This blog post was updated on October 15, 2009 – please read 130 Foundations That Tweet for a complete list!
Below is a list of all the grantmaking foundations I’ve been able to find that are using Twitter. The list includes private, community, family, and corporate funders, as well as a few international foundations. I’ve also included 16 foundation staff who tweet – not necessarily as representatives of their foundations, but their posts often focus on philanthropy and nonprofits. I’m sure there are more out there, so if you notice a foundation or person who should be on the list please let me know! A brief description of how this list was compiled is at the end of the blog.
90 Foundations on Twitter
- Alaska Community Foundation (Anchorage, AK) @AKCommunity
- Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD) @AnnieECaseyFndn
- Anthony Robbins Foundation (San Diego, CA) @AR_foundation
- Armstrong County Community Foundation (Kittanning, PA) @ACCF
- Atlantic Philanthropies (New York, NY) @atlantic
- Baltimore Community Foundation (Baltimore, Maryland) @baltcommfdn
- Black Card Circle Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @BCCF
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA) @gatesfoundation
- 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 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
- The Cleveland Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @CleveFoundation
- Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (Charleston, SC) @GeorgeStevens
- 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
- The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington (Vancouver, WA) @CFSWW
- Community Foundation for The Fox Valley Region (Appleton, Wisconsin) @CFFoxValley
- The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) @comfoundbham
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat & Southeastern Alberta (Alberta, Canada) @CFMH
- The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (Nashville, TN) @CFMT
- Community Foundation of South East Kansas (Pittsburg, KS) @CFSEK
- The Community Foundation of The Lowcountry (Hilton Head Island, SC) @denisekspencer
- 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
- Eychaner Foundation (Des Moines, IA) @eychanerfndn
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO) @KauffmanFDN
- Flinn Foundation (Phoenix, AZ) @biozonanews
- GivenGain Foundation (Switzerland) @GivenGain
- 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
- HealthCare Foundation of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) @HCF4KC
- The Hopi Foundation (Kykotsmovi, AZ) @Hopi_Foundation
- Horizons Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @horizonsfdn
- 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
- 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 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
- 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) @publichealthrwjf
- The SAFE Foundation (United Kingdom) @SAFEFoundation
- Saint Luke’s Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @saintlukesfdn
- San Antonio Area Foundation (San Antonio, TX) @SAAFdn
- Siemens Foundation (Iselin, NJ) @sfoundation
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) @SCFSC
- Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, CA) @SkollFoundation
- 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
- Sunlight Foundation (Washington, DC) @SunFoundation
- Taproot Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @taprootfound
- United Nations Foundation (Washington, DC) @unfoundation
- The V Foundation (Cary, NC) @TheVFoundation
- Venture Philanthropy Partners (Washington, DC) @vppartners
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA) @Hewlett_Found
- WK Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, MI) @WK_Kellogg_Fdn
- The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (Memphis, TN) @WFGM_ORG
- The Women’s Foundation of California (San Francisco, CA) @womensfoundca
16 Foundation Staff on Twitter
Below is a list of some individuals who work at foundations and whose tweets include (but do not necessarily focus on) information about their foundations, nonprofits, and philanthropy.
- @broksas (Case Foundation – Senior Vice President, Innovation & Investment)
- @cbeddia (Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina – Marketing & Communications Director)
- @danielolias (The James Irvine Foundation – Director of Communications and Corporate Secretary)
- @dkrumlauf (Pierce Family Charitable Foundation – Chief Technologist)
- @epbro (William and Flora Hewlett Foundation – Communications Director)
- @jacobcharold (William and Flora Hewlett Foundation – Program Officer)
- @jasonwagar (Toronto Community Foundation – Donor Services and Marketing Officer)
- @jessamynlau (Peery Foundation – Program Leader)
- @michaelsmith68 (Case Foundation – Vice President of Social Innovation)
- @paultofu (The Cleveland Foundation – Program Officer)
- @socialcitizen (Case Foundation – Vice President, Social Innovation)
- @stephaniemca (David and Lucile Packard Foundation – Director of Organizational Effectiveness and Directed Grantmaking)
- @TiffanyTSmith (Annie E. Casey Foundation – Public Relations & Communications Strategiest)
- @TinaArnoldi (Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina -Information Technology Officer)
- @tomkaecf (Annie E. Casey Foundation – Evaluation Manager)
- @victoriavrana (Venture Philanthropy Partners – Vice President, Communications and Assessment)
This list was compiled by (1) including foundations and foundation staff I am following or have encountered on Twitter, (2) posting four tweets over one month requesting names of foundations and foundation staff on Twitter (each of which were extensively retweeted), (3) searching for “foundation” on Twitter, and (4) 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 at last count!) and also because they are very easy to find. Just go to the Twitter search page and type: United Way
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Posted by Kris Putnam-Walkerly © Kris Putnam-Walkerly and Philanthropy411, 2009
