Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation attempts to harness the creative forces of globalization, supporting breakthrough solutions to 21st century challenges. This is smart globalization: ensuring that the opportunities unleashed by globalization are accessible to more people, more fully, in more places — and that poor and vulnerable people are equipped to seize them.

Surdna Foundation

Surdna is a family foundation established in 1917 by John Emory Andrus. The foundation makes grants in the areas of environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts and the nonprofit sector, with annual grant-making of approximately $37 million.

Annie E. Casey Foundation

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.

Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation supports visionary leaders and organizations working on the frontlines of social change worldwide. Its goals for more than half a century have been to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.

Conference of Minority Transportation Officials

The Conference Of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) is the premier organization for the training, education and professional development of minority transportation professionals. COMTO's scope is varied and far-reaching, including the advancement of Historically Underutilized Businesses, legislative initiatives, scholarship and program opportunities.

Public Interest Projects

Public Interest Projects, Inc. (PIP) brings together and strengthens the work of philanthropic institutions, nonprofit groups and other public interest organizations sharing a vision of a society that ensures justice, dignity and opportunity for all people. PIP seeks to foster a movement for positive social change resulting in equality, fairness and a stronger participatory democracy.