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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The Henry Luce foundation is @HLuceFoundation. Thanks!
That’s a long list!
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Gillian, thanks for the comment and also the reminder about the Communications Network conference. I will try to get the updated version posted in time…
What a fabulous list and I also love reading all the additions. The Fetzer Institute, a private operating foundation based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is tweeting – @fetzerinstitute. Our VP of Programs, Shirley Showalter @Shirleyhs is also tweeting. With occassional tweets from Susan Trabucchi, Senior Program Officer and Program Officer Gillian Gonda. We are trying! 😉 Might there be an updated list in time for the Communications Network meeting next week in NY? Thank you!!
TrustAfrica is now on Twitter: @TrustAfrica
Thanks for the additions. Great to hear the William J. Clinton Foundation is tweeting!
There’s also the Clinton Foundation:
Please add to your list, thanks!
Samir Chapra
Prospect Researcher/Writer
William J. Clinton Foundation
There is also Cure2Children foundation:
@cure2children
I’m the CEO @eugeniolamesa
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A few more:
Council on Foundations
http://twitter.com/COF_ (don’t forget the “_”)
Foundation Center
http://twitter.com/FC_econcrisis
– Steve Braker
Thanks for compiling!
@globalgiving is the GlobalGiving Foundation
Children Rights Information Network-Kenya, NGO based in western Kenya. The organization Works for vulnerable children and youths by supporting local families and communities overcome poverty and protect the rights of children. We rely on donors and well wishers to accomplish this mission. We are in twitter @ambira
There are tons of philanthropic advisors who tweat too. Thanks for these lists. Want to do one on philanthropic advisors too. Sean at Tactical and I could probably help after Labor Day. Blessings, Tracy
Also, Crystal Hayling, CEO of the Blue Shield of CA Foundation, is now on Twitter! @CHaying http://twitter.com/CHayling
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this site is very good information, thanks 4 sharing…. i like all your articles
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Hello – The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation is also on Twitter, @pmhf. We raise and steward funds for Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada’s cancer research hospital and one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world.
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This is a great resource – thank you.
I am the tweeter behind @RosaForWomen
(Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls)
What a great resource! Thanks for posting and comments. Nonprofit Alliance is a MSO supporting three counties in Southcentral Michigan. @npa_online
Alliance magazine: For philanthropy and social investment worldwide is on Twitter at:
@Alliancemag
I run the main Twitter account for Ashoka: Innovators for the public – @AshokaTweets. We also have @AshokaTech for our AshokaTech blog, @Changemakers (our Changemakers.com program), @AshokaGenV (Ashoka’s Youth Venture) as well as numerous staff (46 at my last count), who focus on our work to a varying degree.
Cheers!
Tom – @tomjd
Marianna Sachse, a program associate at RWJF, is Twitter at @mvsachse.
@razoobe – communications officer for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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We tweet too, @a_breath_away. Thanks for the list!
As an independent grant writer, I am always looking for new leads, especially foundations that will fund non-profits in Africa.
Have a great weekend.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is on Twitter too @grdodge.
Hello,
The Skillman Foundation is @skillmanfound
I also use Twitter. Follow me @wilhan
Many thanks.
Assoc of Baltimore Area Grantmakers shared another one with me: Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County @WGCHowardCounty
Great resource! Thanks for putting it together.
We’re also on Twitter @TwoFoundations – Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation.
amazing list! congratulations! nice and usefull to follow you on twitter (and consider Im in Brazil!)
You’ve put together a great list! (From @ChildFund on Twitter)
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I’m also a foundation staffer who twitters: @saraholdmixon
Two more individuals for your list (Case Foundation):
@jeancase
@SteveCase
The Community Foundation in Jacksonville is also on Twitter. Search for us @CFJacksonville
@socialedge is a program of the Skoll Foundation. @SkollFoundation tweets information on Skoll grantees and foundation work in social entrepreneurship. Social Edge tweets practical, how-to resources and best practices/ideas from the field of social entrepreneurship to help emerging social entrepreneurs start and scale their ventures.
Jeanette – yes, please send the other foundation staff twitter names. Great to post them here for now for others to see and follow.
Molly – Thanks for following me on Twitter! I am following you now too.
Hi Kris,
I was on your webinar today and you got me started Tweeting. So thank you for that, I started by becomming someone who follows you, among others.
Molly
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The Alexander Abraham Foundation tweets about sun bear and elephant conservation programs @aabrahamfound
I’m a staff person at a foundation on Twitter
@JeannetteBarr
The foundation, PMI Educational Foundation is also on Twitter @pmief
Can you please add us to the list?
We have three other staff on Twitter as well. Would you like those names, too?
Thought I’d mention Chicago Foundation for Women, a new group to Twitter–we’re @ChiFdn4Women. Off to change our name so it comes up in a search for “foundation”!
The Overbrook Foundation:
@safosterny President & CEO
@elzbthmllr Senior Program Associate
Thanks! United Nations Foundation was on the list, but it was listed as “The UN Foundation” so I just changed it.
I appreciate everyone’s additions!!
Skillman Foundation is actually @skillmanfound
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also:
@allforafrica All for Africa (NY, NY)
@cbufalino Catharine Bufalino of African Services Committee (NY, NY)
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Don’t forget the United Nations Foundation! We’re at @unfoundation (with two additional program feeds, @nothingbutnets and @Tech4Dev).
The group behind the feed include:
@rocchijulia (c’est moi)
@cajunjen
@wheresdabeefy
Thanks for pointing out other terrific folks to follow!
Excellent list Kris! And thanks for putting this together.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is on Twitter too.
@cfsem
American Heritage Education Foundation (Houston, TX)
@ahefoundation
American Heritage Education Foundation (Houston, TX) @ahefoundation
Thanks for the info!
American Heritage Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports teachers with educational resources. We rely on foundational support to accomplish this mission.
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Great job putting this all together! You’ve lended a lot to the philanthropic twitter community. I’m out there as well.
@JillianVukusich, Sr Program Officer at the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
Have changed my twitter ID since this post. It’s @JCVukusich
Thanks for the list! In addition to my blog on the Grand Rapids Community Foundation website which I started in January 2006, the Foundation is on Twitter as I am as well. Appreciate this list! Diana Sieger
Here are some others:
@Kivie Program Associate at Case Foundation
@TristaHarris Executive Director, Headwaters Foundation
Not a foundation per se, but still: @acumenfund (and @jnovogratz)
@Cancer_Research – global outcomes from Australian foundation – has 760 followers and is active in the social media space.
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@carolharmon The Columbus Foundation director of communications
@ChangeEvnglst Sidney Hargro The Columbus Foundation senior community research and grants management officer
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has over 800 followers on Twitter. We’d love to be included in your list next time!
http://twitter.com/NonprofitSRQ
@mattlogelin has a foundation for widowed parents
Susan Promislo, Communications Officer for the Pioneer Portfolio at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is also on Twitter at @susanpromislo.
All – thanks for the additions, these are great. Keep ’em coming!
Amazing list! I don’t feel so all alone now. One addition you could make is @chicagopolkadot Manager of Public Relations at Chicago Community Trust.
Great list–thanks for taking the time to compile! I’d love to add @newprofit — we’re a venture philanthropy fund.
A few more:
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan: @cfsem
Wendy Lewis Jackson from The Kresge Foundation: @wslj
And, if you’re interested in regional associations of grantmakers who are tweeting about their member foundations:
@DonorsForumofWI
@DonorsForumSF
@ABAGrantmakers
@michfoundations
Thanks Susan! I knew the best way to identify all the funders and foundation staff on Twitter would be to post a list and let people tell me who is missing. I’m sure there will be a revised version of this post in my future…
Great list!
Here are few other individuals from foundations who are on Twitter:
@stephenjdowns from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Team.
@adamcoyne The director of public affairs for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
@susanpromislo From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Team
@ibarguen The CEO of the Knight Foundation
@marcfest The Knight Foundation’s director of communications
Another foundation:
@skillfound The Skillman Foundation