The Ultimate, Definitive, Official List of Foundations That Blog

I’ve been working with some foundations recently on a strategy around blogging, and it started me wondering how many other philanthropies have jumped into that world. My search through the Foundation Center’s list of the 100 largest foundations (by assets) uncovered 15 that are blogging, which after several hours of calculating and head scratching I determined equals 15 percent. Not exactly an overwhelming number, but it is a number that is growing. Seems like there might be a need for a central database so that people can learn from the current efforts. So, I put together the following list to get things rolling. It contains links to blogs by the 100 largest foundations and (separately) some by smaller ones. Please let me know about others that I missed. Private, community, corporate, family—all foundations are welcome. The main criteria is whether they have an active blog.

Blogs by Top 100 Foundations (by Assets) – based on Foundation Center rankings

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - http://www.gatesfoundation.org/foundationnotes/Pages/default.aspx
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Pioneering Ideas blog – http://rwjfblogs.typepad.com/pioneer/
• The California Endowment - Bob’s Blog – http://tcenews.calendow.org/pr/tce/blog.aspx
• Carnegie Corporation of New York - http://carnegie.org/news/blog/
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning - http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog
  • Asia Security Initiative – http://www.asiasecurity.macfound.org/
• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - Knight Blog – http://www.knightblog.org/
• Meyer Memorial Trust - http://www.mmt.org/blogs
• Open Society Foundations - http://blog.soros.org/
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation - http://blog.mott.org/
• Cleveland Foundation
  • Advanced Energy Blog – http://advancedenergyblog.clevelandfoundation.org/
  • Arts & Ideas - http://artsandcultureblog.clevelandfoundation.org/
  • Grantmaking Blog – http://grantmakingblog.clevelandfoundation.org/
• Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation
  • Growthology – http://www.growthology.org/growthology/
  • E360 Blog – http://www.entrepreneurship.org/en/blogs/e360.aspx
  • Data Maven – http://www.kauffman.org/Blogs/DataMaven.aspx
  • Policy Forum Blog – http://www.entrepreneurship.org/en/Blogs/Policy-Forum-Blog/
  • Infectious Talk – http://www.kauffman.org/InfectiousTalk//Blog.aspx
• Greater Kansas City Community Foundation - http://www.gkccf.typepad.com/
• Oregon Community Foundation - http://www.oregoncf.org/blog
• Pittsburgh Foundation - http://blog.pittsburghfoundation.org/
• Commonwealth Fund - http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Blog.aspx

Blogs by Smaller Foundations

• Case Foundation - http://www.casefoundation.org/blog
• Sunlight Foundation - http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/
• Rex Foundation - http://rexfoundation.org/home/rex-foundation-blog/
• Methuselah Foundation - http://blog.methuselahfoundation.org/
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation - http://cbf.typepad.com/
• John A. Hartford Foundation - http://www.jhartfound.org/blog/
• TrustAfrica - http://blog.trustafrica.org/
• Denver Foundation - http://nextdecade.wordpress.com/
• Colorado Association of Funders - http://coloradogivingvoice.wordpress.com/
• Colorado Health Foundation - http://coloradohealth.typepad.com/health_relay/
• Colorado Trust - http://www.coloradotrust.org/news/blog
• El Pomar Foundation - http://www.elpomar.org/whats-new/news
• Rasmuson Foundation - http://www.rasmuson.org/blog
• Century Foundation – http://www.healthbeatblog.org/
  and http://takingnote.tcf.org/ (latest work by all TCF Fellows)
• Vermont Community Foundation - http://www.vermontcf.org/whats-stu-ing

I’m sure this is far from a comprehensive list. Please use the comments section to point out more blogs from foundations that I missed, and I’ll put them on the official list.

Photo Credit: Valeriana Solaris. Attribution.