South Africa: Websites of Interest
Grantmaking Foundations
Nonprofit and Other Support Organizations
South Africa News Media
U.S. and Regional Government Agencies
GRANTMAKING FOUNDATIONS
American Express Company
- American Express supports hundreds of nonprofit organizations each year through its foundation and corporate giving activities. Grants are made under three program themes: Community Service, Cultural Heritage, and Economic Independence.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Carnegie Corporation of New York is a general-purpose, grantmaking foundation established in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie “for the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States.” Subsequent charter amendments have allowed the Corporation to use 7.4 percent of its income for the same purposes in countries that are or have been members of the British Commonwealth. Overseas grants are currently concentrated in Commonwealth Africa.
- Chevron supports communities where thier employees live and work and where they do business. Programs are developed through existing partnerships in an extensive community relations network, with emphasis in the areas of education, environment, and international development.
- The Ford Foundation’s goals are to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. The Foundation’s initiative, Human Development and Reproductive Health, helps to attain these goals by working within the areas of children, youth, and families and reproductive health.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
GE Fund
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
IBM Foundation
International Youth Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Bernard Van Leer Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Soros Foundations Network
Trinity Church Grants Program
The UN Foundation
Worldspace Foundation
NONPROFIT AND OTHER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Africa Policy Information Center
Africare
Coporate Council on Africa
Human Rights Watch
International Republican Institute
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
National Summit on Africa
South African National NGO Coalition
Southern Africa Development Community
SOUTH AFRICA NEWS MEDIA
Independent Newspaper
Mail & Guardian
The Star
U.S. AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
US State Department
US Agency for International Development
African Development Foundation
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Angola
Botswana
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zimbabwe