Preservation information, features, events and activism for America's historic places.

Illinois. Describes grant programs focused on Elgin and on the state, with history of the organization.

The foundation's programs and interests fall into the following areas: science and technology, standard of living and economic performance, education and careers in science and technology, and selected national issues and civic programs.

Devoted to helping disadvantaged children, their families, and their neighborhoods.

Concentrates on assisting people in the southern United States to build communities - just and caring communities - that nurture people, spur enterprise, bridge differences, foster fairness and promote civility.

Nonprofit, independent national research institute committed to basic empirical research on law and legal institutions.

The foundation's grantmaking is focused primarily on the areas of medical research, science, and engineering. The foundation also maintains a program for liberal arts colleges and a Southern California Grant Program that provides support in the areas of civic and community services, health care and hospitals, precollegiate education, and the arts.

Committed to the same fundamental values that guided the founders' lives: encouraging individual growth and potential; improving the quality of people's lives; maintaining and nurturing our democratic traditions; ensuring an educated and engaged citizenry; protecting religious freedom; and assisting and supporting those in need.

The foundation's general purpose is to provide support for projects that reflect or are intended to strengthen the economic, political and cultural institutions upon which the American heritage of constitutional government and private enterprise is based. The foundation also seeks to promote a general understanding of these institutions by encouraging the thoughtful study of the connections between economic and political freedoms, and the cultural heritage that sustains them.

Located near Washington, D.C. Purpose is to restore, maintain, and extend our heritage of people making peoples' lives more meaningful. "We have the resources and industry experience to give you a sustainable advantage in setting up your foundation."