International Directories of Foundations:
A Resource List

The Foundation Center specializes in collecting and disseminating authoritative information on American foundations. Other organizations and publishers have compiled directories of foundations and philanthropies for other regions and countries. Listed below are international, regional, and country-specific directories, and information about their contents.

If you know of a published directory not listed here, please contact the Foundation Center's Manager of Bibliographic Services at mbs@foundationcenter.org.

International

Foundation Center. Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs. 9th ed. New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2008.

The directory provides information on 1,281 U.S. grantmaking foundations, 81 direct corporate giving programs, and 610 public charities that have shown a substantial interest in international and foreign programs, either as part of their stated purpose or through actual grants of $10,000 or more in the latest year of record.

Haley, Peter (ed.) Directory of American Grantmakers 2008-2009: American Grantmakers that Fund Charitable Organisations and Individuals Outside the USA. 4th ed. Lingfield, United Kingdom: Chapel & York Limited, 2007.

The directory includes foundations that accept proposals from organizations and individuals outside the United States, and also profiles multi-national companies. Indexed by giving interests.

Hartley, Cathy (ed.) The International Foundation Directory. London, England: Europa Publications, annual.

The directory includes information on more than 2,500 organizations in approximately 100 countries. Arranged alphabetically by country, each entry notes the foundation's name in its native language followed by an English translation, year founded, and founding person or organization; activities, publications, and finances if available (assets and grantmaking expenditures in native country's currency); board of trustees; officers; address with e-mail; and telephone, telex, and fax numbers. Contains selected bibliography and indexes. Introduction has an overview of the evolution of foundations in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present.

Zils, Michael (ed.) World Guide to Foundations, 3rd ed. Munich: K. G. Saur, 2004.

Presents brief entries on foundations located all over the world. Volume 1 covers foundations in Europe. Volume 2 includes grantmakers in Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania. Directories are organized alphabetically within countries. Entries contain, when available, foundation name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, Web address, year of establishment, chairman, manager, assets, annual income and expenses, restrictions, and areas of focus. Indexed by foundation name and subject.

Regional

Africa

Search for Funding. New York: Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group.

Search feature provides basic information on the geographic and thematic areas in Africa where AGAG members have programs.

Asia Pacific

Directory of Asia Pacific Grantmakers. Lingfield, Great Britain: Chapel & York Limited, 2007.

Profiles 900 grantmakers in 19 Asia Pacific countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.

Europe

Directory of European Grantmakers, 2006-2007. Lingfield, Great Britain: Chapel & York Limited, 2006.

Profiles of grantmakers in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

European Foundations and Grant-Making NGOs. London, England: Europa Publications, 2004.

Lists some 2,000 major national and international foundations, NGOs and other charities. Organized by country and indexed.

Funders Online. Brussels, Belgium: European Foundation Centre.

Online searchable directory of more than 400 grantmakers with activities in Europe.

Independent Funding: A Directory of Foundation and Corporate Members of the European Foundation Centre. Brussels, Belgium: European Foundation Centre, 2006.

Directory of 158 profiles of the foundation and corporate members of the European Foundation Centre. Of these, 144 are foundations, while 5 are direct corporate funders. Profiles include funder name and primary address, key contact, background and mission, geographic focus, program areas, types of grants awarded, restrictions, application information, governance, and fiscal data. Indexed by country of principal office, subject, geographic focus, population, types of support, and alternative name. Includes glossary and bibliographic references.

Latin America

Latin America Donor Index. AVINA and the Office of Outreach and Partnerships of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Contains information on foundations and other private grantmakers from the United States, Europe and Latin America.

Specific Countries

Australia

Australian Directory of Philanthropy, 2008-2009. Melbourne: Philanthropy Australia, 2007.

Information about corporate funders, trusts, and foundations, listed by field of interest.

Canada

Taniguchi, Jason (ed.) Canadian Directory to Foundations & Grants. Toronto: Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, annual.

Directory of more than 3,100 foundations prepared by the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy. U.S. foundations with a history of granting in Canada are included. Preceding the foundation descriptions is a statistical analysis containing tables of data, and a listing of URLs for foundation Web sites. Foundation listings are arranged alphabetically under the family or corporate name. Profiles include foundation name and address, source of funds, year of establishment, statement of purpose and interests, geographic scope, gifts received, total grants, direct charitable activity, number of grants, grant range, and officers and board of directors. Indexed by foundation name, names of officers and board members, geographic location, funding interests, grant recipients, grant recipients by geographic location, and grants by subject terms.

Finland

Members Listing. Council of Finnish Foundations.

Listing of 40 grantmaking foundations and associations, with some Internet links.

Germany

German Foundation Index

Provides links to more than 1,200 homepages of German foundations. The site includes a resource list and bibliography about German foundations, and a geographical search feature.

Great Britain

Charities Aid Foundation. Directory of Grant Making Trusts, 20th ed. London, Directory of Social Change, 2007.

A directory of over 2,500 British grantmaking trusts. The contents include a list of the top 150 trusts and an explanation of the directory. Part 1 lists the trusts that have either given to a charity working within the area identified or where an entry indicates that the trustees may consider an appropriate application. Part 2 lists the major fields supported by grantmaking trusts under subject headings. Part 3 classifies the trusts by the types of support provided. Part 4 gives an alphabetical list of the grantmaking trusts. Entries include the title of the trust; year established; registration number; contact information; trustees; restrictions; beneficial area; finances; type of grant; type of beneficiary; submission of applications; publications; and notes.

Israel

Jaffe, Eliezer David. Sources for Funding: The Israel Foundation Directory. New York, NY: Devora Publishing, 2001.

The directory entries provide full contact information, year of establishment, foundation aims, geographic areas, application requirements, types of support, limitations, grant range, and other details for more than 150 foundations in Israel. Introductory matter explains the legal structure of the nonprofit sector in the country, and how foundations were surveyed. This database of foundations is available on the Internet at http://www.givingwisely.org.il/FindAmutaKF.htm.

Japan

Center for Global Partnership Grants Database & Grantee Publication Database. Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

The database contains grants from 1991 to the present and is updated annually.

Links of Japanese Grant-Making Foundations. Japan Foundation Center.

Listing and Internet links to Web sites of more than 75 grantmakers.

Mexico

Directorio de Instituciones Filantropicas. (Directory of Philanthropic Institutions). Mexico City, Mexico: Centro Mexicano para la Filantropia.

A searchable database containing entries for 7,000 philanthropic institutions.

Netherlands

Fondsenboek. The Hague, Netherlands: Association of Foundations in the Netherlands.

Links to several members of the Association of Foundations in the Netherlands.

Poland

Network of Community Foundations. Warsaw, Poland: Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland.

Brief listings and Internet links to philanthropic organizations in Poland.

Spain

Members' Listing. Madrid, Spain: Centro de Fundaciones

Information on more than 650 Spanish foundations, with Internet links.

Switzerland

Members' Directory. Bern, Switzerland: Swiss Foundations.

Online listing (in German), with some Internet links, to information about the organizational members of Swiss Foundations.

Taiwan

Directory of 300 Major Foundations in Taiwan. Taipei: Himalaya Foundation, 2002.

Directory entries are also available online in both Chinese and English. Entries include contact information, sources and amounts of endowment, purpose statement, expenditures during the last three years, and staff.