Reveas Foundation
8211 N. Fresno St.
Fresno, CA 93720

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily for museums, higher education, athletics, human services; support also for children, youth, and family services, federated giving programs, and Christian organizations, including Presbyterian churches.  Fields of interest: Athletics/sports, football; Children, services; Christian agencies & churches; Family services; Federated giving programs; Higher education; Human services; Museums; Museums (art); Protestant agencies & churches; Youth, services.

Maurice H. Masland Trust No. 1
919 Conestoga Rd., Bldg. 1, Ste. 303
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-1352
Telephone: (610) 526-9500
Contact: Phyllis W. Smith, Tr.
Application address: 3932 Druid Hills Rd., Louisville, KY 40207, tel.: (502)721-8982

Purpose and activities: To spread the knowledge of the saving Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches; Education; International development.

Fred Pillsbury Foundation
10702 Manchester Rd., Ste. 10
St. Louis, MO 63122
Contact: Linda Roos, Pres.
FAX: (314) 822-3722

Fields of interest: Arts; Christian agencies & churches; Higher education; Human services.

Doty Family Foundation
123-4 Richmond Hill Rd.
New Canaan, CT 06840
Contact: Anne Marie Paine, Tr.

Purpose and activities: Grants only for churches and charitable organizations with which members of the family are involved. Fields of interest: Christian agencies & churches.

Herschend Foundation
2512 S. Campbell
Springfield, MO 65807
Telephone: (417) 883-9900
Contact: Gary S. Burgess, Mgr.

Purpose and activities: Support primarily for religious organizations.   Christian agencies & churches; Protestant agencies & churches.

8:32, Inc. Foundation
P.O. Box 271054
Oklahoma City, OK 73137-1054
Contact: Tina Cole

Purpose and activities: Giving primarily for religious activities, especially Baptist church support and youth ministries.  Children/youth, services; Christian agencies & churches; Human services.