See what role foundations play in your community, how to start your own foundation and what the Council does to support foundations. The Foundation Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation is a private foundation with a broad charter to support charitable, scientific and educational activities. Grants generally are limited to tax-exempt public charities located and operating in Georgia. The grant program of the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation reflects a strong emphasis on basic human services, particularly organizations and programs that benefit children and youth in metropolitan Atlanta.
Grants are limited to specified public charities in Georgia and Virginia.
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation and Lettie Pate Evans Foundation share a common administrative arrangement with the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation.