FUNDING RESOURCES
Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue/16th Street
New York, NY 10003-3076
Phone: (212) 620-4230 or (800) 424-9836
Email: [email protected]
The Foundation provides information about worldwide philanthropy. Data, analysis, and training
resources are provided for advancing knowledge of philanthropy. The Center upholds the most
comprehensive database on U.S. and global grantmakers and their grants. The Foundations
includes more than 450 funding information centers located in public libraries, community
foundations, and educational institutions.
Freddie Mac Foundation
8250 Jones Branch Drive
Mail Stop A40
McLean, VA 22102-3110
Email:[email protected]
Website: http://www.freddiemacfoundation.org/
For twenty years the Freddie Mac Foundation has been working to better the lives of families
and children in the Washington, DC area and in other parts of the country. They have three main
areas of focus: stable families and homes; foster care and adoption, and; academic and career
success for young people. The foundation has invested more than 348 million dollars towards
developing stable homes and communities. The organization also has special projects to help
children thrive and become successful citizens. One of these programs is Wednesday’s Child, a
weekly program to feature a child who is available for adoption.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 547-6600
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.aecf.org/
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation was established in 1948 by Jim Casey and his siblings, who
named the Foundation in honor of their mother. The Foundation is a private charitable
organization, working to help build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States.
Their mission is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that
more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families. In order to do this,
the Foundation makes grants that help states, cities, and neighborhoods approach more
innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs.
David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
300 Second Street
Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone: (650) 948-7658
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.packard.org/
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a family foundation guided by the enduring
business philosophy and personal values of the founders. They invest in leaders and institutions,
collaborate with them to identify the most effective solutions, and give them freedom and
support to best reach their goals. The foundation focuses on improving the lives of all children in
the world. They also are working to increase diversity in grant making and making sure the
foundation benefits from diverse leadership.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: (816) 932-1000
Email: through website
http://www.kauffman.org/ContactUs.aspx?ID=8318
Website: http://www.kauffman.org/
The Kauffman Foundation is among the thirty largest foundations in the United States with an
asset base of approximately $2 billion. Their vision is to foster “a society of economically
independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their
communities.” The Foundation’s grant making focuses on advancing entrepreneurship and
improving the education of children and youth. They have four areas that form the basis of their
program including: Entrepreneurship; Advancing Innovation; Education; and Research and
Policy.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone: (877) 843-7953
Email: through website http://www.rwjf.org/global/contactus.jsp
Website: http://www.rwjf.org/
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation works to improve health policy and practice. Their
mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. The Foundation works with a
diverse group of people and organizations devoted to addressing problems at their roots. In order
to be eligible for funding a project must address one of following programs: childhood obesity;
health coverage; human capital; powering ideas to transform health; public health; quality and
equality; and vulnerable populations.
FedBizOpps.Gov
https://www.fbo.gov/
FedBizOpps.Gov is a website where vendors or citizens are able to search for federal business
opportunities. There are over 27,300 active federal opportunities available on site. Government
buyers and engineers are able to post, manage, and award opportunities for individuals to view.
The Grantsmanship Center
P.O Box 17220
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 482-9860
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tgci.com/
The Grantsmanship center was created in order to offer grantsmanship training to nonprofit and
government agencies. They have trained more than 115,000 nonprofit leaders committed to
making a difference in their communities. Along with grantsmanship training, the Center
provides a number of workshops including: Social Enterprise for Nonprofits; Research Proposal
Workshop; and Essential Grant Skills. There is also a five-day training available to help agencies
compete for federal grants. The website provides additional free resources for grantseekers.
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Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP)
FRIENDS National Resource Center For
Community-Based Child Abuse
Prevention
800 Eastowne Dr., Ste. 105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Website: http://friendsnrc.org/home
(for information at the federal level)
Community Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) sponsors specific child abuse prevention
programs for every state in the U.S. The Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) at the
Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and
Families, USDHHS is responsible for overseeing and managing the CBCAP program. OCAN provides
support to the state lead agencies through many avenues which include the provision of funds to
FRIENDS National Resource Center for CBCAP. FRIENDS is available to provide training and technical
assistance to lead agencies on the requirements of the program. In addition, OCAN staff members
work closely with the ACF Regional Office staff who also provide a secondary review of the State
applications and reports.
The purpose of CBCAP programs is to support community-based efforts to prevent child abuse
and neglect; support the funding of resources and activities to strengthen and support families to
reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect; and to promote understanding of diverse
populations to prevent child abuse and neglect. The funds are administered by the lead agency
designated by the governor of each state.
Each state has a lead agency and a state contact. The contact for Virginia:
Ann Childress
Virginia Department of Social Services
Phone: (804) 726-7545
Email: ann.childress.dss.virginia.gov
Web site :www.dss.virginia.gov
Family and Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia (FACT)
Fran Inge
801 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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Phone: (804) 726-7604
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.fact.state.va.us
The Family and Children’s Trust Fund (FACT) works to prevent and treat family violence in
Virginia. This includes child abuse and neglect; domestic violence; sexual assault; elder abuse
and neglect; dating violence; and suicide. The fund is governed by a Board of Trustees that’s in
charge of raising and distributing funds for family violence treatment, prevention, and public
awareness. Their mission is to give hope and support to families in Virginia.
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