Foundation and Nonprofit

CSIS is funded by many foundations, nongovernmental organizations, and nonprofit donors. See below for a full list of our foundation donors and their related programs.

Contributions $250,000 and up

  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Korea Foundation
  • Oceans 5
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Rural India Supporting Trust
  • Sarah Scaife Foundation
  • SED Fund
  • Smith Richardson Foundation
  • Stanford University
  • The Starr Foundation
  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation
  • Wadhwani Foundation

Contributions $100,000 - $249,999

  • Carnegie Corporation of New York 
  • Chey Institute for Advanced Studies 
  • Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership 
  • Climate Investment Funds 
  • ClimateWorks Foundation 
  • Craig Newmark Philanthropies 
  • Diana Davis Spencer Foundation 
  • Ford Foundation 
  • Henry Luce Foundation 
  • Humanity United 
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 
  • National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) 
  • The Rockefeller Foundation 

Contributions $50,000 - $99,999

  • American University 
  • Breakthrough Energy 
  • Climate and Land Use Alliance 
  • Democracy Fund 
  • Dr. Scholl Foundation 
  • Eleanor Crook Foundation 
  • Environmental Defense Fund 
  • European Climate Foundation (ECF) 
  • Future Fund 
  • Ghadar Foundation 
  • Heifer International 
  • Open Philanthropy 
  • PAX sapiens 
  • Schmidt Futures 
  • Southern Company Foundation 
  • Syracuse University 
  • UniKorea Foundation 
  • World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 

Contributions $5,000 - $49,999

  • Argyros Family Foundation 
  • Battelle Memorial Institute 
  • Bellevue Foundation 
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies 
  • Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) 
  • Georgia Tech 
  • Global Innovation Fund 
  • Japan Center for Economic Research 
  • Johns Hopkins University 
  • Institute for Defense Analyses 
  • International Committee of the Red Cross 
  • Lakeside Foundation 
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
  • Legatum Institute 
  • Sandia National Laboratories 
  • Seoul Forum for International Affairs 
  • Tides Foundation 
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 
  • Secure World Foundation