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Written Resources | Organizational Resources

A Territory Resource
A public foundation funding social change activities in the Northwest U.S. The foundation sponsors educational events for donors, and provides a supportive community for those who join as donors and members of the board to evaluate and fund progressive organizations. Contact: A Territory Resource, 603 Stewart Street, Suite 1007, Seattle, WA 98101 206/624-4081 http://www.atrfoundation.org

Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
APIP is a network for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders active in the philanthropic world. Their goals range from increasing levels of philanthropic giving to Asian American issues and concerns, to supporting the development of Asian American philanthropic giving. Contact: APIP, 116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003 415/273-2760 http://www.aapip.org

Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation
Astraea provides economic and social support to projects that empower the lives of lesbians. They support programs and policies that actively work to eliminate those forms of oppression based on race, age, sex, economic exploitation, physical and mental ability, anti-semitism and all other factors that affect lesbians and gay men in the United States and internationally. Contact: Astraea Foundation, 116 East 16th St. 7th Fl., New York, NY 10003 212/529-8021 info@astraea.org http://www.astraea.org

Boston Women's Fund
The Boston Women's Fund supports community-based organizations run by women and girls in the Greater Boston area. They work with low-income women, women of color, lesbians, women with disabilities, older women, and girls who are working to create a society based on racial, social and economic justice. BWF raises money from a broad base of donors across economic backgrounds to provide grants and develop programs that strengthen the grassroots initiatives and leadership of women and girls. Contact: Boston Women's Fund, 14 Beacon St., Suite 805, Boston, MA 02108 617/725-0035 info@bostonwomensfund.org http://www.bostonwomensfund.org

Common Counsel Foundation
A public charity which offers strategic philanthropic advisory services to family foundations and individual donors. Their current members are committed to funding economic, environmental and social justice initiatives. They also administer a small grants program for community organizations and host two yearly retreats: one for activists and one for writers addressing strategies for restructuring the economy and its relationship to people and nature. Contact: Common Counsel Foundation, 2530 San Pablo Ave., Suite B, Berkeley, CA 94702 510/644-1904 http://www.commoncounsel.org

Council on Foundations
Provides substantial support services nationally for different sectors of philanthropy, including family foundations, community foundations, regional associations of grant makers and philanthropic affinity groups. Along with an annual membership conference, The Council also holds an annual Family Foundation conference. The Council also publishes various guides. Contact: Council on Foundations, 1828 L Street NW, #300, Washington, DC 20036 202/466-6512 http://www.cof.org

Funding Exchange
A national network of alternative foundations committed to funding progressive grassroots organizing locally and nationally. Community activists have a central role in the grant-making process, and contributions come from a broad spectrum of individual donors. FEX holds educational programs for people with inherited wealth, as do many of its member funds, and also offers donor-advised grant-making services. Contact: Funding Exchange, 666 Broadway, #500, New York, NY 10012 212/529-5300 http://www.fex.org

Funding Exchange Member Funds:
Appalachian Community Fund, 107 West Main St., Suite 202, Knoxville, TN 37902; 865/523-5783; appafund@aol.com

Bread and Roses Community Fund, 1500 Walnut St. #1305, Philadelphia, PA 19102; 215/731-1107; info@breadandroses.org; www.breadrosesfund.org

Chinook Fund, 2418 W. 32nd Ave., Denver, CO 80211; 303/455-6905; office@chinookfund.org

Crossroads Fund, 3411 West Diversey Ave., #20, Chicago, IL 60647; 773/227-7676; croadfund@igc.org

Fund for Southern Communities, 4285-G Memorial Dr., Decatur, GA 30032; 404/292-7600; fund4south@mindspring.com

Haymarket People's Fund, 42 Seaverns Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617/522-7676; haymarket@igc.org

Headwaters Fund, 122 W. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404; 612/879-0602

Liberty Hill Foundation, 2121 Cloverfield Blvd., Suite 113, Santa Monica, CA 90404; 310/453-3611; info@libertyhill.org

McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, 6707 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.,Portland, OR 97211-3037; 503/289-1517 454 Willamette St., Eugene, OR 97401; 541/485-2790 http://www.mrgf.org

North Star Fund, 305 Seventh Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10001-6008; 212/620-9110; northstarny@earthlink.net

Vanguard Public Foundation, 383 Rhode Island St., #301, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415/487-2111; http://www.vanguardsf.org

Wisconsin Community Fund, 122 State Street, #507A, Madison, WI 53703; 608/251-6834; starkey@igc.org 1442 N. Farwell, Suite 100, Milwaukee, WI 53202; 414/225-9965 http://www..wisconsincommunityfund.org

Funding Exchange Associate Fund:
The People's Fund, 1325 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu, HI 96817; 808/526-2441; peoples@lava.net

Funding Exchange Affiliate Funds:
Fund for Santa Barbara, 735 State St., Suite 211, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805/962-9164; fundforsb@aol.com

Three Rivers Community Fund, 100 N. Braddock Ave., #207, Pittsburgh, PA 15208; 412/243-9250

Global Fund for Women
A grant making institution supporting women's groups internationally, especially female human rights, women's access to media and communications and economic autonomy for women. The Global Fund provides assistance to groups overseas that wish to establish philanthropic organizations designed to benefit women. The Global Fund offers a funding circle for women donors to pool money and give it away together, learning about a common issue. Contact: Global Fund for Women, 425 Sherman Ave., #300, Palo Alto, CA 94025 650/853-8305 gfw@globalfundforwomen.org http://www.globalfundforwomen.org

Hispanics in Philanthropy
An affinity group for Latinos/as in the funding world. Contact: Hispanics in Philanthropy, 2606 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 510/649-1690 info@hiponline.org

Jewish Fund for Justice
The fund makes grants to grassroots organizations working to combat poverty and seeks to bring a Jewish presence to interfaith actions for social change. JFJ's Youth Endowment Fund Program gives young people the opportunity to become personally involved in thoughtful philanthropy. Contact: Jewish Fund for Justice, 260 5th Ave., Suite 701, New York, NY 10001 212/213-2113

National Black United Funds
A non-profit organization established in 1968 whose mission is to create support and sustain African-American social, economic, cultural, educational institutions through philanthropy. NBUF participates in community development by helping local leaders organizing and structure the vehicles for assessing new dollars and expanding opportunities for giving. There are 20 affiliates, 12 local federations and a National Black United Federation of Charities with 48 affiliates. Contact: National Black United Fund, 40 Clinton Street, 5th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 973/643-5122 http://www.nbuf.org

National Center for Black Philanthropy
Contact: National Center for Black Philanthopy, Rodney Jackson, 202/289-3593

National Network of Grantmakers
A network of staff and board members of progressive philanthropic organizations along with individual donors to social change. NNG has a newsletter and holds an annual 3-day conference. NNG publishes a membership directory and grantmaker evaluation guide. NNG is developing a national database of social change projects that will be available to grant makers sorted by geography or issue area. NNG continually pursues how organized philanthropy can be more responsive to the needs of grant seekers. It is also the home of the Donor Organizer's Network (DON), a working group that seeks to develop new tools and programs for progressive donors. Contact: National Network of Grantmakers, 1717 Kettner Blvd., Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92101 619/231-1348 nng@nng.org http://www.nng.org

Native Americans in Philanthropy
NAP seeks to increase understanding of Native issues and to increase the access of grassroots Native groups to philanthropic resources. Through its mission, Native Americans in Philanthropy seeks to engage Native and Nonnative Peoples in understanding and advancing the role of philanthropy through practices that support Native traditional values for current and future generations. Contact: Native Americans in Philanthropy, P. O. Drawer 1429, Lumberton, NC 28359 910/618-9749 NativePhil@aol.com

Peace Development Fund
A national foundation which works to strengthen a broad-based social justice movement that embodies, embraces, and honors many cultures to create the new systems and institutions essential to building a peaceful, just, and equitable world. Contact: Peace Development Fund, 44 North Prospect St., P. O. Box 1280, Amherst, MA 01004 413/256-8306 pdf@peacefund.org http://www.peacefund.org

The Philanthropic Initiative
Provides consulting to corporate, family and other funders seeking to give more strategically. Offers a newsletter and conferences. Contact: The Philanthropic Initiative, 77 Franklin St., Boston, MA 02110 617/338-2590 get2us@tpi.org http://www.tpi.org

The Shefa Fund
A grant-making program supporting Jewish social responsibility, including a pooled fund (e.g. for peace work in the Middle East and North America) and donor advised fund services for tzedakah. TSF is stimulating increased Jewish investment in low-income community economic development. TSF has a newsletter and publications. Contact: The Shefa Fund, 8459 Ridge Ave., 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19128 215/483-4004 info@shefafund.org http://www.shefafund.org

Third Wave Foundation
A non-profit activist philanthropic organization that works with young women between the ages of 15 and 30. It is the first and only foundation in the country to dedicate all of its resources to young women, providing direct service funding in the areas of reproductive rights, microenterprise, and education. It also funds general organizing and activist projects by and for young women. Third Wave Foundation also mounts public education campaigns, offers leadership training workshops, facilitates information-sharing, and organizes an annual conference on wealth and philanthropy for men and women under thirty-five. Contact: Third Wave Foundation, 116 East 16th St., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10003 212/388-1898 ThirdWaveF@aol.com http://www.thirdwavefoundation.org

Tides Foundation
Promotes creative philanthropy nationally and internationally in six general areas: land use, economic public policy, environment, international affairs, community affairs and social justice. Tides runs a grantmaking program where individuals and organizations may set up their own donor-advised giving fund. Contact: Tides Foundation, Box 29903, San Francisco, CA 94129-0903 415/561-6400 http://www.tides.org

United Black Fund
The United Black Fund is a non-profit, grant-making institution, giving general, programmatic and emergency funding to community-based organizations. P.O. Box 7051 Washington DC 20032 202/783-9300 http://www.ubfinc.org

United Black and Brown Fund
United Black and Brown Fund of Rhode Island is a public foundation that provides support for grassroots organizations and projects that benefit people of color. They sponsor fund-raising and grant-making activities. Contact: United Black and Brown Fund, 33 Chestnut St., Providence, RI 02903 401/521-2830 ubbf@aol.com

Women Donor Network
A project of Resourceful Women, WDN brings together women who give $25,000 or more annually to think about strategic giving. Contact: Women Donors Network, Presidio Building 1016, PO Box 29423, San Francisco, CA 94129-0423 415/561-6513

Women's Funding Network
A membership organization of more than 90 public and private women's foundations that empower women and girls. Contact: Women's Funding Network, 332 Minnesota St., Ste. E840, St. Paul, MN 55101 651/227-1911 wfn@wfnet.org http://www.wfnet.org