Daily 3 Foundations - 10/27/25
10/27/2025
Here are today’s daily 3 foundations. J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.
J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation
Website: https://www.jkaf.org/
Mission & Purpose: To make Idaho an exemplary model for innovative learning, a destination for accessible world-class recreation, and the most desirable state for life after the military.
Broad Funding Guidelines: Grantmaking is focused exclusively on Idaho. This foundation operates as a proactive grantmaker, meaning it typically does not accept unsolicited grant requests. Instead, it identifies partners and develops large-scale initiatives to achieve its goals. Their work is concentrated in three areas: Limitless Learning, Stronger Communities (recreation), and Innovative Leaders.
Featured Opportunity: While unsolicited requests are not accepted, their work in Innovative Learning is a defining feature. They are the primary driver behind "One Stone," a tuition-free, student-led independent school in Boise. They also partner with organizations across the state to create new learning models and leadership programs, making them the key funder for large-scale educational innovation in Idaho.
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Website: https://www.wrfoundation.org/
Mission & Purpose: To relentlessly pursue economic, educational, social, ethnic, and racial equity for all Arkansans. The foundation works to close the economic and educational gaps that contribute to persistent poverty.
Broad Funding Guidelines: Grantmaking is limited to initiatives that directly and significantly impact the state of Arkansas. They provide long-term, flexible funding for 501(c)(3) organizations focused on systemic change. Their priorities are Economic Equity (livable wages, wealth-building) and Educational Equity (skill attainment). They have an open Letter of Intent (LOI) process.
Featured Opportunity: The foundation's work is centered on supporting ALICE families (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed). This is a key initiative to raise awareness and fund solutions for the large percentage of Arkansas households that are working but cannot afford the basics. They support policy advocacy, community organizing, and narrative change to help these families move out of poverty.
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation (EEJF)
Website: https://inasmuchfoundation.org/journalism
Mission & Purpose: To invest in the future of journalism by building the ethics, skills, and opportunities needed to advance principled, probing news and information. (Note: EEJF was an independent foundation that merged into the Inasmuch Foundation, which now carries on its journalism mission.)
Broad Funding Guidelines: This is a national foundation (U.S.-based) that supports 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsrooms and journalism support organizations. Funding is focused on Investigative Journalism and projects that strengthen news ecosystems. While they give preference to organizations in the Midwest or outside major metropolitan hubs, their funding is available nationwide.
Featured Opportunity: The foundation's core program is its support for Investigative Reporting. They provide direct project grants to nonprofit newsrooms to fund the high-cost, time-intensive work of investigative journalism, particularly projects that hold power to account and inform the public.
