26.2 Foundation

The 26.2 Foundation (dba-Hopkinton Athletic Association) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Its mission is to promote and support marathoning, as well as health, wellness and economic development initiatives through strategic investments in innovative, multi-generational programs on local, regional, national, and global levels. We’re also leading efforts to build the International Marathon Center.

Fleishhacker Foundation

The Fleishhacker Foundation is a family foundation located in San Francisco, California. It was established in 1947 to improve the quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF)

The Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF) was established by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., as a public charity supporting scholastic achievement, charitable and educational service programs, and research initiatives focused upon African American women. Today, DREF remains strong, vibrant, and poised to meet 21st century challenges with the same unwavering spirit and dedication the Sorority originally envisioned. Our charge to realize social and economic equality for future generations of African American women continues as our guiding principle.

Croucher Foundation

The Croucher Foundation is an independent private foundation established by the late Noel Croucher in 1979 to promote the standard of the natural sciences, technology, and medicine in Hong Kong. The work of the Foundation is organised into five broad areas: - Scholarships and fellowships for promising young Hong Kong scientists and medical doctors to pursue research overseas. - Research fellowships to enable scientists in Hong Kong to pursue their intellectual inclinations, and to engage in bold new work. - Conferences, workshops and collaborative research to facilitate the exchange of ideas between Hong Kong scientists and their counterparts overseas. - Demonstration lectures to promote a wider understanding of science among Hong Kong school students and undergraduate students. - Support for any undergraduate student in Hong Kong experiencing sudden financial difficulty. Noel Croucher entrusted the governance of his Foundation to the discretion of a Board of Trustees. Lord Todd, the Nobel Laureate and Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge was the founding President of the Foundation. The current Chairman is Professor Tak Wah Mak, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an internationally recognised pioneer in the fields of immunology and cancer research. Professor Mak took up the chairmanship of the Croucher Foundation in June 2011. The immediate past Chairman is Professor Yuet Wai Kan FRS.

Eastland Community Trust

ECT is Tairawhiti's local energy trust - with a goal of assisting in the creation of a more positive, prosperous and attractive community. ECT commits resources to those investments that make the greatest contribution towards achieving this vision and transforming our region. Our mission... To contribute towards increasing the quantity and quality of choices people and groups can make, to build meaningful and fulfilled lives. Our focus is on fostering the Gisborne district's economic prosperity through acquiring, owning and prudently governing investments and utilising resources to support and encourage selected commercial and community initiatives.