99 foundations that actively use Twitter

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Beth Kanter this week cited 10 examples of thought leadership from foundations:

Share history (Detroit Foundation)
Talk vision and mission (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Share important research (Kauffman Foundation) (Hewlett Foundation)
Retweet useful links shared by colleagues (Greater Cincinnati Foundation)
Recruit job candidates (MacArthur Foundation)
Important program deadlines (Hawaii Community Foundation)
Reveal field insights (Columbus Foundation) (Case Foundation)
Recognize employees or fellows (Kellogg Foundation)
Profile grantee success or support their efforts (CF Community Foundation)
Be responsive (Skoll Foundation)
Ask questions about the future (Cleveland Foundation)
Answer questions about the future (Knight Foundation)

And the Philanthropy411 Blog listed 90 foundations that tweet (and foundation staffers who tweet), along with a Google spreadsheet showing how many people they’re following and how many followers they have, as well as additional notes. Together with the comments on the Philanthropy411 blog, here is an updated list of:

99 foundations that actively use Twitter

Alexander Abraham Foundation (New York, NY) @aabrahamfound
All for Africa (New York, NY) @allforafrica
American Heritage Education Foundation (Houston, TX) @ahefoundation
Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD) @AnnieECaseyFndn
Armstrong County Community Foundation (Kittanning, PA) @ACCF
Atlantic Philanthropies (New York, NY) @atlantic
Australian Cancer Research Foundation (Sydney, Australia) @Cancer_Research
Baltimore Community Foundation (Baltimore, Maryland) @baltcommfdn
Black Card Circle Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @BCCF
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA) @gatesfoundation
Bridge Builders Community Foundations (Oil City, Pennsylvania) @BBCF
Broad Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @BroadFoundation
Carl B & Florence E. King Foundation (Dallas, TX) @kingfoundation
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, CA) @CarnegieFdn
Case Foundation (Washington, DC) @CaseFoundation

Catharine Bufalino of African Services Committee (New York, NY) @cbufalino
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (Tulsa, OK) @clsff
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, MI) @mottfoundation
Chicago Community Trust (Chicago, IL) @chicagopolkadot
Chicago Foundation for Women (Chicago, IL) @ChiFdn4Women
Cleveland Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @CleveFoundation
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (Charleston, SC) @GeorgeStevens
Columbus Foundation (Columbus, OH) @colsfoundation
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) @CFGB
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties (West Palm Beach, FL) @JCVukusich
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (Detroit, MI) @cfsem
Community Foundation for Southwest Washington (Vancouver, WA) @CFSWW
Community Foundation for The Fox Valley Region (Appleton, Wisconsin) @CFFoxValley
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) @comfoundbham
Community Foundation of Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL) @CFJacksonville
Community Foundation of Medicine Hat & Southeastern Alberta (Alberta, Canada) @CFMH
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (Nashville, TN) @CFMT
Community Foundation of Sarasota County (Sarasota, FL) @NonprofitSRQ
Community Foundation of South East Kansas (Pittsburg, KS) @CFSEK
The Community Foundation of The Lowcountry (Hilton Head Island, SC) @denisekspencer (no longer active)
The Dale Jr. Foundation (Mooresville, NC) @tdjf
Dallas Social Venture Partners (Dallas, TX) @DallasSVP
Detroit Foundation (Detroit, MI) @dfoundation
Eychaner Foundation (Des Moines, IA) @eychanerfndn
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO) @KauffmanFDN
Flinn Foundation (Phoenix, AZ) @biozonanews
Foundation for MetroWest (MetroWest area of Massachusetts) @FFMW
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Morristown, NJ) @grdodge
GivenGain Foundation (Switzerland) @GivenGain
Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Grand Rapids,MI) @GRCommFound
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (Cincinnati, OH) @GrCinciFdn
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Kansas City, MO) @gkccf
Greater Saint John Community Foundation (St. John, New Brunswick) @GSJCF
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Venice, FL) @GulfCoastCF
Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu, HI) @HCFHawaii
HealthCare Foundation of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) @HCF4KC
Hopi Foundation (Kykotsmovi, AZ) @Hopi_Foundation
Horizons Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @horizonsfdn
Jolkona Foundation (Seattle, WA) @jolkona
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation (Topeka, KS) @KSDentalFound
Kerstner Foundation (El Segundo, CA) @KerstnerFDN
Knight Foundation (Miami, FL) @knightfdn
Liz Logelin Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) @mattlogelin
MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL) @MacFound
Micron Foundation (Boise, ID) @Micron_Giving
Milken Foundation (Santa Monica, CA) @Milken
Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation (St. Paul, MN) @TwoFoundations
Moyer Foundation (Seattle, WA) @MoyerFoundation
Ms Foundation (New York, NY) @outrageousacts
NASCAR Foundation (Charlotte, NC) @NASCAR_Foundat
New Profit Inc. (philanthropic org. in Cambridge, MA) @newprofit
New York State Dental Foundation (Albany, NY) @NYSDF
One Star Foundation (Austin, TX) @onestarfdn
Open Society Institute (New York, NY) @OpenSociety
Orphan Foundation (Southern CA) @TOF4Orphan
Oshkosh Area Community Foundation (Oshkosh, WI) @OACF
Overbrook Foundation (New York, NY) @elzbthmllr
Peery Foundation (Palo Alto, CA) @davepeery
Pittsburgh Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) @PittsburghFdn
PMI Educational Foundation (Newtown Square, PA) @pmief
Pride Foundation (Seattle, WA) @PrideFdn
Rally Foundation (Sandy Springs, GA) @RallyFoundation
Reeve Foundation (Short Hills, NJ) @ReeveFoundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ) @rwjf
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Media Center (Princeton, NJ) @RWJF_mediacntr
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio (Princeton, NJ) @pioneerrwjf
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Portfolio (Princeton, NJ) @publichealthrwjf (no longer active)
SAFE Foundation (United Kingdom) @SAFEFoundation
Saint Luke’s Foundation (Cleveland, OH) @saintlukesfdn
San Antonio Area Foundation (San Antonio, TX) @SAAFdn
Siemens Foundation (Iselin, NJ) @sfoundation
Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) @SCFSC
Skillman Foundation (Detroit, MI) @skillmanfound
Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, CA) @SkollFoundation
Social Venture Partners Boulder County (Boulder, CO) @svpboulder
Social Venture Partners Delaware (Wilmington, DE) @SVPDE
Social Venture Partners Portland (Portland, OR) @SVPPortland
Social Venture Partners San Diego (San Diego, CA) @SVPSanDiego
Social Venture Partners Seattle (Seattle, WA) @paulshoeSVP
Social Venture Partners Toronto (Toronto, Canada) @SVP_Toronto
Sunlight Foundation (Washington, DC) @SunFoundation
Taproot Foundation (San Francisco, CA) @taprootfound
United Nations Foundation (Washington, DC) @unfoundation
V Foundation (Cary, NC) @TheVFoundation
Venture Philanthropy Partners (Washington, DC) @vppartners
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA) @Hewlett_Found
WK Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, MI) @WK_Kellogg_Fdn
Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (Memphis, TN) @WFGM_ORG
Women’s Foundation of California (San Francisco, CA) @womensfoundca
Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County (Columbia, MD) @WGCHowardCounty