Donor Advised Funds – through this funding program PDF provides its more than 25 years of experience in grant making to donors who are interested in funding specific interests. PDF carries out the research, ensures the reporting, and manages the government’s requirements while the donor, with PDF staff advice, recommends groups for funding. PDF’s Donor Advised Funds are:

Babson International Peace Fund

Established in 2005, the Babson International Peace Fund shares a vision with PDF that effective grassroots organizing is a critical component of worldwide peace building efforts.  The Babson Fund attempts to enhance the capacity of the peace movement by supporting organizations based in teh United States and abroad organizing in their community for peace and justice.

Mary N. Lloyd Memorial Fund

Established in 1993, the Mary Norris Lloyd Memorial Fund was named to honor the donor's mother.  Mary Norris Lloyd was born in South Carolina and lived in the South until she entered Antioch College in the late 1920s.  Turning to Quakerism after World War II, she was a peace and civil rights activisit, as well as a writer and poet.

Working closely with PDF staff, the donor has the flexibility to make grants to domestic and foreign grassroots and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that many other foundations, including some provate and family foundations, often lack.  The Mary Norris Lloyd Memerial Fund shares a vision with the Peace Development Fund that effective grassroots organizations enhance democracy and are catalysts for social change.

Maverick Fund

Established in 1989, once consistent focus of the Maverick Fund has been supporting progressive change in Central and South America and Caribbean countries hit hardest by abusive U.S. foreign policy.  The donor has made a substantial commitment to Mexico and Haiti, the U.S. groups working in these countries, and organiztions working in the United States on issues of labor organizing and progressive independent media work.

McCormick/Allegro Fund

Established in 1987, the McCormick/Allegro Fund has funded organizations working on issues ranging from youth empowerment to peace and anti-war organizing.  Current grantmaking priorities include supporting progressive work within the public health sector, single payer and AIDS work in Africa.

Patricia Silver Fund

Established in 2006, the Patricia Silver Fund has supported organizations based throughout the United States as well as in the Caribbean.  The Fund supports a variety of program areas, including electoral organizing and civic engagement, progressive theatre and art projects, environmental work, emergency funding, and peace and justice organizing.

Popular Movement Fund

Established in 1987, the Popular Movement Fund has since funded close to 100 organizations all over ht eworld.  The Popular Movement Fund will support organizations that empower local people organizing against unjust systems and for life-renewing change.  It is dedicated to supporting struggles for social, environmental and economic justice throughout the Americas.

Wellspring Fund

Established in 1990, the Wellspring Fund has been an important contributor to progressive work in PDF's own backyard of Western Massachusetts.  The Wellspring Fund supports organizations based in the Western Massachusetts areas that are working on a variety of progressive issues, including but not limited to, public health, electoral organizing, faith based organizing, education, environmental work, art and culture, and peace and justice organizing.

Donor Designated Fund

This funds allows PDF's donors, who do not wish to establish a Donor Advised Fund, the ability to carry out personalized grant making to a small number of organziations.  Along with a donation to PDF's Annual Fund, the donor will give additional funds and recommendations for funding to specific groups.  Some donors provide groups with designated grants for several years, while other provide a one-time grant.  Since the early years of PDF, the Donor Designated Fund has provided over 450 grants totaling more than $2.2 million dollars.

To see a list of our most recent Donor Advised/Designated grantees, click on the link below:

2007 Grantees

To learn how to set up your own Donor Advised Fund click here.

To learn how to make a Donor Designated grant click here.