As a new blogger, I was surprised by the popularity of my earlier post, “90 Foundations That Tweet.” That post was re-tweeted 58 times in 12 hours after I posted it on Twitter (after that I stopped counting), received over 5,400 blog hits the first week it posted, was analyzed for profile patterns by nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter, helped inspire a video blog with Susan Herr (PhilanthroMedia) and Micheal Margolis (GetStoried) discussing how foundations are using new communications technologies to engage audiences, was highlighted on the Case Foundation, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Communications Network, Modern Giving, Tactical Philanthropy, and SocialBrite blogs and websites, and inspired 76 comments.
I’ve updated the list with 40 more funders on Twitter. For your convenience, all new additions have an asterisk (*) after their name. This includes private, community, family, corporate, and international funders, as well as a few giving circles and other grantmaking organizations. I’m sure there are more out there, so if you know of a foundation that should be on the list please add a comment. My next post will be an updated list of 50+ foundation staff and board members who Tweet!
130 Foundations on Twitter
- Alaska Community Foundation (Anchorage, AK) @AKCommunity
- The Allstate Foundation* (Northbrook, IL) @clicktoempower
- American Institute for Cancer Research* (Washington, DC) @aicrtweets
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation* (Sydney, Australia) @Cancer_Research
- Alexander Abraham Foundation* (New York, NY) @aabrahamfound
- Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD) @AnnieECaseyFndn
- Anthony Robbins Foundation (San Diego, CA) @AR_foundation
- Armstrong County Community Foundation (Kittanning, PA) @ACCF
- Ashoka* (Arlington, VA) @AshokaTweets
- AshokaTech* – Ashoka’s Technology Blog (Arlington, VA) @AshokaTech
- Ashoka’s Changemaker program* (Washington, DC) @Changemakers
- Ashoka’s YouthVenture program* (Arlington, VA) @AshokaGenV
- Atlantic Philanthropies (New York, NY) @atlantic
- Baltimore Community Foundation (Baltimore, Maryland) @baltcommfdn
- Black Benefactors* (Washington, DC) @BlkBenefactors
- Black Card Circle Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @BCCF
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA) @gatesfoundation
- The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation* (San Francisco, CA) @a_breath_away
- Bridge Builders Community Foundations (Oil City, Pennsylvania) @BBCF
- The Broad Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @BroadFoundation
- Carl B & Florence E. King Foundation (Dallas, TX) @kingfoundation
- Carnegie Corporation of New York* (New York, NY) @CarnegieCorp
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, CA) @CarnegieFdn
- Case Foundation (Washington, DC) @CaseFoundation
- Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (Tulsa, OK) @clsff
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, MI) @mottfoundation
- Chicago Foundation for Women (Chicago, IL) @ChiFdn4Women
- The Cleveland Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @CleveFoundation
- Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (Charleston, SC) @GeorgeStevens
- The Colorado Health Foundation* (Denver, CO) @COHealthFDN
- Columbia Foundation* (Columbia, MD) @ColumbiaFdn
- The Columbus Foundation (Columbus, OH) @colsfoundation
- The Community Foundation Boulder County (Bolder, CO) @CommFound
- Community Foundation for Calderdale (Halifax, UK) @CalderdaleFound
- The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) @CFGB
- Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan* (Detroit, MI) @cfsem
- Community Foundation for Southern Arizona* (Tuscon, AZ) @SoAZCommunityFd
- The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington (Vancouver, WA) @CFSWW
- Community Foundation for The Fox Valley Region (Appleton, Wisconsin) @CFFoxValley
- The Community Foundation in Jacksonville* (Jacksonville, FL) @CJacksonville
- The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) @comfoundbham
- The Community Foundation of Sarasota County* (Sarasota, FL) @NonprofitSRQ
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat & Southeastern Alberta (Alberta, Canada) @CFMH
- The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (Nashville, TN) @CFMT
- The Community Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin Counties* (West Palm Beach, FL) @cfpmbc
- Community Foundation of South East Kansas (Pittsburg, KS) @CFSEK
- The Community Foundation of The Lowcountry (Hilton Head Island, SC) @cflowcountry
- Community Shares of Milwaukee* (Madison, WI) @MKEshares
- Community Shares of Minnesota* (St. Paul, MN) @changeisbetter
- Community Shares of Wisconsin* (Madison, WI) @CommSharesWI
- Crossroads Community Foundation (MetroWest area of Massachusetts) @CCFDN
- The Dale Jr. Foundation (Mooresville, NC) @tdjf
- Dallas Social Venture Partners (Dallas, TX) @DallasSVP
- Detroit Foundation (Detroit, MI) @dfoundation
- EchoingGreen* (New York, NY) @echoinggreen
- Eychaner Foundation (Des Moines, IA) @eychanerfndn
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO) @KauffmanFDN
- Flinn Foundation (Phoenix, AZ) @biozonanews
- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation* (Morristown, NJ) @grdodge
- GivenGain Foundation (Switzerland) @GivenGain
- GlobalGiving* (Washington, DC) @globalgiving
- Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Grand Rapids,MI) @GRCommFound
- The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (Cincinnati, OH) @GrCinciFdn
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Kansas City, MO) @gkccf
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation (St. John, New Brunswick) @GSJCF
- Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Venice, FL) @GulfCoastCF
- Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu, HI) @HCFHawaii
- Headwaters Foundation for Justice* @HeadwatersFdn
- HealthCare Foundation of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) @HCF4KC
- The Hopi Foundation (Kykotsmovi, AZ) @Hopi_Foundation
- Horizons Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @horizonsfdn
- The James Irvine Foundation* (San Francisco, CA) @IrvineFdn
- The Jenzabar Foundation* (Boston, MA) @StudentsCare
- Jolkona Foundation (Seattle, WA) @jolkona
- Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation (Topeka, KS) @KSDentalFound
- Kerstner Foundation (El Segundo, CA) @KerstnerFDN
- Knight Foundation (Miami, FL) @knightfdn
- MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL) @MacFound
- Make-A-Wish Foundation* (Phoenix, AZ) @WishAmerica
- Micron Foundation (Boise, ID) @Micron_Giving
- Milken Foundation (Santa Monica, CA) @Milken
- The Moyer Foundation (Seattle, WA) @MoyerFoundation
- Ms Foundation (New York, NY) @outrageousacts
- NASCAR Foundation (Charlotte, NC) @NASCAR_Foundat
- New Profit* (Cambridge, MA) @newprofit
- New York State Dental Foundation (Albany, NY) @NYSDF
- One Star Foundation (Austin, TX) @onestarfdn
- Open Society Institute (New York, NY) @OpenSociety
- The Orphan Foundation (Southern CA) @TOF4Orphan
- Oshkosh Area Community Foundation (Oshkosh, WI) @OACF
- Peery Foundation (Palo Alto, CA) @davepeery
- Pittsburgh Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) @PittsburghFdn
- Pride Foundation (Seattle, WA) @PrideFdn
- Project Management Institute Educational Foundation* (Newtown Square, PA) @pmief
- Rally Foundation (Sandy Springs, GA) @RallyFoundation
- Reeve Foundation (Short Hills, NJ) @ReeveFoundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ) @rwjf
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Media Center (Princeton, NJ) @RWJF_mediacntr
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio (Princeton, NJ) @pioneerrwjf
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Portfolio (Princeton, NJ) @RWJF_PubHealth
- Rosa: The UK Fund for Women and Girls (London, UK) @RosaForWomen
- The SAFE Foundation (United Kingdom) @SAFEFoundation
- Saint Luke’s Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @saintlukesfdn
- The Saint Paul Foundation & Minnesota Community Foundation* (Saint Paul, MN) @twofoundations
- San Antonio Area Foundation (San Antonio, TX) @SAAFdn
- Siemens Foundation (Iselin, NJ) @sfoundation
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) @SCFSC
- The Skillman Foundation* (Detroit, MI) @skillmanfound
- Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, CA) @SkollFoundation
- Social Venture Partners Arizona* (Flagstaff, AZ) @tkwoganSVP
- Social Venture Partners Boulder County (Boulder, CO) @svpboulder
- Social Venture Partners Delaware (Wilmington, DE) @SVPDE
- Social Venture Partners Portland (Portland, OR) @SVPPortland
- Social Venture Partners San Diego (San Diego, CA) @SVPSanDiego
- Social Venture Partners Seattle (Seattle, WA) @paulshoeSVP
- Social Venture Partners Toronto (Toronto, Canada) @SVP_Toronto
- The Stafford Foundation* (Washington, DC) @Staffordfnd
- Sunlight Foundation (Washington, DC) @SunFoundation
- Taproot Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @taprootfound
- United Nations Foundation (Washington, DC) @unfoundation
- United Nations Foundation – Vodafone Foundation’s Technology Partnership* (Washington, DC) @Tech4Dev
- The V Foundation (Cary, NC) @TheVFoundation
- Venture Philanthropy Partners (Washington, DC) @vppartners
- West Central Initiative* (Fergus Falls, MN) @WCIMinn
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA) @Hewlett_Found
- William J. Clinton Foundation* (New York, NY) @ClintonTweet
- WK Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, MI) @WK_Kellogg_Fdn
- Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County* @WGCHowardCounty
- The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (Memphis, TN) @WFGM_ORG
- The Women’s Foundation of California (San Francisco, CA) @womensfoundca
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This list was compiled by (1) including foundations I am following or have encountered on Twitter, (2) posting many tweets requesting names of foundations on Twitter (each of which were extensively retweeted), (3) searching for “foundation” on Twitter, (4) adding foundations that were suggested via comments to the “90 Foundations That Tweet” blog, and (5) checking Twitter profiles and websites as needed to determine if they are grantmaking foundations. Many nonprofits use the word “foundation” in their name but are not grantmaking organizations so they were not included. Similarly, organizations that raise money to provide funds for a particular organization, such as a hospital or university foundation, were not included. Additionally, I have chosen not to include United Way organizations on this list, in part because there are so many of them on Twitter (109 last time I counted!) and also because they are very easy to find. Just go to the Twitter search page and type: United Way
Posted by Kris Putnam-Walkerly © Kris Putnam-Walkerly and Philanthropy411, 2009
