Browse Private/Nonfederal Sponsors by Discipline
Sponsors with an asterisk (*) have headquarters, branch offices, or a strong operating presence in Arizona and have funding available to institutions and/or individuals in the state.
Click on the discipline category to find corporate, non-profit, or other private agencies that may sponsor your scholarly activities. Or, browse an alphabetical list of agencies across all disciplines.
- Area & International Studies
- Arts & Humanities
- Business
- Education & Community Development
- Health Sciences/Life Sciences
- Multidisciplinary
- Physical Sciences, Engineering, Math, & Technology
- Social Sciences
Area and International Studies
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
- Institute of Turkish Studies
- International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
- Tinker Foundation
Arts and Humanities
- American Music Center
- Amy Foundation
- Anderson Foundation, Sherwood
- *Arizona Humanities Council
- Delmas Foundation, Gladys Krieble
- Getty Trust, J. Paul
- Gunk Foundation
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
- Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Andy
- Weill Foundation for Music, Kurt
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
Business
Education and Community Development
- Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Aetna Foundation
- *Allstate Foundation
- *American Express Company
- *AT & T Foundation
- *Bank of America Corporation
- Benton Foundation - using communications tools to solve social problems
- Berger Foundation, H. N. and Frances C.
- Bradley Foundation, Lynde and Harry
- Citibank/Citicorp Foundation
- Clorox Company Foundation
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- *Cox Communications
- Dana Foundation, Charles A
- Deere Foundation, John
- Dodge Foundation, Geraldine R.
- *Dow Jones Newspaper Fund - promoting careers in journalism
- DuPont Fund, Jessie Ball
- Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- *Exxon Corporation & Exxon Education Foundation
- *Fannie Mae Foundation
- *Federated Insurance Company
- Fluor Foundation
- Freeman Foundation
- Fulbright Scholar Program
- *Gannett Foundation
- *Goodrich Foundation, Inc.
- Grant Foundation, William T.
- Greenwall Foundation - some programs are restricted; see Limited Submissions for more info
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- *Hewlett-Packard Company
- *Home Depot Foundation
- IBM Corporation
- *Intel Corporation
- Johnson Foundation - does not make grants but supports conferences held at Wingspread, WI
- JM Foundation
- *J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., Inc.
- *Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Lumina Foundation for Education
- Mailman Family Foundation, A. L.
- Marco Polo Education Foundation
- McCormick Tribune Foundation, Robert R.
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- Milken Family Foundation
- Microsoft Corporation
- Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
- Morino Foundation/Institute
- Mott Foundation, Charles Stewart
- NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International
- Public Welfare Foundation, Inc. - service focus, not research
- *Rotary Foundation
- *Salt River Project
- Share Our Strength - hunger, poverty
- Sprint Corporation
- *State Farm Companies Foundation
- Sun Microsystems Foundation
- 3M Foundation
- Toyota USA Foundation
- United Technologies
- *U. S. Bancorp
- *Verizon Foundation
- Weeden Foundation
- *Wells Fargo
- Whirlpool Foundation
Health and Life Sciences
- Allen Foundation, Inc.
- *Abbott Laboratories Fund
- Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Cancer Society
- American Chemical Society
- American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund
- American Diabetes Foundation
- American Foundation for AIDS Research
- American Heart Association - Pacific Mountain Affiliate
- American Lung Association
- Arthritis Foundation
- Baxter Foundation
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund - some programs are restricted; see Limited Submissions for more info
- Cancer Research Foundation of America
- Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
- Commonwealth Fund
- Dreyfus Foundation, Camille and Henry - some programs are restricted; see Limited Submissions for more info
- Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
- Earthwatch Center for Field Research
- European Science Foundation
- Hartford Foundation, Inc., John A. - geriatrics and services for elders
- Honda Foundation - some programs are restricted; see Limited Submissions for more info
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
- Ittleson Foundation
- John AIDS Foundation, Elton
- Kaiser Family Foundation, Henry J.
- Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Joseph P. - mental retardation
- Lymphoma Research Foundation of America, Inc.
- *March of Dimes
- Marfan Foundation
- Markle Foundation, John and Mary R.
- McDonnell Foundation, James S.
- *Medtronic Foundation
- Millipore Foundation
- Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- National Academies
- National Geographic Society
- National Kidney Foundation
- NEC Foundation of America
- Pardee Foundation, Elsa U.
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International
- Population Council
- Rippel Foundation, Fannie E.
- Turner Foundation
- V Foundation - cancer research and education
- Waksman Foundation for Microbiology
- *Walgreens
- Weeden Foundation
- Whitehall Foundation, Inc.
- Wilburforce Foundation
- World Health Organization
Multidisciplinary (supports research in more than one discipline)
- Beveridge Foundation, Inc., Frank Stanley
- Coleman Foundation
- Davis Foundations, Arthur Vining
- Ford Motor Company Fund
- General Electric Fund
- *General Motors Foundation , Inc.
- Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, John Simon
- Kaplan Fund, J. M.
- Lindbergh Foundation, Charles and Anne Morrow
- McDonnell Foundation, James S.
- *Motorola Foundation
- Mott Foundation, Charles Stewart
- *Phillips Petroleum
- Public Welfare Foundation, Inc.
- Shell Oil Company Foundation
- Sprint Corporation
- Surdna Foundation, Inc.
- Turner Foundation
- Wal-Mart Foundation
- *Xerox Foundation
Physical Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, and Technology
- American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund - some programs are restricted; see Limited Submissions for more info
- Dreyfus Foundation, Camille and Henry - some programs are restricted; see Limited Submissions for more info
- Energy Foundation
- European Science Foundation
- Honda Foundation - some programs are restricted; see Limited Submissions for more info
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
- Markle Foundation, John and Mary R.
- Millipore Foundation
- National Academies
- NEC Foundation of America
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- *Procter and Gamble
- *Research Corporation
- Semiconductor Research Corp.
- Toshiba America Foundation
- Turner Foundation
- U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation
Social Sciences
- American Council of Learned Societies
- American Philosophical Association
- American Psychological Association
- *Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education
- Earthwatch Center for Field Research
- Freedom Forum
- Guggenheim Foundation, Harry Frank
- Guggenheim Memorial Foundation , John Simon
- International Center for Research on Women
- National Geographic Society
- Pew Center for Civic Journalism
- Sage Foundation, Russell
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- *Scripps Howard Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- Soros Foundations Network
- Templeton Foundation, John
- Turner Foundation
- United States - Japan Foundation
- Wenner-Gren Foundation