Grants & Funding

The Council is a publicly supported non-profit organization. It is a membership organization providing a wide variety of services primarily for endowed, grant making organizations in the US and foreign countries.The purposes of the Council are charitable and educational and are aimed at promoting, encouraging and enhancing the public good through private giving.

Candid (formerly called The Foundation Center) is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide from over 550 organizations. Candid maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance knowledge of philanthropy at every level.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides grants for projects in the United States and U.S. territories that advance their mission to improve the health and health care of all Americans. For projects to be eligible for funding, they must address one of the seven program areas which include childhood obesity, pubic health and vulnerable populations.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.