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General, Food Science; Architecture; Business
Economics, Industry/Free Enterprise, Non-Profit Research; Education; Engineering
General, Transportation; Environment
General, Energy Sources

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Various Databases, Human Services; Health/Medicine
General, Specific Diseases, Psychology, Population Research; Humanities
Arts, Communications, General, History/Social Science/Political Science; International; Science and Technology

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Agriculture

General

Food Sciences

Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
Production/Distribution of Food
Allen Foundation

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Architecture

Graham Foundation

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Business

Economics

Ford Foundation
Economic Development
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE)
General Electric Fund
Management Higher Education
The Haynes Foundation
Employment/Workforce in a Restructuring Economy
The Heinz Endowments
Efficient Economy
MetLife Foundation
Business and Economic Education
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Employment Development, Capital Development, Income Security, Poverty, Reform of International Trade/Lending Policies, Non Profit research
Open Society Institute (SOROS Foundations Network)
Economic Restructuring
Ottinger Foundation
Economic Justice
The Prudential Foundation
The Russell Sage Foundation
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Industry/Free Enterprise

BIRD Foundation
Direct support for U.S.-Israel Industrial Cooperation and Innovation
Eurasia Foundation
Democratic and Free market Institutions in the Former Soviet Union
The Edward Lowe Foundation
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Karl E. Mundt Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Non-Profit Research

The Aspen Institute
Fieldstone Foundation
Building of Non-Profits through Leadership Programs
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

American Educational Research Association
Annenburg Foundation
Public Education for K-12, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
ATT Foundation
William Bingham Foundation
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Science Education
The Charles A. Dana Foundation
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Secondary Education
William H. Donner Foundation
Ford Foundation
General Electric Fund
Science, Engineering and Management Higher Education, Precollege Education
The Heinz Endowments
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
K-12 Education (Bay Area)
Hewlett Packard Education Grants
IBM International Foundation
W.K.Kellogg Foundation
John S. and James Knight Foundation
Educational reform
George Lucas Educational Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Strengthen Secondary School teaching of the Principals, Framing, and Development of the U.S. Constitution
The James S. McDonnell Foundation
Research and Innovation in Education
The Andrew Mellon Foundation

MetLife Foundation
Precollege Education, Business and Economic Education, Higher Education, emphasis on Minorities
The Milken Family Foundation
The Millipore Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Improving Education, Education in South Africa
The Karl E. Mundt Foundation
National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering(NAE),

Institute of Medicine(IOM), National Research Council (NRC)
NEC Foundation of America
Science and Technology Education (principally on the secondary level)
Pauline Oliveros Foundation
Open Society Institute (SOROS Foundations Network)
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
The Prudential Foundation
The Rockfeller Foundation
School Reform
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rotary's Foundation
Fellowships for University Teachers to teach in developing countries
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Sprint Foundation
Sun Microsystems Foundation, Inc.
Toyota USA
K-12 Education
The US-Japan Foundation
Precollege Education
Verizon Foundation
Mathematics and Science Education

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Engineering

General

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Chemical Engineering
General Electric Fund
Engineering Higher Education
W.M. Keck Foundation
National Academy of Engineering
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
The Whitaker Foundation
Biomedical engineering

Transportation

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Environment

Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
Natural Resources
Cottonwood Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE)
Global Communications/Progressive Directory
The Heinz Endowments
Waste Reduction, Fresh Water and Watershed Protection
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
US West Enivronment
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
World Concerns

The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
Conservation and Waste Minimization
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Prevention of Toxic Pollution, Manufacturer's Pesticides, Protection of Environment

The Andrew Mellon Foundation
National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering(NAE), Institute of Medicine(IOM), National Research Council (NRC)
Ottinger Foundation
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Conservation, Ocean Science
Pew Charitable Trusts
Resources for the Future
The Rockfeller Foundation
Global Environment
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Sustainable Resource Use
Sierra Club Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Biological and cultural diversity, restoring the environment in urban and suburban areas
Turner Foundation
Conservation and Wildlife
Weeden Foundation

Energy Sources

The Energy Foundation
Utilities, Building, Transportation, renewable energy, and integrated issues
Gas Technology Institute (GTI)
Natural Gas
Mertz Gillmore Foundation
Energy Policy
Ottinger Foundation
The Rockfeller Foundation
Surdna Foundation

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General

Council on Foundations

Foundation Center

Human Services/Community Development
ATT Foundation Human Services, Community Service Benton Foundation Promotes Public Interest Values William Bingham Foundation The Annie E. Casey Foundation Policies, reforms, and community supports that meets the needs of children and families Crail-Johnson Foundation Children William H. Donner Foundation Human Capital Development Fieldstone Foundation Children and Families, Community Violence Ford Foundation Community Resource Development, Human Development The Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Youth, Family The Heinz Endowments Community Development as well as Youth and Families William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Family/Community Development IBM International Foundation Human Services, Support of the Underrepresented The James Irvine Foundation Children/Youth, Nonprofit community development, Sustainable Communities John S. and James Knight Foundation Youth violence	A.L.Mailman Family Foundation Children and Families with an emphasis on Early Childhood The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Youth development W.K.Kellogg Foundation Philanthropy/Volunteerism Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Quality of Life, Disabled Youth The Milken Family Foundation Community Welfare Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Building Communities, Poverty, Strengthening Families NEC Foundation of America Application of Technology to Assist People With Disabilites David and Lucille Packard Foundation Children, Community The Prudential Foundation Human Services, Urban and Community Development, Focus on Children and Civic Affairs The Rockfeller Foundation Job Creation Rotary Foundation Community The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Family The Sprint Foundation Community Improvement, Youth Development Sun Microsystems Foundation, Inc. Leadership Development Surdna Foundation Community Revitalization, Effective Citizentry

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Health & Medicine

General
Allen Foundation Nutrition ATT Foundation California Healthcare Foundation Managed care, Special Populations, Health Policy, Consumer Health Info/Education, Public Health The California Wellness Foundation Community Health, Work and Health Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation Nathan Cummings Foundation The Charles Dana Foundation Foundation for Seacoast Health Health of Infants,Children and Adolescent, Preventing Disease, Women's Health John Hartford Foundation IBM International Foundation The James Irvine Foundation Irvine Health Foundation Prevention, Services, Research, Policy, Youth, Seniors Concentrated in Orange County The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation Health policy, Policy and Innovation in California, Health and Development in South Africa W.K.Kellogg Foundation	Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation Mental Retardation John S. and James Knight Foundation Immunization MayDay Fund Treatment of Pain The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation The James S. McDonnell Foundation Biomedical Sciences The John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation MetLife Foundation Health (education of young people) The Milken Family Foundation Medical Research and Health Care The Millipore Foundation National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering(NAE), Institute of Medicine(IOM), National Research Council (NRC) Prudential Foundation The Rockfeller Foundation US-Latin American Medical Aid Foundation The Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering

Specific Diseases
American Heart Association Arthritis Foundation Fieldstone Foundation Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Child Abuse Irvine Health Foundation HIV/AIDS and Domestic Violence The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse and Cost Containment of Health Industry	The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation HIV policy The John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation Parasitic Disease MetLife Foundation AIDS, drug and alcohol abuse The Milken Family Foundation Cancer, Epilepsy Mike Utley Foundation Spinal Cord Injuries
Psychology/Behavioral Diseases American Psychological Association Burroughs Wellcome Fund Reproductive Science Ford Foundation Reproductive Health The John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation The James S. McDonnell Foundation Behavioral Sciences National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering(NAE), Institute of Medicine(IOM), National Research Council (NRC) Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues	Population Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars Population, Teenage Pregancy The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation Reproductive Health William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation The Andrew Mellon Foundation David and Lucille Packard Foundation The Rockfeller Foundation Turner Foundation Weeden Foundation

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Humanities

Arts

American Council of Learned Societies
Art History
ArtsEdge
American Music Center
ATT Foundation
William Bingham Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation
Performing Arts
Ford Foundation
General Electric Fund
Getty Grant Program
Art History

Graham Foundation
Architecture
The Gunk Foundation
Public arts projects; Scholarly Artisitic Publications

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Dance Music, Theatre
IBM International Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
John S. and James Knight Foundation
Symphony, Musuem Loan
The Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
Arts Education

The Andrew Mellon Foundation
Cultural affairs and the Performing Arts
MetLife Foundation
Arts and the School, Multicultural Art, Traveling Exhibits
The Millipore Foundation
Pauline Oliveros Foundation
Open Society Institute (SOROS Foundations Network)
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Art/Film Preservation
Prudential Foundation
Community
Smithsonian
The Sprint Foundation
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Performance and Productin, Recording Projects, Research and Travel

Communications

Benton Foundation
Cable Television Laboratories
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Public Television
Freedom Forum
Journalism, Free Speech
Ford Foundation
Media
The Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
George Lucas Educational Foundation
John S. and James Knight Foundation
Journalism education, Diversity in Journalism, First Amendment, Free Press
The John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation
Media
The Markle Foundation
Media, Interactive Communications Technologies, Communications Policy
Morino Institute
Communication for Disadvantaged
Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Open Society Institute (SOROS Foundations Network)
Internet and Media
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Broadcasts

General/Misc

American Council of Learned Societies
Cottonwood Foundation
Cultural Diversity
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Jewish Life
Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation
Humanities, Research Library, Venetian Research
Global Communication/Progressive Directory
Human rights, nonviolent conflict, resolution, woman's equality
The James Irvine Foundation
Ethnic Studies
W.M. Keck Foundation
The Andrew Mellon Foundation
Public Affairs
MetLife Foundation
Civic Affairs (affordable housing, community security) Anti-violence
The Charles A and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
Humanities Education
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Race Relations
The Karl E. Mundt Foundation
Open Society Institute (SOROS Foundations Network)
Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Legal Reform
National Center for Writing and Literacy
The Rockfeller Foundation
Diversity
The Russell Sage Foundation
US General Service Administration Fine Arts Program
Architecture
Whirlpool Foundation
Women Studies
Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars
Ethnicity, Nuclear Proliferation

History/Political Science/Social Science

American Council of Learned Societies
ARCA Foundation
Public Policy
CarEth Foundation
Ford Foundation
Governace/Civil Society, Human Rights
General Electric Fund
Public Policy
Global Communications/Progressive Directory
Human rights, nonviolent conflict resolution, social and economic justice, woman's equality
The Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Violence Prevention, Crime
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Conflict resolution
Innovations in American Government
The Haynes Foundation
Social/political problems in Los Angeles, Curtailing Crime and Violence in a Free Society, Social Science Research

The Heinz Endowments
Urban Inefficiency

IBM International Foundation
Public Policy Research
The John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation
Peace and International Cooperation
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Strengthen Secondary School teaching of the Principals, Framing, and Development of the U.S. Constitution
The Markle Foundation
Media and Political Participation
Mertz Gillmore Foundation
Immigrants' Rights, Gay/Lesbian Rights
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Political Structures and Conflict Resolution in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Democracy in South Africa
The Karl E. Mundt Foundation
Forensics and History
Ottinger Foundation
Democratic Participation
NATO Grants
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
World Security
The Russell Sage Foundation
Social Sciences
Smithsonian
History
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Public Policy
Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars
US Studies, International History of Cold War

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International

General
American Council of Learned Societies China, Central and Eastern Europe, International Travel Money Asia Foundation ATT Foundation BIRD Foundation Direct support for U.S.-Israel Industrial Cooperation and Innovation CarEth Foundation Global Peace Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Developing World Council on International Educational Exchange Exchange programs Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation Venetian research William H. Donner Foundation US/Canada relations Earthwatch-- Center for Field Research Provides funding for research internationally. Almost all areas of study accepted. Eurasia Foundation Democratic and Free market Institutions in the Former Soviet Union General Electric Fund German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)	William and Flora Hewlett Foundation US-Latin American Relations IBM International Foundation International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation Health and Development in South Africa The James S. McDonnell Foundation Global Understanding Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Nonprofit research, Political Structures and Conflict Resolution in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Democracy, Education, Women, and Nonprofit resources in South Africa National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering(NAE), Institute of Medicine(IOM), National Research Council (NRC) The Rockfeller Foundation Africa The Rockefeller Brothers Fund South Africa Rotary's Foundation Fellowships for University Teachers to teach in developing countries The US-Japan Foundation Policy Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars Asia, East and West Europe, Russian Studies, Latin America

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Science/Technology

American Chemical Society
Chemistry

Beckman Foundation
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Career development of Scientists, Reproductive Science, Interaction of Chemistry and Biological Sciences with Computer Science, Science Education
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Related Sciences
Foundation for Microbiology
W.M. Keck Foundation
National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering(NAE), Institute of Medicine(IOM), National Research Council (NRC)
Computer Science, Life Science, Physical Science, Mathematics, Science Policy

NEC Foundation of America
Science and Technology Education
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Plant Biology
Open Society Institute (SOROS Foundations Network)
Science and Mathematics
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Ocean Science, Chemistry, Physics, Math
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Smithsonian
Verizon Foundation
Science and Mathematics Education

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