Foundation Directory

For your convenience website links to private foundations are provided below. Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations for advice on applying to foundations, some of which require special handling as indicated via the links below.

Paul G. Allen Foundations
Alsdorf Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Alsdorf Foundation
American Federation on Aging Research
American Foundation for Urologic Disease
Annenberg Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Annenberg Foundation
ARCS Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

ARCS Foundation
Arthritis Foundation
Atlantic Philanthropies

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Atlantic Philanthropies
Helen Bader Foundation
Barth Syndrome Foundation
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Berlex Foundation
Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Brinson Foundation
Brookdale Foundation
Buehler Family Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Buehler Family Foundation
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Associate for the Cure of (CapCURE) Cancer of the Prostate
Cancer Research Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Chicago Community Trust

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Chicago Community Trust
Coleman Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Coleman Foundation
Commonwealth Fund
Owen L. Coon Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Owen L. Coon Foundation
Crown Family Philanthropies

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Crown Family Philanthropies
Patrick and Anna Cudahy Fund
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Charles A. Dana Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Charles A. Dana Foundation
Davee Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Davee Foundation
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Dermatology Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Ellison Medical Foundation
Christian Johnson Endeavor Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Christian Johnson Endeavor Foundation
Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation
Field Foundation of Illinois
Field Neurosciences Institute
Ford Foundation
Francis Families Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
George Gund Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

George Gund Foundation
Carol Gollob Foundation for Breast Cancer Research
Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation
William T. Grant Foundation
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
John A. Hartford Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

William Randolph Hearst Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Hoellen Family Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Hoellen Family Foundation
George and Eliza Howard Foundation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Joyce Foundation
J.M. Kaplan Fund
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
W.M. Keck Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

W.M. Keck Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
James S. Kemper Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

James S. Kemper Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Lalor Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Lalor Foundation
Leakey Foundation
Leon Lowenstein

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Leon Lowenstein
Leukemia Research Foundation
Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Link Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Jr. Foundation Macy
Markle Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Markle Foundation
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation
Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Robert R. McCormick Foundation
James S. McDonnell Foundation
McGowan Fund
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
Milken Family Trust
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
National Kidney Foundation
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois
New York Community Trust
Open Society Institute
David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Pew Charitable Trusts
Albert Pick Jr. Fund
Polk Bros. Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Polk Bros. Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Pritzker Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Pritzker Foundation
Public Welfare Foundation
Regenstein Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Regenstein Foundation
Research to Prevent Blindness
Retirement Research Foundation
Christopher Reynolds Foundation
Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation
Rockefeller Bros. Fund
Rockefeller Family Fund
Rockefeller Foundation
Helena Rubinstein Foundation
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Dr. Scholl Foundation
Sherman Fairchild Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Sherman Fairchild Foundation
Siragusa Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Siragusa Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Soros Foundation
Speh Family Foundation
Spencer Foundation
Ortho A. Sprague Memorial Institute
Starr Foundation

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Starr Foundation
Stuart Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Terra Foundation for the Arts

Special handling: Please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at (847) 491-4590 to discuss whether it is appropriate to approach this foundation at this time.

Terra Foundation for the Arts
Tinker Foundation
Les Turner ALS Foundation
Wallace Genetic Foundation
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Washington Square Health Foundation
Wasserman Foundation
Wenner-Gren Foundation
Whitaker Foundation
Whitehall Foundation
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
Wieboldt Foundation
Woods Charitable Fund
Woods Fund of Chicago