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Constituent Services: Nonprofit Grantseekers
When your constituents contact you about funding for nonprofit organizations, you can refer them to:
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Ask Us
Ask Us! A Foundation Center Online Librarian can answer questions at no charge about grantmakers, philanthropy, and fundraising research. The librarian, however, will not provide lists of grantmakers that will fund specific activities. Questions can be submitted in different ways: e-mail or chat.
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Cooperating Collections
These funding information centers provide your constituents with free access to the Center's premier subscription database, Foundation Directory Online, to Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, and to a core set of the Center's print resources. Staff at these sites may also provide reference service and grantseeking training opportunities. There are more than 450 of these collections throughout the United States. Call (800) 424-9836 or search online for Cooperating Collections in your area.
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Training Opportunities and Online Programs
Your constituents may ask where they can learn about fundraising. Refer them to GrantSpace — a free service of the Foundation Center. At GrantSpace, grantseekers can receive online training and/or find out about live training sessions (free and fee-based) offered by the Foundation Center. GrantSpace provides information on fundraising and nonprofit management through FAQs, sample documents, podcasts, and more.
Speakers
Staff from the Foundation Center or from your local cooperating collection may be available to present training that you organize for your local nonprofit community or Congressional staff.
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Fact Finder
Fact Finder includes:
- Foundation Finder
Includes basic contact information on U.S. grantmakers.
No grantmaker application information is available on this tool.
- 990 Finder
IRS returns for nonprofit organizations and private foundations.
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Trend Tracker
Review individual grantmaker data or compare up to five grantmakers.
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Constituent Services: Individual Grantseekers
Inquiries About Funding for Individuals
When your constituents contact you about funding for individual needs, scholarships, travel, creative activity, etc., you can refer them to:
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Policy Development
You may find these free resources helpful as a policymaker:
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Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
Keep current with the grantmaking world with PND, the Center's daily e-news service, providing summaries from nationwide media outlets. It also offers a variety of electronic notification services. It is also a mobile web site.
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Free Newsletters
Sign up for free e-newsletters and news, jobs, and RFP alerts.
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IssueLab
Find publications produced or sponsored by grantmakers on a wide variety of policy issues as well as foundation annual reports.
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Philanthropy In/Sight
Create maps to visualize the reach of philanthropy. Available for free use at Cooperating Collections.
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Grantmaker and Grant Statistics
Lists of largest funders in your state and metropolitan areas.
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Glasspockets
Identify first-rate examples of grantmaking organizations that communicate openly about their work at Glasspockets.
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Other Helpful Nonprofit Resources
There are many other local resources that you may find useful when serving your constituents. See our listing in our Nonprofit Resources section and our Nonprofit Startup Map.
National clearinghouse organizations can also help you locate local resources. See chart below.
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