90 Foundations That Tweet

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

1. Alaska Community Foundation (Anchorage, AK) @AKCommunity
2. Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD) @AnnieECaseyFndn
3. Anthony Robbins Foundation (San Diego, CA) @AR_foundation
4. Armstrong County Community Foundation (Kittanning, PA) @ACCF
5. Atlantic Philanthropies (New York, NY) @atlantic
6. Baltimore Community Foundation (Baltimore, Maryland) @baltcommfdn
7. Black Card Circle Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @BCCF
8. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA) @gatesfoundation
9. Bridge Builders Community Foundations (Oil City, Pennsylvania) @BBCF
10. The Broad Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @BroadFoundation
11. Carl B & Florence E. King Foundation (Dallas, TX) @kingfoundation
12. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, CA) @CarnegieFdn
13. Case Foundation (Washington, DC) @CaseFoundation
14. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (Tulsa, OK) @clsff
15. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, MI) @mottfoundation
16. The Cleveland Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @CleveFoundation
17. Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (Charleston, SC) @GeorgeStevens
18. The Columbus Foundation (Columbus, OH) @colsfoundation
19. The Community Foundation Boulder County (Bolder, CO) @CommFound
20. Community Foundation for Calderdale (Halifax, UK) @CalderdaleFound
21. The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) @CFGB
22. The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington (Vancouver, WA) @CFSWW
23. Community Foundation for The Fox Valley Region (Appleton, Wisconsin) @CFFoxValley
24. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) @comfoundbham
25. Community Foundation of Medicine Hat & Southeastern Alberta (Alberta, Canada) @CFMH
26. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (Nashville, TN) @CFMT
27. Community Foundation of South East Kansas (Pittsburg, KS) @CFSEK
28. The Community Foundation of The Lowcountry (Hilton Head Island, SC) @denisekspencer
29. Crossroads Community Foundation (MetroWest area of Massachusetts) @CCFDN
30. The Dale Jr. Foundation (Mooresville, NC) @tdjf
31. Dallas Social Venture Partners (Dallas, TX) @DallasSVP
32. Detroit Foundation (Detroit, MI) @dfoundation
33. Eychaner Foundation (Des Moines, IA) @eychanerfndn
34. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO) @KauffmanFDN
35. Flinn Foundation (Phoenix, AZ) @biozonanews
36. GivenGain Foundation (Switzerland) @GivenGain
37. Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Grand Rapids,MI) @GRCommFound
38. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (Cincinnati, OH) @GrCinciFdn
39. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Kansas City, MO) @gkccf
40. The Greater Saint John Community Foundation (St. John, New Brunswick) @GSJCF
41. Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Venice, FL) @GulfCoastCF
42. Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu, HI) @HCFHawaii
43. HealthCare Foundation of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) @HCF4KC
44. The Hopi Foundation (Kykotsmovi, AZ) @Hopi_Foundation
45. Horizons Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @horizonsfdn
46. Jolkona Foundation (Seattle, WA) @jolkona
47. Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation (Topeka, KS) @KSDentalFound
48. Kerstner Foundation (El Segundo, CA) @KerstnerFDN
49. Knight Foundation (Miami, FL) @knightfdn
50. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL) @MacFound
51. Micron Foundation (Boise, ID) @Micron_Giving
52. Milken Foundation (Santa Monica, CA) @Milken
53. The Moyer Foundation (Seattle, WA) @MoyerFoundation
54. Ms Foundation (New York, NY) @outrageousacts
55. NASCAR Foundation (Charlotte, NC) @NASCAR_Foundat
56. New York State Dental Foundation (Albany, NY) @NYSDF
57. One Star Foundation (Austin, TX) @onestarfdn
58. Open Society Institute (New York, NY) @OpenSociety
59. The Orphan Foundation (Southern CA)  @TOF4Orphan
60. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation (Oshkosh, WI) @OACF
61. Peery Foundation (Palo Alto, CA)  @davepeery
62. Pittsburgh Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) @PittsburghFdn
63. Pride Foundation (Seattle, WA) @PrideFdn
64. Rally Foundation (Sandy Springs, GA) @RallyFoundation
65. Reeve Foundation (Short Hills, NJ) @ReeveFoundation
66. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ) @rwjf
67. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Media Center (Princeton, NJ) @RWJF_mediacntr
68. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio (Princeton, NJ) @pioneerrwjf
69. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Portfolio (Princeton, NJ) @publichealthrwjf
70. The SAFE Foundation (United Kingdom) @SAFEFoundation
71. Saint Luke’s Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @saintlukesfdn
72. San Antonio Area Foundation (San Antonio, TX) @SAAFdn
73. Siemens Foundation (Iselin, NJ) @sfoundation
74. Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) @SCFSC
75. Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, CA) @SkollFoundation
76. Social Venture Partners Boulder County (Boulder, CO) @svpboulder
77. Social Venture Partners Delaware (Wilmington, DE) @SVPDE
78. Social Venture Partners Portland (Portland, OR) @SVPPortland
79. Social Venture Partners San Diego (San Diego, CA) @SVPSanDiego
80. Social Venture Partners Seattle (Seattle, WA) @paulshoeSVP
81. Social Venture Partners Toronto (Toronto, Canada) @SVP_Toronto
82. Sunlight Foundation (Washington, DC) @SunFoundation
83. Taproot Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @taprootfound
84. United Nations Foundation (Washington, DC) @unfoundation
85. The V Foundation (Cary, NC) @TheVFoundation
86. Venture Philanthropy Partners (Washington, DC) @vppartners
87. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA) @Hewlett_Found
88. WK Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, MI) @WK_Kellogg_Fdn
89. The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (Memphis, TN) @WFGM_ORG
90. 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.

1. @broksas (Case Foundation – Senior Vice President, Innovation & Investment)
2. @cbeddia (Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina – Marketing & Communications Director)
3. @danielolias (The James Irvine Foundation – Director of Communications and Corporate Secretary)
4. @dkrumlauf (Pierce Family Charitable Foundation – Chief Technologist)
5. @epbro (William and Flora Hewlett Foundation – Communications Director)
6. @jacobcharold (William and Flora Hewlett Foundation – Program Officer)
7. @jasonwagar (Toronto Community Foundation – Donor Services and Marketing Officer)
8. @jessamynlau (Peery Foundation – Program Leader)
9. @michaelsmith68 (Case Foundation – Vice President of Social Innovation)
10. @paultofu (The Cleveland Foundation – Program Officer)
11. @socialcitizen (Case Foundation – Vice President, Social Innovation)
12. @stephaniemca (David and Lucile Packard Foundation – Director of Organizational Effectiveness and Directed Grantmaking)
13. @TiffanyTSmith (Annie E. Casey Foundation – Public Relations & Communications Strategiest)
14. @TinaArnoldi (Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina -Information Technology Officer)
15. @tomkaecf (Annie E. Casey Foundation – Evaluation Manager)
16. @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