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Top 100 US Grant Foundations

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1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2. The Ford Foundation
3. J. Paul Getty Trust
4. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
5. W. K. Kellogg Foundation
6. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
7. Lilly Endowment Inc.
8. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
9. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
10. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
11. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
12. Bloomberg Philanthropies
13. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
14. The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
15. The Rockefeller Foundation
16. Tulsa Community Foundation
17. The California Endowment
18. The Kresge Foundation
19. The Duke Endowment
20. John Templeton Foundation
21. Foundation to Promote Open Society
22. Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc.
23. Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
24. Carnegie Corporation of New York
25. The Annie E. Casey Foundation
26. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
27. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
28. Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
29. The New York Community Trust
30. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
31. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
32. Richard King Mellon Foundation
33. The JPB Foundation
34. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
35. The William Penn Foundation
36. Kimbell Art Foundation
37. Casey Family Programs
38. The McKnight Foundation
39. Simons Foundation
40. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
41. The Cleveland Foundation
42. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
43. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
44. The Wyss Foundation
45. The Chicago Community Trust
46. Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation
47. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
48. The James Irvine Foundation
49. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
50. Houston Endowment Inc.
51. The Oregon Community Foundation
52. Annenberg Foundation
53. Laura and John Arnold Foundation
54. The Heinz Endowments
55. Open Society Institute
56. Barr Foundation
57. The Moody Foundation
58. The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations
59. The Wallace Foundation
60. Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation
61. Daniels Fund
62. The Brown Foundation, Inc.
63. The Starr Foundation
64. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
65. California Community Foundation
66. Marin Community Foundation
67. Foundation For The Carolinas
68. Lumina Foundation
69. W. M. Keck Foundation
70. The San Francisco Foundation
71. George Lucas Family Foundation
72. Bat Hanadiv Foundation
73. Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
74. The Anschutz Foundation (CO)
75. The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation (CA)
76. The Ahmanson Foundation
77. Cummings Foundation, Inc.
78. The Pittsburgh Foundation
79. M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust
80. Shimon ben Joseph Foundation
81. The Brin Wojcicki Foundation
82. The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc.
83. The Broad Art Foundation
84. Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.
85. Druckenmiller Foundation
86. The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
87. The California Wellness Foundation
88. The Joyce Foundation
89. Surdna Foundation, Inc.
90. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
91. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
92. Otto Bremer Foundation
93. Boston Foundation, Inc.
94. Bush Foundation
95. Hall Family Foundation
96. The Ford Family Foundation
97. Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.
98. The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
99. Dalio Foundation, Inc.
100. The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

International Research Funding Agencies

Governmental donors and Cooperation Agencies
Danish International Development Agency DANIDA http://www.um.dk
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SIDA http://www.sida.se/Sida/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=107 http://www.sida.se/Sida/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=734
Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development ACORD http://www.acord.org.uk
Agence Francaise de Developpement AFD http://www.afd.fr
Agency for Co-operation and Technical Development http://www.actngo.be
Australian Agency for International Development AusAID http://www.ausaid.gov.au
Canadian International Development Agency CIDA http://www.acdi-cida.ca/cidaweb/webcountry.nsf/index.html
FINNIDA http://global.finland.fi/index.php?kieli=3
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORAD http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1139&V_LANG_ID=0
Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation SDC http://www.sdc.admin.ch
Swissaid http://www.swissaid.ch
UK Government Department for International Development DFID http://www.dfid.gov.uk
United States Fish and Wildlife Service http://international.fws.gov/grants/grants.html
Department for International Development DFID http://www.dfid.gov.uk
USAID http://www.usaid.gov
 Programmes and bodies Inter-governmental Agencies
EUROPEAN UNION http://.europa.eu.int
EuropeAid Co-operation Office http://europa.eu.int/comm/europaid/tender/index_en.htm
EU’s Human Rights & Democratization Policy E-mail: Nicola.nortaro@cec.eu.int
World Bank Facility for Indigenous Peoples, Secretariat http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/ 63ByDocName/GlobalFundforIndigenousPeoples
Asia Development Bank http://www.adb.org
United Nations Development Program UNDP/GEF-SGP http://www.undp.or/sgp
United Nations Foundation http://un.org.
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples http://www2.ohchr.org/english/about/funds/indigenous/ http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/TortureFundMain.aspx
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of victims of slavery http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Slavery/Pages/SlaveryFundMain.aspx
Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/second_trustfund.html
Foundations, other public and private donors
ACORN Foundation http://www.commonhousel.org/pages/foundations.html
African Development Foundation http://www.adf.gov
Aid to Artisans, Inc. http://aidtoartisans.org
Jenifer Altman Foundation http://www.jaf.org
Bernard van Leer Foundation http://www.bernardvanleer.org
Bruno Manser Fonds http://www.bmf.ch
The Christensen Fund http://www.christensenfund.org
Compton Foundation http://comptonfoundation.org
Cultural Survival http://www.culturalsurvival.org
Earth Preservation Fund EPF http://www.earthpreservation.og
First People’s Heritage, Language and Culture Council http://www.fphlcc.ca
Global Fund for Children http://www.globalfundforchildren.org
Global Greengrants Fund http://www.greengrants.org
KIOS – The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights http://www.kios.fi
Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples NCIV http://www.nciv.net
Oak Foundation http://www.oakfnd.org/
Rainforest Action Network RAN http://www.ran.org
Rainforest Alliance http://www.rainforest-alliance.org
Rainforest Conservation Fund RCF http://www.rainforestconservation.org
Rainforest Foundation – International http://www.rainforestfoundation.org
The Rockefeller Foundation http://www.rockfund.org
Seva Foundation http://www.seva.org
Seventh Generation Fund http://www.7genfund.org
Small Grants Program for Operations to Promote Tropical Forests SGP-PTF http://www.sgpptf.org/home.asp
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation SSNC http://www.snf.se
ADC Foundation http://www.adc.com/aboutadc/adcfoundation/
ACTIONAID Alliance http://www.actionaidalliance.org
African Women’s Development Fund AWDF http://www.awdf.org
Aga Khan Foundation – Canada http://www.akfc.ca
Allen Foundation, Inc. http://www.allenfoundation.org
The Asia Foundation http://www..asiafoundation.org
Heinrich Boll Foundation http://www.boell.de/asp/frameset_en.html (English web) http://www.boell.de/asp/frameset_sp.html (Spanish web)
Compton Foundation, Inc. http://www.comptonfoundation.org
Cottonwood Foundation http://www.cottonwoodfdn.org
Development and Peace/Developpement et paiz http://www.devo.org
Echoing Green Foundation http://www..echoinggreen.org
FinnChurchAid http://www.evl.fi/kua/english
The Ford Foundation http://www.fordfound.org
Freidrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation FES http://www.fes.de/intro_en.html
Global Catalyst Foundation http://www.global-catalyst.org
Global Fund for Women http://www.globalfundforwomen.org
Fund for Global Human Rights FGHR http://www.hrfunders.org
Green Development Foundation ( Netherlands) http://www.greendevelopment.nl
International Women’s Health Coalition http://www.iwhc.org
Moriah Fund http://www.moriahfund.org
National Endowment for Democracy http://www.ned.org
Netherlands Committee for the World Conservation Union http://www.ncium.nl/english/funds/index.htm
Netherlands Organization for International Development Co-operation http://www.novib.nl
Open Society Institute http://www.soros.org
Oxfam International http://www.oxfam.org
Pacific Environment http://www.pacificenvironment.org
Peace Development Fund http://www.peacedevelopmentfund.org
The Pew Charitable Trusts http://www.pewtrusts.com
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. http://www.rbf.org
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust http://www.jrct.org.uk
Solidago Foundation Email: solidago@igc.org
SOS Faim Belgique http://www.sosfaim.be
Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights http://www.humanrights.se/engelska/eng-index.htm
Terre des Hommes TDH Email: terre@t-online.de
Tides Foundation http://www.tidesfoundation.org
Weeden Foundation http://www.weedenfdn.org
Winds of Peace Foundation Email: peacewinds@peacewinds.org
Xminus Y Solidarity Fund http://www.xminy.nl/page.php?pagename=888.01.01
Mama Cash www.mamacash.nl

International Agencies Funding Higher Education and Research in Africa and Elsewhere

  • African Capacity-Building Foundation (ACBF)
  • African Development Foundation (ADF)
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
  • British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)
  • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  • Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries (KFPE)
  • Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the 21 South (COMSATS)
  • The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (CDASED)
  • Council for Environmental Education (CEE)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
  • Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Foundation for International Training (FIT)
  • Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
  • Irish Aid (IrishAid)
  • Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpment (IRD)
  • Inter-Academy Council (IAC)
  • Inter-Academy Panel on International Issues (IAP)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
  • International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS)
  • International Council for Science (ICSU)
  • International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
  • International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
  • International Foundation for Science (IFS)
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
  • International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
  • International Organization for Immigration (IOM)
  • International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)
  • Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS)
  • Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
  • Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
  • Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher 89 Education (NUFFIC)
  • Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
  • OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC FUND)
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • RAND Corporation (RAND)
  • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
  • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
  • The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
  • Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO)
  • Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • The World Bank (WB)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)

Country by Country Science Funding Agencies in Europe


Sources:
  • Science Europe
  • Foundation Center
  • Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) publications
  • Wikipedia