A Better World Fund is a nonpolitical, nonsectarian, publicly supported endowment. Contributions to the endowment remain on permanent deposit. Interest income is distributed each year to a growing list of worthwhile charities that are reviewed and evaluated for the quality of their programs, finances, management, fund raising, and governance.
Contributions to A Better World Fund are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Grants are given only to 501(c)(3) charities, on an unsolicited basis; grant applications are not accepted.
A Better World Fund pays no salaries, and its officers serve on a volunteer basis. It receives no fees or commissions from recipient organizations and has no formal affiliation with any organizations to which it gives grants. Annual operating expenses of A Better World Fund are minimal and are funded primarily by Board member contributions.
A Better World Fund is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization and participates in the national Combined Federal Campaign as Agency #10739.
A Partial List of Charities That Have Received Grants from A Better World Fund
- Meals on Wheels Association of America
- Doctors Without Borders
- Oxfam America
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Pearl S. Buck International
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Rainforest Action Network *
- EngenderHealth
- PLENTY International
- FINCA
- Ploughshares Fund
- The Hunger Project *
- Food First
- Pro Mujer
- Food for the Hungry
- Native American Rights Fund
- Refugees International
- Freedom from Hunger
- Remote Area Medical
- Free the Children
- Seeds of Peace *
- Global Fund for Women
- SEVA Foundation
- Global Greengrants
- charity: water *
- Helen Keller International
- Heifer Project International
- Solar Cookers International
- Human Rights Watch
- Teach for America
- ORBIS International
- Women’s Education Project
- International Book Project
- The Arbor Day Foundation/ Rain Forest Rescue
- Central Asia Institute *
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- Trees for Life
- International Rescue Committee
- Trickle Up *
- Mercado Global
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Fund for Global Human Rights *
- Women for Women