Index:

Affinity Group on Japanese Philanthropy (AGJP)
Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group (AGAG)
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)
Association of Small Foundations
The Communications Network
Consortium of Foundation Libraries (CFL)
Disability Funders Network (DFN)
Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)
Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP)
Funders Concerned About AIDS
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Grantmaker Forum on Community and National Service
Grantmakers Concerned with Care at the End of Life (GCCEL)
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)
Grantmakers Evaluation Network
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families (GCYF)
Grantmakers for Education (GFE)
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO
Grantmakers for Public Safety
Grantmakers in Aging (GIA)
Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media (GFEM)
Grantmakers in Health (GIH)
Grantmakers in the Arts
Grantmakers Income Security Tax Force (GIST)
Grants Managers Network (GMN)
Harm Reduction Funders' Network
Hispanics in Philanthropy
International Funders for Indigenous People (IFIP)
International Human Rights Funders Group
Jewish Funders Network (JFN)
National Network of Grantmakers (NNG)
National Office on Philanthropy and the Black Church
Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP)
Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG)
Technology Affinity Group (TAG)
Women & Philanthropy
Women's Funding Network (WFN)

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Affinity Group on Japanese Philanthropy (AGJP)
AGJP works to strengthen and connect Japanese funded foundations in the United States as well as organizations with special interest in United States and Japan relations.

Lori Strakosch Gage, Hitachi Ltd.
Los Angeles, CA
Tel. 310-286-0243
Email: lori@cm.px.head.hitachi.co.jp
Lynn Umemoto, American Honda Foundation
Torrance, CA
Tel. 310-781-4096
Email: lynn_umemoto@ahm.honda.com

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Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group (AGAG)
AGAG aims to encourage increased and more effective foundation funding in Africa by improving networking opportunities and enhancing collaboration, capacity-building opportunities, and linkages among new and experienced donors.

www.africagrantmakers.org
Niamani Mutima, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
New York, NY
Tel. 212-812-4212
Email: nmutima@AGAG.org

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Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
AAPIP works to inform the philanthropic community about critical and emerging issues in the Asian Pacific Islander community; to increase Asian Pacific Islander representation on board of trustees and staff of philanthropic organizations; and to increase the ability of Asian Pacific Islander nonprofits to access philanthropic funds.

www.aapip.org
Peggy Saika, Executive Director
San Francisco, CA
Tel. 415-273-2760
Email: aapip@aapip.org

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Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)
ABFE works to encourage increased grantmaking that addresses issues and problems facing African Americans, and to promote the status and number of African Americans in philanthropy.

Tracy Hyter-Suffern
New York, NY
Tel. 212-982-6925 ext. 510
Email: information@abfe.org

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Association of Small Foundations
ASF works to serve the administrative needs of foundations with few or no staff.

www.smallfoundations.org
Charles Scott, Executive Director
Bethesda, MD
Tel. 301-907-3337
Email: scotty@smallfoundations.org

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The Communications Network
The Communications Network promotes communications as an essential and integral component of grantmaking. In support of that mission, the network provides leadership on the strategic role of communications in philanthropy, expands and enhances the communications capacity of grantmakers and offers grantmakers the services and resources to communicate more effectively both internally and externally.

www.comnetwork.org
Amber Khan, Executive Director
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-887-4818
Email: info@comnetwork.org

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Consortium of Foundation Libraries (CFL)
CFL is a vehicle for enhancing learning, sharing resources and coordinating information services among foundation libraries and archives.

www.foundationlibraries.org
Suzanne Cole, Chair
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Philadelphia, PA
Tel. 215-575-4814
Email: scole@pewtrusts.com

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Disability Funders Network (DFN)
DFN works to share information on grantmaking opportunities and current developments related to people with disabilities, and to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the field of philanthropy.

Jeanne Argoff, Executive Director
Falls Church, VA
Tel. 703-560-0099
Email: njargoff@aol.com

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Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)
EGA is a voluntary association of foundations and giving programs concerned with the protection of the natural environment.

www.ega.org
Sarah Hansen, Executive Director
Lisa Pike, Program & Membership Director
New York, NY
Tel. 212-812-4260
Email: shansen@rffund.org or lpike@rffund.org

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Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP)
(formerly Funders' Committee for Citizen Participation)
FCCP works to encourage more attention and support of the broad issues of citizen engagement, both electorally and in society.

Geri Mannion, Carnegie Corporation
New York, NY
Tel. 212-207-6257
E-mail: GPM@carnegie.org
Michele Lord, Ottinger Foundation
Tel. 212-764-1508
E-mail: michelelord@aol.com

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Funders Concerned About AIDS
Funders Concerned About AIDS mobilizes philanthropic leadership and resources, domestically and internationally to eradicate the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to address its social and economic consequences.

www.fcaaids.org
Paul A. DiDonato, Executive Director
New York, NY
Tel. 212-573-5533
Email: paul@fcaaids.org

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Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
(formerly Working Group on Funding Lesbian and Gay Issues)
The mission of Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues is to increase the philanthropic community's knowledge and understanding of critical funding needs in lesbian, gay and bisexual communities; and to educate lesbian and gay organizations on how to access philanthropic resources.

www.lgbtfunders.org
Nancy Cunningham, Executive Director
New York, NY
Tel. 212-475-2930
Email: wgnancy@aol.com

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Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
The mission of the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities is to strengthen funders' individual and collective abilities to support organizations promoting smart growth and livable communities.

www.fundersnetwork.org
Ben Starrett, Executive Director
Miami, FL
Tel: 305-377-4484
Email: bstarrett@collinscenter.org

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Grantmaker Forum on Community and National Service
The Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service encourages philanthropic investment in citizen service and volunteerism as a means of strengthening communities and building a healthy democracy.

www.gfcns.org
Tina Cheplick
Berkeley, CA
Tel. 510-665-6130
Email: tcheplick@informingchange.com

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Grantmakers Concerned with Care at the End of Life (GCCEL)
GCCEL works to heighten awareness of issues surrounding the experience of dying and provides a forum for those issues among philanthropic, government and healthcare institutions. GCCEL also helps to educate funders about what they can do to aid the development of new systems of care.

www.gccel.org
Lori McGlinchey, Project on Death in America
New York, NY
Tel. 212-548-0150
Email: pdia@sorosny.org

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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)
GCIR works to promote awareness and understanding among funders about issues concerning newcomers, immigration, refugee trends and public policy; to facilitate the sharing of information on these issues among grantmakers; and to increase financial support for projects and activities concerned with immigrants and refugees.

www.gcir.org
Daranee Petsod, Coordinating Consultant
Sebastopol, CA
Tel. 707-824-4375
Email: daranee@gcir.org

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Grantmakers Evaluation Network
The purpose of GEN is to promote the development and growth of evaluation in philanthropy. GEN will seek to leverage, expand and diversify the sources of philanthropic dollars for evaluation and to build the capacity of members and others in its pursuit.

www.hogg.utexas.edu/gen
Robert Eckardt, The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Tel. 216-861-3810
Email: reckardt@clevefdn.org
Ralph E. Culler, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Austin, TX
Tel. 512-471-5041
Email: ralph.culler@mail.utexas.edu

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Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families (GCYF)
GCYF works to promote awareness and action around children, youth and family issues in philanthropy; to strengthen the knowledge and use of available resources; to serve as a point of contact for those seeking collegial and collaborative relationships with other grantmakers concerned with children, youth and families.

www.gcyf.org
Margarita Villalta
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-962-3940
Email: mvillalta@gcyf.org

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Grantmakers for Education (GFE)
GFE is a membership organization for private and public grantmakers that support education from early childhood through K-12 and higher education. GFE's mission is to improve educational outcomes for students by strengthening philanthropic capability and effectiveness.

www.edfunders.org
Bill Porter, Executive Director
Portland, OR
Tel. 503-595-2100
Email: bill@edfunders.org

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
GEO works to promote learning and dialogue about the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations; the wide range of strategies for accomplishing organization-building; and the constructive and catalytic roles funders can play in encouraging and supporting organizational effectiveness among nonprofits.

www.geofunders.org
Kathleen Enright, Executive Director
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-518-7251
Email: enright@geofunders.org

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Grantmakers for Public Safety
Grantmakers for Public Safety works to increase the effectiveness of private and public investments of funds, expertise and time so as to heighten public safety, decrease violence and victimization and foster healthy communities.

Helena Huang, Open Society Institute
New York, NY
Tel. 212-548-0340
Email: hhuang@sorosny.org

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Grantmakers in Aging (GIA)
GIA works to promote and strengthen grantmaking for an aging society. GIA is an educational organization for staff and trustees of foundations and corporate foundations/giving programs that enables its members to network with other funders in aging, gain tools to make excellent aging grants, acquire information about the needs of the elderly as well as the resources they bring to their communities, receive updates about trends and policy changes affecting older adults, learn about current and upcoming funding initiatives in aging, and link to other sources of information in the field of aging.

www.giaging.org
Carol Farquhar, Executive Director
Dayton, OH
Tel. 937-435-3156
Email: cfarquhar@giaging.org

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Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media (GFEM)
GFEM works to promote awareness and understanding of the ways "motion media" (film, television, video and the newer digital technologies such as CD-ROM and the Web) can enhance effective grantmaking.

Phil Hallen, Maurice Falk Medical Fund
Pittsburgh, PA
Tel. 412-261-2485
Email: phallen630@aol.com

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Grantmakers in Health (GIH)
GIH works to enhance the health and well-being of all people. In pursuing its mission, GIH works to educate and inform the private sector grantmaking community about the content and implications of current and emerging health and human services issues; foster communication, interaction and information exchange among grantmakers.

www.gih.org
Mary Backley, Chief Operating Officer
Lauren Le Roy, PhD, President & CEO
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-452-8331
Email: mbackley@gih.org

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Grantmakers in the Arts
Grantmakers in the Arts works to strengthen arts philanthropy and its role in contributing to a supportive environment for the arts nationwide.

www.giarts.org
Anne Focke, Executive Director
Seattle, WA
Tel. 206-624-2312
Email: gia@giarts.org

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Grantmakers Income Security Tax Force (GIST)
GIST promotes understanding of income security issues among funders and to advance collaborative strategies in this area.

Leona Gill, Staff Associate
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-587-1015
Email: lgill@welfareinfo.org

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Grants Managers Network (GMN)
GMN is a membership group of more than 300 staff from grantmaking institutions who are responsible for the policies, procedures, technology, and administration of the grantmaking done by their organizations. GMN provides a forum to exchange information about grants management and its relevance to efficient and effective grantmaking through a newsletter, listserve, website, annual meeting, and regional programs.

www.gmnetwork.org
Catherine Downs, Administrator
Metairie, LA
Tel. 504-834-9656
Email: info@gmnetwork.org

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Harm Reduction Funders' Network
The Harm Reduction Funders' Network is a national network of current funders of, and funders considering supporting, programs geared toward improving the public health as it relates to drugs. The network consists of funders whose goals are to reduce the harms associated with drugs, i.e., the spread of AIDS and other diseases, drug-related violence and dysfunction caused by drug misuse.

Kendra Wright, Manager
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-462-4622
Email: kewright@erols.com

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Hispanics in Philanthropy
Hispanics in Philanthropy advocates for increased philanthropic support of Latino communities and greater representation of Latinos on the board and staff of foundations.

www.hiponline.org
Diana Campoamor, President
Emeryville, CA
Tel. 510-420-1011
Email: info@hiponline.org

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International Funders for Indigenous People (IFIP)
IFIP works to provide a venue for communications and resource sharing among international funders of indigenous peoples.

www.firstpeoples.org/IFIP.htm
Tara Letwiniuk or Rebecca Adamson, First Nations Development Institute
Fredericksburg, VA
Tel. 540-371-5615
E-mail: tletwiniuk or rladamson@firstnations.org

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International Human Rights Funders Group
The International Human Rights Funders Group is an association of grantmakers devoted to supporting efforts to achieve the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the treaties it has generated so that all people may enjoy a truly and fully human existence.

www.hrfunders.org
Mona Younis, Ph.D., Coordinator
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
New York, NY
Tel. 212-475-1137
E-mail: younis@jmgf.org

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Jewish Funders Network (JFN)
JFN is an organization of individual and institutional grantmakers committed to broadening the base and scope of Jewish philanthropy and advancing its effective practice. To respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century and the evolving needs of the Jewish community, we seek to provide a forum for exposing the broadest range of contemporary creative and innovative thinking; to foster growth and vitality in Jewish charitable giving; to encourage informed grantmaking to Jewish and secular causes that embody Jewish values; and to facilitate cooperation and partnerships among grantmakers.

www.jfunders.org
Mark Charendoff, President
New York, NY
Tel. 212-726-0177
Email: jfn@jfunders.org

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National Network of Grantmakers (NNG)
NNG is an organization of individuals involved in funding social and economic justice. The network values individuals, projects and organizations working for systemic change in the United States and abroad in order to create an equitable distribution of wealth and power with mutual respect for all peoples. NNG works primarily within organized philanthropy to increase financial and other resources to groups committed to social and economic justice.

www.nng.org
Nicole Trombley, Membership Coordinator
San Diego, CA
Tel. 619-231-1348
Email: nng@nng.org

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National Office on Philanthropy and the Black Church
The National Office on Philanthropy and the Black Church works to promote the exchange of information and ideas between donor institutions and African American churches in order to enhance the delivery of needed services and support for the disadvantaged African American community.

Rev. Ernest C. Hargrove
Foundation for the Mid South
Jackson, MS
Tel. 601-355-8167 ext. 23
Email: echargrove@fndmidsouth.org

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Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP)
NAP works to increase the understanding and presence of organized philanthropy in native communities and to serve as a bridge between native people and organized philanthropy.

Jo-Anne Stately, Board Chair
The Saint Paul Foundation
Saint Paul, MN
Tel. 651-224-5463
Email: jes@saintpaulfoundation.org

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Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG)
NFG is a membership association of grantmaking institutions. Its mission is to strengthen the capacity of organized philanthropy to understand and support community-based efforts to organize and improve the economic and social fabric of low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities. NFG provides information, learning opportunities, and other professional development activities to its national membership, and encourages the support of policies and practices that advance economic and social justice.

www.nfg.org
Spence Limbocker, Executive Director
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-833-4690
Email: spence@nfg.org

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Technology Affinity Group (TAG)
TAG serves to promote communication among individuals interested in information systems of large foundations, technology applications and "best in class" examples to help others, and "knowledge management" processes within the foundation community.

www.tagtech.org
Lisa Pool, Director
Wayne, PA
Tel. 610-688-6832
Email: lisapool@verizon.net
James R. Posner, PhD, Posner-Wallace Foundation
New York, NY
Tel. 212-989-0350
Email: posnerplus@aol.com

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Women & Philanthropy
Women & Philanthropy works to mobilize the resources of the philanthropic community to achieve equity for women and girls.

www.womenphil.org
Meghan McCleary, Deputy Director
Washington, DC
Tel. 202-861-9660
Email: mmccleary@womenphil.org

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Women's Funding Network (WFN)
The mission of WFN, a partnership of women's funds, donors and allies around the world committed to social justice, is to ensure that women's funds are recognized as the "investment of choice" for people who value the full participation of women and girls as key to strong, equitable and sustainable communities and societies.

www.wfnet.org
Christine Grumm, Executive Director
Emily Katz-Kishawi, Director of Membership Services and Communications
San Francisco, CA
Tel. 415-441-0706
Email: cgrumm@wfnet.org or ekatzk@wfnet.org

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