Managed Prospects
We encourage faculty and staff to contact us before applying to any private foundation so that we can update you on the current status of Penn State’s relationship with the foundation. On behalf of Penn State, we manage a portfolio of more than 100 foundations that give to higher education nationally or in our region.
Partner Foundations
Please consult with our office before contacting any of the foundations below:
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- AARP Andrus Foundation
- AARP Pennsylvania
- A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation
- AccessLex Institute
- Addison H. Gibson Foundation
- Advanced Education Research and Development Fund
- The Agency Fund
- Agouron Institute
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Allegheny Foundation
- AllOne Foundation
- Alternatives Research and Development Foundation
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Amalgamated Foundation
- Ambrose Monell Foundation
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- American Association for Cancer Research
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- American Cancer Society
- American Chemical Society
- American Council of Learned Societies
- American Federation Aging Research
- American Heart Association
- American Institute for Cancer Research
- American Institutes for Research
- American Psychological Foundation
- American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network
- American Welding Society
- The Anna Fuller Fund
- The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation
- Arnold P. Gold Foundation
- Arnold Ventures
- Arthritis Foundation
- Arthur N. Rupe Foundation
- Ascendium Education Philanthropy
- Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
- Autism Speaks
- Avantor Sciences Foundation
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- Barra Foundation, Inc.
- Bay Area Lyme Foundation
- Bezos Earth Fund
- Bezos Family Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
- Blavatnik Family Foundation
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Borealis Foundation
- Brady Education Foundation
- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- Brain Aneurysm Foundation
- Brain Research Foundation
- Breakthrough T1D (Formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International)
- BrightFocus Foundation
- Brinson Foundation
- Buhl Foundation
- Builders Initiative Foundation
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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- California Table Grape Commission
- Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation Inc.
- Cannonball Kids’ Cancer Foundation
- Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
- Carnegie Corporation of NY
- Cedar Tree Foundation
- Centene Foundation
- Centre Foundation
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Charles E. Kaufman Foundation
- Charles Koch Foundation
- Charles LaFitte Foundation
- Charles Pankow Foundation
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation
- Children’s Tumor Foundation
- Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
- Chuck Noll Foundation
- Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
- Clinton Foundation
- Commonwealth Fund
- Community Foundation For the Alleghenies
- Concern Foundation
- Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation
- The Covenant Foundation
- Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
- Craig Newmark Foundation
- CS Fund & Warsh-Mott Legacy
- CureSearch
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
- data.org
- Dauer Family Foundation, Inc.
- David & Lucile Packard Foundation
- Davis-Tailer Foundation
- Dellapina Family Foundation
- Dermatology Foundation
- Deysher Family Charitable Trust of 2000
- Donaghue Foundation
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
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- Early Educator Investment Collaborative
- Earth Alliance
- Eberly Foundation
- ECMC Foundation
- Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust
- Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation
- Eisner Foundation
- Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
- Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
- EMD Serono
- Emergence Benefactors
- Emily Whitehead Foundation
- Energy Foundation
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.
- Environmental Research & Education Foundation
- Eppley Foundation for Research
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
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- G. Harold/Leila Mathers Foundation
- Gerber Foundation
- Gertrude E Skelly Charitable Foundation
- GitLab Foundation
- Gladys Brooks Foundation
- Glaucoma Research Foundation
- Glenn Foundation Medical Research
- Global Health Investment Corporation
- The Good Food Institute
- Good Ventures Foundation
- Gordon E. and Betty Moore Foundation
- Grable Foundation
- Grain Foods Foundation
- Grantham Foundation
- Greenwall Foundation
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- H.G. Barsumian, M.D. Memorial Fund
- Hahn Family Foundation
- Hamer Foundation
- Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
- Hearst Foundations
- The Heinz Endowments
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
- Hevolution Foundation
- Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation
- Hillman Family Foundations (all Hillman foundations are managed)
- Hintz Family Fund, Inc.
- Honda USA Foundation
- Howard Hughes Medical Institution
- Human Immunome Project
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- Jack Buncher Foundation
- James M. & Margaret V. Stine Foundation
- James M. Cox Foundation of Georgia, Inc.
- Jane Coffin Childs Foundation
- Japan Foundation
- Jeffrey and Cynthia King Family Foundation
- Jewish Healthcare Foundation Pittsburgh
- JHC Foundation
- Jobs For The Future
- Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation
- John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur
- John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
- John Templeton Foundation
- Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
- Justin Brooks Fisher Foundation
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- L.B. Research and Education Foundation
- Lacuna Fund
- Lalor Foundation
- Laurel Foundation/Colcom
- Leinweber Foundation
- The Lemelson Foundation
- Leo Foundation
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Leukemia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Lever For Change
- Life Sciences Research Foundation
- Livingston Trout & Mellinger Medical Research Foundation
- LMC Legacy Foundation
- Lubert Family Foundation
- Lumina Foundation for Education
- Lung Cancer Research Foundation
- Lymphoma Research Foundation
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- Maguire Foundation
- Mallinckrodt Edward Jr. Foundation
- March of Dimes
- Mark Cuban Foundation
- Mary Jean & Frank Smeal Foundation
- Mary Kay Foundation
- Masimo Foundation
- McAuley Ministries
- McCormick Family Foundation
- McElhattan Foundation
- McKnight Foundation
- Mehta Family Foundation
- Melanoma Research Foundation
- Mellon Foundation
- Miami Foundation
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
- Michelson Medical Research Foundation
- Mike and Sofia Segal Foundation
- Milken Institute
- Moses Taylor Foundation
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
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- Nagle Family Foundation
- NASPGHAN
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- National Academy of Education
- National Academy of Medicine
- National Endowment for Financial Education
- National Foundation for Cancer Research
- National Hemophilia Foundation
- National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
- National Psoriasis Foundation
- NCSL Foundation of State Legislatures
- New America
- New Venture Fund
- NewSchools Venture Fund
- NoVo Foundation
- NY Life Foundation
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- The Obama Foundation
- Omidyar Network Fund
- One Mind
- Open Philanthropy
- OpenAI
- Open Society Foundations
- Open Space Institute
- Organization for Autism Research
- Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
- Overdeck Family Foundation
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- PA Lions Hearing Research Foundation
- PA Lions Sight Conservation
- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- Parker B. Francis Foundation
- Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
- Patrick’s Purpose Foundation
- Pauchon Research Foundation
- Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
- Pershing Square Foundation
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America Foundation
- Philadelphia Foundation
- Pisces Foundation
- Pittsburgh Foundation
- Pivotal Ventures
- Poole Foundation
- Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
- Prostate Cancer Foundation
- Public Interest Technology University Network
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association
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- Rakowich Family Foundation
- Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
- Ray C. Anderson Foundation
- Research Corporation for Science Advancement
- RRF Foundation for Aging (formerly Retirement Research Foundation)
- Rheumatology Research Foundation
- Richard King Mellon Foundation
- The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
- Robert J. & Jennifer J. Banks Charitable Trust
- Robert Lehman Foundation
- Robert Luongo ALS Fund, Inc.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Robertson Foundation
- Robin Hood Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Rosenwald Foundation, Inc.
- Ross M. Brown Family Foundation
- Roy A. Hunt Foundation
- RSM US Foundation
- RSNA Research & Education Fund
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, Inc.
- Ryan Seacrest Foundation
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- The Salizzoni Family Foundation, Inc.
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Sarah Scaife Foundation, Inc.
- Schlegel-Deibler Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Schmidt Family Foundation
- Schwarzman Foundation
- Scripps Howard Fund
- Searle Scholars Program
- Sergey Brin Family Foundation
- Shanahan Family Foundation
- Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Simons Foundation
- Skin Cancer Foundation
- Skoll Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- Society in Science Branco Weiss Fellowship
- Solving Kids Cancer
- The Sontag Foundation
- Sorenson Impact Foundation
- Spencer Foundation
- St. Baldrick’s Foundation
- Stand Together Foundation
- Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
- The Stewart J. Rahr Foundation
- Still Strong Foundation
- Storer Family Trust
- Strada Education Network
- Stranahan Foundation
- Struthers Family Foundation
- Sunshine Lady Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
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- W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- W. M. Keck Foundation
- W.W. Smith Charitable Trust
- Wallace Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- Warren Alpert Foundation
- The Water Research Foundation
- Weiss Family Foundation
- Wellcome
- Whitehall Foundation Inc.
- Whiting Foundation
- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
- William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
- William Penn Foundation
- William Randolph Hearst Foundation
- William T. Grant Foundation
- WITH Foundation
- Wyncote Foundation
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Get in Touch with Us
For general inquiries, please email the Foundation Relations team at foundations@psu.edu or call 814-863-4308.