Identifying Private Funding Sources

IDENTIFYING PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES

FR is familiar with many potential donors and private grant-making organizations. We also have access to powerful search tools and can use to them to discover new prospects for potential support of research and educational programs. If you are interested in search for opportunities yourself, see our How to Find Funding page. Upon request, we will explore foundation leads uncover. Finally, when multiple opportunities exist, we can provide practical advice for choosing the right funding venue for your project.

Below is a partial list of the private foundations with which our office works on a regular basis as a liaison for the campus.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Kresge Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Marisla Foundation
ARCS Foundation Mark Foundation
Arnold Beckman Foundation McKnight Foundation
AT&T Foundation Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation National Geographic Foundation
Blavatnik Foundation Paul M. Angell Foundation
Brain Research Foundation Pew Charitable Trust
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Rita Allen Foundation
Capitola Aptos Rotary Club Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Carnegie Corporation Russell Sage Foundation
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative S. H. Cowell Foundation
Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County Schmidt Futures
The Crankstart Foundation Searle Scholars Program (Chicago Community Trust)
David and Lucile Packard Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Dreyfus Foundation Simons Foundation
Eppley Foundation Spencer Foundation
Genentech Foundation The Ahmanson Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation The Bernhard Osher Foundation
Greenwall Foundation The Heising-Simons Foundation
Hearst Foundation The San Francisco Community Foundation
Honda Marine Science Foundation W. M. Keck Foundation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Wellcome Leap
James S. McDonnell Foundation Whitehall Foundation
John Templeton Foundation Whiting Foundation
Koret Foundation William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
WT Grant Foundation