A Public Statement From Philanthropy

We invite all charitable giving organizations to join us in this effort to protect our freedom to express ourselves, to give, and to invest in our communities. Please sign on to the statement below to show your support.    

A Public Statement from Philanthropy

Everyone—wherever we're from or whatever our point of view—wants to live in a nation that upholds the fundamental rights and liberties we all deserve and need to thrive. 
  
As charitable giving organizations – private and family foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, and more – we contribute to communities in every corner of America. Together, we support new parents and elders, veterans and school children, hospitals and libraries, churches and food kitchens, artists and researchers, throughout rural, suburban, and urban communities in every state and territory. Yet in this moment, we face the threat of governmental attacks on our ability to carry out this vital mission, when the communities, organizations, and individuals we support need it most.  

We don’t all share the same beliefs or priorities. Neither do our donors or the communities we serve. But as charitable giving institutions, we are united behind our First Amendment right to give as an expression of our own distinct values. Especially in this time of great need, we must have the freedom to direct our resources to a wide variety of important services, issues, and places, to improve lives today and build a stronger future for our country.  The health and safety of the American people, our nation’s economic stability, and the vibrancy of our democracy depend on it. 

Signers

Action for Democracy

AJL Foundation

Akonadi Foundation

Altman Foundation

Barr Foundation

Berks County Community Foundation

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

Black Belt Community Foundation

Boone County Community Foundation

Borealis Philanthropy

Buhl Regional Health Foundation

California Community Foundation

Candid

Center for Effective Philanthropy

Charles F. Kettering Foundation

College Futures Foundation (CFF)

Communities for Just Schools Fund

Community Foundation Boulder County

Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Conant Family Foundation

Council of Michigan Foundations

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Council on Foundations

David Rockefeller Fund

DeKalb County Community Foundation (IL)

Democracy Alliance

Democracy Fund

Disability & Philanthropy Forum

Doris Duke Foundation

Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

East Bay Community Foundation

Elmina B. Sewall Foundation

Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Firedoll Foundation

Foundation for Systemic Change

Freedom Together Foundation

Fund the People

Fund to Build Grassroots Power

Funders Concerned About AIDS

Funders' Network

Funders Together to End Homelessness

Give Black Alliance

Global Fund for Children

Global Peace Building Foundation

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Grantmakers In Health

Grantmakers in the Arts

Greater Washington Community Foundation

Groundswell Fund

Healey Education Foundation Inc

Health Forward Foundation

Healthy Communities Foundation

Henry Luce Foundation

Hispanics in Philanthropy

Hopelab

Humanity United

Human Rights Funders Network

Initiative Foundation

Inland Empire Community Foundation

Ivywood Foundation

Jackson Community Foundation

JH Philanthropy

Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc.

John and Denise Graves Foundation

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Jubitz Family Foundation

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Krupp Family Foundation

Lake County Community Fund

Lancaster County Community Foundation

Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation

Leland Fikes Foundation

Living Cities

Lumina Foundation

Luminate

Marguerite Casey Foundation

McGregor Fund

McKnight Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Merck Family Fund

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Michael Reese Health Trust

Minnesota Council on Foundations

Mortenson Family Foundation

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Native Hawaiian Philanthropy

NEO Philanthropy

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

New York Foundation

North Star Fund

Northwest Area Foundation

Omidyar Network

Open Society Foundations

Opportunity Fund

Overbrook Foundation

Park Foundation, Inc.

Partners for Health Foundation

Perigee Fund

Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)

Philanthropy Massachusetts

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Philanthropy Northwest

Philanthropy Ohio

Phoenixville Community Health Foundation

Pincus Family Foundation

Ploughshares

Prebys Foundation

Presbyterian Hunger Program, PC(USA)

Public Health Foundation

Public Welfare Foundation

Raikes Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.

Rosenberg Foundation

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation

San Diego Foundation

San Francisco Foundation

Scherman Foundation, Inc.

Schumann Fund for New Jersey

Sierra Health Foundation

Solidaire Network

Sorenson Impact Foundation

Square One Foundation

Stanley Center for Peace and Security

Stupski Foundation

Surdna Foundation, Inc.

Tamarack Foundation for the Arts

The Amalgamated Foundation

The Bush Foundation

The California Wellness Foundation

The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund

The Communications Network

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

The Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes

The Foundation for a Healthy High Point

The Foundation for Northwest Illinois

The Funders Network

The George Gund Foundation

The Healing Trust

The James Irvine Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

The Lake County Community Foundation

The Merchants Fund

The Minneapolis Foundation

The New York Community Trust

The Rippel Foundation

The SCAN Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

The Skillman Foundation

The Solutions Project

The Spencer Foundation

Tides

Tipping Point Community

TransitCenter

Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

Unbound Philanthropy

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

United Philanthropy Forum

UnTours Foundation

Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

Victoria Foundation

VNA Foundation

Wallace Global Fund

Walter & Elise Haas Fund

Weingart Foundation

Women Donors Network

Women's Foundation California

Woodcock Foundation

Woods Fund Chicago

Wyss Foundation

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