We have no paid employees and our officers serve on a volunteer basis. Annual expenses are minimal, funded primarily by Board member contributions. A Better World Fund is a nonpolitical, nonsectarian, publicly supported endowment. Contributions to the endowment remain on permanent deposit. Interest income is distributed year after year to worthwhile charities that are reviewed and evaluated for the quality of their programs, finances, management, fundraising, and governance.
Contributions to A Better World Fund are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Grants are given only on an unsolicited basis. Grant applications are not accepted.
A Better World Fund was created in 1987 and is a 501(c)(3) charity.
Our Combined Federal Campaign listing is # 10739.
A Partial List of Charities That Have Received Grants from A Better World Fund
* 2018 Grants / (...) Link to Video
Doctors Without Borders (...)*
(Medecins Sans Frontieres Suisse)
Peace Development Fund (...)*
Sakhi for South Asian Women (...)*
Mercado Global (...)*
Solar Cookers International (...)*
EarthRights International (...)*
One Acre Fund (...)*
Fund for Global Human Rights
Earth Island Institute
Plenty International
Rocking the Boat
Playing for Change Foundation
Citymeals-on-Wheels
Cultural Survival
Rainforest Foundation
Meals on Wheels Association
of America
Food First
Oxfam America
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation
Native American Rights Fund
Pearl S. Buck International
Venture for America
Medic Mobile
Women for Women
Pro Mujer
Global Greengrants
The Dome Project
Free the Children
International Book Project
The Arbor Day Foundation /
Rain Forest Rescue
International Campaign to Ban
Landmines
Trees for Life
International Rescue Committee
Trickle Up
Heifer Project International
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Hunger Project
ORBIS International
Rainforest Action Network
charity: water
She's the First
Action Against Hunger UK
Direct Relief
Polaris
Teaching Matters
Engenderhealth
Amigos de las Americas
The Marshall Legacy Institute
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of New York City
Ploughshares Fund
Women’s Education Project
Physicians for Human Rights
Refugees International
Freedom from Hunger
Remote Area Medical
Seeds of Peace
Global Fund for Women
SEVA Foundation
Helen Keller International
Union of Concerned Scientists
FINCA
Teach for America
Food for the Hungry
Human Rights Watch
Bat Conservation International
Our Board of Directors
President, Ronald Jacobs
NYC Department of Education, Ret.
Treasurer, Ann M. Randolph, CPA
McCann Worldgroup
Secretary, Alpa Rajai
Barclays
Vice President, Aniello Forcellati
Amherst Pierpont Securities
Vice President, Lauren Lombardo
Nielsen
Vice President, Allegra Parks, LCSW, MS. Ed
Psychotherapist
Vice President, Robert T. Perry
University of North Carolina, Ret.