Foundations, Associations and Membership Organizations

The following organizations either conduct philanthropic or fundraising activities, represent professionals in their respective fields, or serve as networking hubs for the like-minded.

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After School Corporation, The, New York, NY
Helps students improve academic success, gain access to artistic and athletic activities, and stay safe during afterschool hours.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC
Operates as the world's largest scientific society and publishes the journal, Science.

American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Washington, DC
Represents common goals of education faculty and staff through collective bargaining.

American International Education Foundation (AIEF), Washington, DC
Works with educators, school representatives, business leaders and government officials on a range of international student services and educational exchanges programs.

American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), Alexandria, VA
Enhances the mental health counseling profession with licensing, advocacy, education and professional development services.

American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC
Represents psychology professionals and research in the US.

Annie E Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Fosters public policies that improve the effectiveness of human services and community supports in building better futures of disadvantaged children and their families.

Ashoka, Washington, DC
Supports entrepreneurs in the drive for large-scale social change.

Associated Grant Makers (AGM), Boston, MA
Offers philanthropic information services.

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Washington, DC
Works to reform medical education.

Association of American Universities (AAU), Washington, DC
Focuses on issues important to research-intensive universities such as research funding, policy issues, and graduate and undergraduate education.

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, Washington, DC
Promotes the understanding that the home is the child's first school, that the parent is the child's first teacher, and that reading is the child's first subject.

Business-Higher Education Forum, Washington, DC
Organization of CEOs, college and university presidents, and foundation leaders works to advance innovative solutions to our nation's education challenges.

Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY
Issues grants that promote advancement and proliferation of knowledge and understanding.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, San Francisco, CA
Offers advanced study center for teachers.

Citigroup Foundation, New York, NY
Partners in furnishing grants that support financial education, building communities and entrepreneurs, and educating the next generation.

College Board, New York, NY
Sponsors SAT and extensive website of resources for college-bound students.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc, Washington, DC
Commits resources to preparing the next generation of leaders by sponsoring national experiential education programs to students ranging from grade eleven through graduate school.

Corporation for National and Community Service, Washington, DC
Improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Washington, DC
Serves as professional organization for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications and development.

Council for American Private Education (CAPE), Germantown, MD
Unites national organizations and state affiliates in serving private elementary and secondary schools.

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Washington, DC
Unites public officials who lead departments responsible for elementary and public school education throughout the US.

Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
National membership organization and center for scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that policymakers, journalists, students and interested citizens better understand the world and foreign policy.

Council on Foundations, Washington , DC
Promotes and supports responsible and effective philanthropy.

Edutopia, The George Lucas Educational Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Funds, documents, disseminates, and advocates for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools nationwide.

English-Speaking Union of the United States, The, Washington, DC
Seeks to promote closer ties amongst the world's peoples through language.

Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation Inc, Boston, MA
Engages students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice and anti-semitism, promoting the development of a more humane and inform citizenry.

Ford Foundation, New York, NY
Provides grants and loans for efforts in strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and injustice, promoting international cooperation or advancing human achievement.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington, DC
Grantmakers in support of a better world.

Girls' Coalition of Greater Boston, Boston, MA
Unites practitioners, researchers, funders and policymakers in support of the healthy, social and emotional development of girls and young women.

Global Fund for Children, Washington, DC
Advances the dignity of children and youth worldwide.

Grants for the Arts (GFTA), San Francisco, CA
Participates in investment activities, such as the arts and promotional groups, that enhance city's appeal.

Greater Washington Society of Association Executives, Washington, DC
Serves thousands of professionals in the Washington, DC region's 3,500 trade, professional and philanthropic associations.

Hitachi Foundation, Washington, DC
Promotes social responsibility through effective participation in global society.

Independent Sector, Washingtion, DC
As a national leadership forum, works to encourage philanthropy, volunteerism, nonprofit initiatives and citizen action that improves community life.

International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, DC
Promotes international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, orderly exchange arrangements, economic growth and high levels of employment.

Kettering Foundation, New York, NY
Operates as foundation rooted in the American tradition of inventive research.

Learning First Alliance, Washington, DC
Partnership of twelve leading educational associations that have come together to improve student learning in US public elementary and secondary schools.

Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, Washington, DC
Enhances employment opportunities for youth with disabilities.

Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
Protects conservation land/wildlife habitat, conducts nature education programs, and advocates sound environmental policies in Massachusetts.

Meyer Foundation, Washington, DC
Supports community-based nonprofit organizations that foster the well-being of all people in Greater Washington.

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), Washington, DC
Supports language-minority students attending American schools.

National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), Alexandria, VA
Dedicates resources to serving students in pursuit of postsecondary education.

National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc (NASDSE), Washington, DC
Assists state agency staff in ensuring a quality education for students with disabilities.

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), Washington, DC
Provides professional development and advocacy for student affairs educators and administrators who share the responsibility for a campus-wide focus on the student experience.

National Education Association (NEA), Washington, DC
Devotes resources to advancing public education.

National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Washington, DC
Strengthens democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts, making hundreds of grants each year to support prodemocracy groups in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and former Soviet Union.

National Head Start Assocation (NHSA), Washington, DC
Provides national forum for the representation of and continued support of Head Start services for disadvantaged children ages 0-5 and their families.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, DC
Promotes the progress of science, advances national health, prosperity and welfare, and secures national defense.

National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC
Leads, educates and advocates the saving of America's diverse historic places and revitalizing communities.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York, NY
Serving individual artists, promotes freedom to develop and create with financial and informational assistance.

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), New York, NY
Preserves and expands the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of New York's citizens.

Organization of American States, Washington, DC
Strengthens democracy, advances human rights, promotes peace and security, and tackles problems caused by poverty, drugs and corruption.

Partnership for New York City, New York, NY
Enhances the economy of the five boroughs of New York City and maintains the city's position as the center of world commerce, finance and innovation.

Pearson Foundation, Boston, MA
Partnes with leading nonprofit, civic, and business organizations to provide financial, organizational, and publishing assistance across the globe.

Posse Foundation, New York, NY
Identifies, recruits and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams that are then prepared, through intensive eight-month trainings, for enrollment at top-tier universities.

Public Education Network (PEN), Washington, DC
Advances public school reform in low-income communities across the country.

Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI
Serves philanthropists and their advisors to ensure the meeting of charitable goals.

Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, Providence, RI
Provides higher education designed to enrich the intellectual, economic, social and cultural life of the state, its residents, and its communities.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, NY
Dedicates funds to promoting the well-being of all people in the transition to global interdependence.

San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Provides a network of philanthropists and civic leaders that bring together resources that support and build on the strengths of community to improve quality of life in the Bay Area.

Soros Foundations Network, New York, NY
Supports an array of initiatives devoted to arts, culture, children, youth, civil society development, economic reform, education, legal reform, public administration, media, communications, publishing, and healthcare.

Special Libraries Association, Washington, DC
Advances the leadership role of members in putting knowledge to work for corporate, government and societal decisionmakers as it shapes the destiny of information-based societies.

United Way of Tri-State, New York, NY
Area-specific fundraising partnership.

Wallace Foundation, New York, NY
Supports and shares effective ideas and practices  that will strengthen education leadership, arts participation and out-of-school learning. 

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Sustains institutions that make positive contributions to society.

YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities, New York, NY
Leads in the provision of services, education and training in the field of developmental and learning disabilities.