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The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Offices: New York, New York
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation currently
makes grants in five core program areas:
higher education and scholarship; scholarly
communications; museums and art conservation;
performing arts; and conservation and the
environment. Within each of its core programs,
the foundation concentrates most of its
grantmaking in a few areas. Institutions
and programs receiving support are often
leaders in fields of foundation activity. |
The Angels Forum (TAF)
Offices: Palo Alto, California
The Angels Forum is an early-stage investment
organization comprised of 25 private equity
investors who are supported by a professional
financial services management team. TAF
applies the rigor, structure, and portfolio
management of traditional venture capital
investing to earlier stage angel investing.
The private equity investors affiliated
with TAF are all successful business executives
and entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds. |
The Annenberg Foundation
Offices: Los Angeles, California
Established in 1989 by publisher, ambassador
and philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg,
The Annenberg Foundation is a private foundation
established in 1989. It is the successor
corporation to the Annenberg School at Radnor,
Pennsylvania founded in 1958 by Walter H.
Annenberg. The foundation encourages the
development of more effective ways to share
ideas and knowledge. |
The Annie E Casey Foundation
Offices: Baltimore, Maryland
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private
charitable organization, dedicated to helping
build better futures for disadvantaged children
in the United States. It was established
in 1948 by Jim Casey, one of the founders
of UPS, and his siblings, who named the
Foundation in honor of their mother. The
primary mission of the foundation is to
foster public policies, human-service reforms,
and community supports. |
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The Atlantis Group
Offices: Durham, North Carolina
The Atlantis Group is an angel investment
group designed to capitalize on the explosive
growth in the entrepreneurial activity and
venture financing primarily in North Carolina.
Atlantis is a member-managed limited liability
company, organized to provide members an
opportunity for active involvement in a
diversified venture capital process. The
membership represents a variety of professional
and private equity experiences. |
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Offices: Charlotte, North Carolina
At Bank of America, they believe that a
healthy community is important to all of
us. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
is committed to supporting high-impact initiatives
and organizations, developing visionary
leaders now and for the future, and providing
general operating support and funding flexibility
to build strong, diverse communities for
the future. |
The Blackstone Group
Offices: New York, New York; London,
England & Hamburg, Germany
The Blackstone Group has been a leader in
the field of private equity investing since
1987, managing more than $14 billion through
its Blackstone Capital Partners I, II, III
and IV and Blackstone Communications Partners
I funds. The firm has, on a consistent basis,
successfully achieved its program objectives.
Blackstone has invested in almost 70 companies
in a variety of industries, geographies
and economic environments. |
The Boston Foundation
Offices: Boston, Massachusetts
Founded in 1915, the Boston Foundation,
Greater Boston’s community foundation, is
one of the oldest and largest community
foundations in the nation. The foundation
and its donors make more than $80 million
in grants every year. The foundation plays
a major civic leadership role for their region
through publishing fresh research, convening
people to discuss their region’s challenges
and creating powerful agendas for change. |
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The Brown Foundation
Offices: Houston, Texas
The Brown Foundation was founded in
July 1951 by Herman and Margarett Root Brown
and George R. and Alice Pratt Brown. Since
its inception it has awarded more than $1.1
billion in grants through the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2007. Of these funds, approximately
80% were awarded within the State of Texas.
The purpose of The Brown Foundation, Inc.
is to distribute funds for public charitable
purposes, principally for support, encouragement
and assistance to education, the arts and
community service. |
The Cambria Group
Offices: Menlo Park, California
The Cambria Group is a private equity firm
which acquires and invests in small and
mid-sized businesses across a wide range
of industries and geographies. They seek
sound businesses with established operating
histories, rather than startups and turnarounds.
Their principals bring a blend of operating
and finance experience and will work closely
in each situation with entrepreneurial management. |
The Capital Fund
Offices: London, England
The Capital Fund is a £50 million venture
capital fund which will be invested over
a period of up to six years. The fund has
a ten year life, extendable to twelve years.
The Fund is focused on the equity gap and
can make initial investments of up to £250,000
in London-based SMEs. After six months or
more, the Fund can invest up to a further
£250,000. Under certain circumstances, alongside
other new investors, the Fund can invest
up to £5m in a single company. |
The Carlyle Group
Offices: Washington, DC
The Carlyle Group is one of the world’s
largest private equity firms, with nearly
$16 billion under management. With 21 funds
across five investment disciplines (management-led
leveraged buyouts, real estate, high yield,
venture capital and turnaround) Carlyle
combines global vision with local insight,
relying on a top-flight team of nearly 300
investment professionals. |
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The Carnegie Foundation
Offices: New York, New York
The Carnegie Foundation was created by Andrew
Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement
and diffusion of knowledge and understanding."
Under Carnegie's will, grants must benefit
the people of the United States, although
up to 7.4 percent of the funds may be used
for the same purpose in countries that are
or have been members of the British Commonwealth. |
The Challenge Fund
Offices: Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Challenge Fund is diversified investment
funds that were formed for the purpose of
investment in Israeli and Israel-related
enterprises. Challenge I was formed in August
1995 with total commitments of approximately
$82 million. Challenge II was formed in
mid 1999, with total commitments in excess
of $100 million. Ranked among Israel's leading
investment funds, Challenge I and II are
managed by Challenge Partners. |
The Chicago Community Trust
Offices: Chicago, Illinois
For more than 94 years, The Chicago Community
Trust has worked hand in hand with thousands
of local residents who see how good Chicago
can be and who want to be part of a promising
future. They are dedicated to this region
and to endowing its future. Together with
their donors, the trust continues to address
their region’s pressing challenges and most
promising opportunities. |
The Columbus Foundation
Offices: Columbus, Ohio
At The Columbus Foundation they see the power
of philanthropy each and every day—and the
extraordinary impact it is making in
their
community. They are the trusted philanthropic
advisor to more than 1,700 individuals,
families, and businesses who want to make
a difference in the lives of others through
charitable giving. For 65 years, people
from all walks of life have partnered with
the Foundation and created unique named
funds to support the causes they care about. |
The Column Group
Offices: San Francisco, California
The Column Group will stay committed through
the life cycle of each of its 5 to 8 companies,
and manage risk in each company’s pipeline
rather than through a large portfolio of
companies. They will evaluate the enormous
opportunities in the areas of cancer, inflammation,
infectious disease, metabolic disorders,
cardiovascular disease and nervous system
disorders. The team includes some of today’s
most prominent experts in these medical
fields. |
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The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Offices: Atlanta, Georgia
Since 1951, The Community Foundation for
Greater Atlanta has been connecting community
members, nonprofits and other partners to
strengthen the Atlanta region through philanthropy.
There are more than 700 community foundations
across the country each with one goal—to
create a vital, philanthropic community
within their geographic area. The Community
Foundation for Greater Atlanta does that
right here in Atlanta within their 23-county
region. |
The Compass Group
Offices: Westport, Connecticut & Irvine,
California
The Compass Group seeks to generate superior
risk adjusted returns for its shareholders,
as well as steady and growing cash distributions,
through the acquisition and control of a
diverse set of North American middle market
businesses. Their transactions facilitate
monetization of ownership positions, with
a preferred transaction size of $50 million
to $250 million in value. |
The Cypress Group
Offices: New York, New York
The cornerstone of the Cypress investment
philosophy can be summed up in a single
word—growth. Since 1989, Cypress professionals
have been investing equity capital in privately
negotiated transactions and building value
for investors. The Cypress Group manages
two private equity funds with more than
$3.5 billion in commitments. Cypress invests
in businesses with management to foster
continued growth. |
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Offices: Los Altos, California
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
was created in 1964 by David Packard and
Lucile Salter Packard. Throughout their
lives in business and philanthropy, the
Packard's sought to use private funds for
the public good, giving back to a society
which enabled them to prosper. The foundation
works to improve the lives of children,
enable the creative pursuit of science,
advance reproductive health, and conserve
and restore the earth's natural systems. |
The Denver Foundation
Offices: Denver, Colorado
The Denver Foundation helps generous people
like you build charitable legacies that
make a difference today and in the future.
The mission of The Denver Foundation is
to inspire people and mobilize resources
to strengthen their community. As Colorado's
oldest and largest community foundation,
they provide the expertise and leadership
to help people give back to Metro Denver
in ways that are meaningful—to them and
to the community. |
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The Duke Endowment
Offices: Charlotte, North Carolina
Since 1924, The Duke Endowment has worked
to help people and strengthen communities
in North Carolina and South Carolina by
nurturing children, promoting health, educating
minds and enriching spirits. The endowment
seeks to fulfill the visionary genius and
innovative legacy of James Buchanan Duke,
one of the great industrialists and philanthropists
of the 20th century. |
The East Bay Community Foundation
Offices: Oakland, California
The East Bay Community Foundation is a leading
resource for mobilizing financial resources
and community leadership to transform the
lives of people in the East Bay with pressing
needs. They do it through research on those
needs and through joining their own financial
and leadership resources with those of the
private, public, and non-profit sectors
on a few pressing issues in order to transform
people's lives. |
The Enspire Group
Offices: Singapore
The Enspire Group is a technology and business
development group that assists the inspired
entrepreneurs to achieve their vision and
dreams to build long-lasting and highly
differentiating business. Besides the financial
investment, they also value-add to their
partner companies through their extensive
network, experience and expertise. Enspire
works with companies that will thrive in
the fast growing fields of communication
and Internet technology. |
The Ford Foundation
Offices: New York, New York
The Ford Foundation works with visionary
leaders and organizations around the
world. They were founded to advance
social justice, and all of their work
flows from this fundamental commitment.
They work mainly by making grants or
loans that build knowledge and
strengthen organizations and networks.
These methods of problem-solving reflect
their mission and the diverse ways they support grantees. |
The Founders Fund
Offices: San Francisco, California
The Founders Fund has built companies from
the ground up, from concept to realization,
from shared offices to public offerings.
Every stage of the company creation process
is familiar to them, from finding seed capital,
to building defensible products, scaling
up the organization, and realizing lasting
value for employees and shareholders. |
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