5. European Foundation Centre
The European Foundation Centre (EFC) was established in 1989 by seven foundations and has been doing a pretty good job ever since. It is a huge organization with over 160 independent funders and is currently helping about 7,000 organizations in thirty-five European countries. In year 2012/13 their grants reached $2.5 billion in total. Bear that in mind if you are based in Europe. These figures seem pretty promising and that’s why this foundation is on the list of foundations that give grants to nonprofit organizations.