Prospect Research Reference Links

There are many Internet sites today that are useful in researching foundations. We have assembled a list of some of our favorite sites & resources below. Each link has a brief description of the content. We hope that you find this list useful. If you have a favorite that you think we should include, please email us.

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Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities: A National Endowment for the Arts online resource of funding available for arts initiatives through national, state and local funding programs. Source: National Endowment for the Arts http://www.arts.endow.gov/federal.html

Developing and Writing a Grant Proposals: Proposal writing information from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance http://www.cfda.gov/public/cat-writing.htm

The Foundation Center: From the Foundation Center, extensive and timely links to Internet-accessible Private Foundations, Corporate Grantmakers, Grantmaking Public Charities, Community Foundations, Federal Government Resources, International Resources, Nonprofit Resources, Associations of Grantmakers & Affinity Groups, and Other Philanthropic Organizations. The Online Training section includes the "Orientation to Grantseeking," "Guide to Funding Research," and the "Proposal Writing Short Course." Source: The Foundation Center. http://fdncenter.org/

Foundation Finder: Find basic information on more than 56,000 private and community foundations in the U.S. The foundation address, telephone number, contact name, Web address, e-mail address, foundation type, fiscal information, and employer identification number (EIN) are given. Source: The Foundation Center http://lnp.fdncenter.org/finder.html

Funding Resources: Use this link to find basic information on state, federal, and international funding and community foundations. This site links to yesterday's and today's Federal Register Announcements. Source: The Grantsmanship Center http://www.tgci.com/funding/resources.asp

Fundsnet: Link to hundreds of foundations, corporations, and grantmaking public charities. Subject categories include are education, arts, and women. Also includes information links to proposal writing, government agency resources, disability grants and more. Source: Fundsnet Online Services. http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

GrantSmart: A searchable database for IRS 990s from private foundations. A brief tutorial is also available. Source: Canyon Research. http://www.grantsmart.org/

Grassroots Fundraising Journal: Many articles from past issues as well as the current edition are online from this well-respected bi-monthly journal. Source: Chardon Press http://grassrootsfundraising.org/

Guidestar: Contains information on the programs and finances of more than 640,000 American charities and nonprofits. Private foundation tax returns (990-PF forms) are available. Source: Philanthropic Research, Inc. http://www.guidestar.org/

Idealist: Over 29,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 153 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission. If your organization is not yet listed here, you can add it now (it's free). Source: Actions Without Borders, Inc. www.idealist.org

Independent Sector: A coalition of leading nonprofits, foundations, and corporations strengthening not-for-profit initiative, philanthropy, and citizen action. Source: Independent Sector http://www.independentsector.org/

The Literature of the Nonprofit Sector: A bibliography of philanthropy literature with abstracts containing citations to materials collected by the Center's five libraries. This searchable database is updated regularly. Source: The Foundation Center http://lnps.fdncenter.org/

Michigan State University Grants and Related Resources: A well-organized site of annotated lists of resources for grant information by subject area with links to online information. Includes section on Grants for Individuals by Academic Level, Population Group, and Subject. Source: Michigan State University http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/2sgalpha.htm

The NonProfit Times: Excerpts from the print newsletter dating back to May 1995. The focus is on managing your nonprofit organization. Source: The NonProfit Times. http://www.nptimes.com/

The Philanthropy Roundtable: The Philanthropy Roundtable is a national association of more than 650 individual donors, corporate giving representatives, foundation staff and trustees, and trust and estate officers. Its Associates include donors who are involved in philanthropy on a professional basis, as well as individual donors for whom giving is a serious avocation. Source: The Philanthropy Roundtable. http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/

SchoolGrants: K-12 grant opportunities. Includes grant writing tips, sample successful proposals, and information on foundations and state and federal agencies. Source: SchoolGrants. http://www.schoolgrants.org/

Search Zone: The Foundation Center's Web site offers some of the best general and specialized information retrieval tools on the Internet. If you're looking for information about foundations, you've come to the right place! Source: The Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/searchzone

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Last modified: January 18, 2005