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. 

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Cloudsplitter Foundation

Philanthropy Together

1661 Foundation

Action for Democracy

Agog

AJL Charitable Foundation

Akonadi Foundation

Albert Pick, Jr. Fund

Alliance Healthcare Foundation

Altman Foundation

Amalgamated Foundation

American Jewish World Service

Andrew Delaney Foundation

Appalachia Funders Network

Archstone Foundation

Arcus Foundation

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

Atlas Health Foundation

Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Barr Foundation

Berks County Community Foundation

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

The Beveridge Family Foundation, Inc.

Biodiversity Funders Group

Black Belt Community Foundation

Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc.

Blue Shield of California Foundation

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation

Boone County Community Foundation (IL)

Borealis Philanthropy

Boston Women's Fund, Inc.

Buhl Regional Health Foundation

Bullitt Foundation

Bush Foundation

California Community Foundation

California Donor Table Fund

The California Wellness Foundation

The Cambridge Community Foundation

Candid

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Marguerite Casey Foundation

Harold K.L. Castle Foundation

Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation

Center for Effective Philanthropy

Central Indiana Community Foundation

Charity Navigator

The Charles W. & Patricia S. Bidwill Foundation

Clif Family Foundation

The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund

College Futures Foundation (CFF)

Colorado Health Foundation

Colorado Trust

Comer Family Foundation

Commonwealth Charitable Management, Inc.

Commonwealth Fund

Communities For Just Schools Fund

Community Foundation Boulder County

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Community Foundation for Southern Arizona

Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut

Community Foundation of Greater Flint

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, Inc.

Community Foundation of Greenville (SC)

Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation

Community Foundation of Otsego County

Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, Inc.

Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Inc.

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains

Conant Family Foundation

Connecticut Community Foundation

Council of Michigan Foundations

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Council on Foundations

Crankstart

The Dallas Foundation

David Rockefeller Fund

Decolonizing Wealth Project

DeKalb County Community Foundation (IL)

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Democracy Alliance

Democracy Fund

The Denver Foundation

Disability & Philanthropy Forum

Dr. Bronner's Family Foundation

Doris Duke Foundation

Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

East Bay Community Foundation

Elmina B. Sewall Foundation

Endowment for Health, Inc.

Environmental Endowment for New Jersey

Essex County Community Foundation

Exponent Philanthropy

Leland Fikes Foundation

Firedoll Foundation

Ethel & James Flinn Foundation

Ford Foundation

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky

The Foundation for Northwest Illinois

Foundation for Systemic Change

Foundations Community Partnership

Freedom Together Foundation

Fremont Area Community Foundation (MI)

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Fund the People

Fund to Build Grassroots Power

Funders Concerned About AIDS

Funders For LGBTQ Issues

The Funders Network

Funders' Network

Gaia Fund

General Service Foundation

Georgia Health Initiative

Girls First Fund

Give Black Alliance

Global Fund for Children

Global Peace Building Foundation

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Grantmakers In Health

Grantmakers in the Arts

Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania

John and Denise Graves Foundation

Gray Family Foundation

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation

Greater Washington Community Foundation

Groundswell Fund

The George Gund Foundation

Walter & Elise Haas Fund

Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Headwaters Foundation

Headwaters Foundation for Justice

Healey Education Foundation Inc

Health Forward Foundation

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts

Healthy Communities Foundation

High Stakes Foundation

Hill-Snowdon Foundation

Hispanics in Philanthropy

Hive Fund

The Homestead Foundation Inc.

Hopelab

Human Rights Funders Network

Humanity United

The Hyams Foundation, Inc.

Hyde Family Foundation

Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation

Inatai Foundation

Initiative Foundation

Inland Empire Community Foundation

The James Irvine Foundation

Ivywood Foundation

Jackson Community Foundation

Jacob & Terese Hershey Foundation

James B. McClatchy Foundation

Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation

Jerome Foundation, Inc.

John M. Lloyd Foundation

Jubitz Family Foundation

Kataly Foundation

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Kettering Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

Krupp Family Foundation

The Lake County Community Foundation

Lake County Community Fund

Lancaster County Community Foundation

Latino Community Foundation

Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation

Legacy Foundation

Legacy Foundation, Inc.

Lehigh Valley Community Foundation

Levi Strauss Foundation

Living Cities

Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation

The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.

Lumina Foundation

Luminate

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation

Marin Community Foundation

The Sam Mazza Foundation

McGregor Fund

McKnight Foundation

Mellon Foundation

The Melville Charitable Trust

Merck Family Fund

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

MetroWest Health Foundation

Meyer Memorial Trust

The Miami Foundation

Michael Reese Health Trust

The Minneapolis Foundation

Minnesota Council on Foundations

Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc.

Mortenson Family Foundation

Cone Health Foundation

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Ruth Mott Foundation

Movement Voter Fund

Ms. Foundation for Women

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

National Center for Family Philanthropy

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

National Performance Network

Native Americans in Philanthropy

Native Hawaiian Philanthropy

NDN Collective

Neighborhood Funders Group

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

NEO Philanthropy

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

New Israel Fund

The New York Community Trust

New York Foundation

New York Health Foundation

NextFifty Initiative

Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund

North Star Fund

Northwest Area Foundation

NYC Fund to End Youth & Family Homelessness

Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

Omidyar Network

Onion Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Opportunity Fund

Overbrook Foundation

Park Foundation

Partners for Health Foundation

Funders Together to End Homelessness

Peace and Security Funders Group

Pennsylvania Community Foundation Association

Perigee Fund

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)

Philanthropy Massachusetts

Philanthropy Northwest

Philanthropy Ohio

Phoenixville Community Health Foundation

Pincus Family Foundation

Pink House Foundation

Pisces Foundation

Ploughshares

Polk Bros. Foundation

Prebys Foundation

Presbyterian Hunger Program, PC(USA)

Pritzker Traubert Foundation

Proteus Action League

Proteus Fund

Public Health Foundation

Public Welfare Foundation

Rachel's Network

Raikes Foundation

Ralph E. Ogden Foundation

Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund

REACH Healthcare Foundation

Red Crane Foundation

Rhode Island Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Robin Hood Foundation

Rochester Area Community Foundation (NY)

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.

Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Rosenberg Foundation

Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Samuel Rubin Foundation, Inc.

San Antonio Area Foundation

San Diego Foundation

San Francisco Foundation

Sandler Foundation

Scherman Foundation, Inc.

Schott Foundation for Public Education

Schumann Fund for New Jersey

Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Scleroderma Research Foundation

Foundation for Seacoast Health

Seattle Foundation

Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation

Sierra Health Foundation

Sisters of St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation

The Skillman Foundation

Sky Dragon Foundation Inc

Skyline Foundation

Solidaire Network

The Solutions Project

Sorenson Impact Foundation

Southern California Grantmakers

The Spencer Foundation

Spur Community Foundation

Square One Foundation

St. Croix Valley Foundation

Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio

Stanley Center for Peace and Security

Steelcase Foundation

Stuart Foundation

Stupski Foundation

The Sudbury Foundation

Surdna Foundation, Inc.

Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation Inc

Tamarack Foundation for the Arts

Tara Health Foundation

Terra Foundation for American Art

The Boston Foundation

The California Endowment

The Communications Network

The Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes

The Fairbanks Family Charitable Foundation

The Foundation for a Healthy High Point

Healthcare Foundation of La Porte

The Healing Trust

The Jay DeFeo Foundation

The Joyce Foundation

The Libra Foundation

The Martha and Hunter Grubb Foundation

The Merchants Fund of Philadelphia

The Nelson Foundation

The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

The Rippel Foundation

The SCAN Foundation

Schmidt Family Foundation

The Summit Foundation (DC)

Threshold Foundation

Tides

Tipping Point Community

Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

TransitCenter, Inc.

Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

Tull Charitable Foundation

U.S. Energy Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

United Philanthropy Forum

United States- Japan Foundation

UnTours Foundation

Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

Ventus Charitable Foundation

Victoria Foundation (NJ)

VNA Foundation

John T. Vucurevich Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Wallace Global Fund

Washington Women's Foundation

Water Foundation

Weingart Foundation

Weissberg Foundation

Philanthropy West Virginia

The Wilburforce Foundation

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Williamsburg Community Foundation

Wilson Foundation

The Winston-Salem Foundation

Women Donors Network

Women's Foundation California

Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Women's Funding Network

Woodcock Foundation

Woods Fund Chicago

Wyss Foundation

Zephyr Impact

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