About the Library
Welcome to the Foundation Center. The Center's
mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.
As a vital component of the Foundation Center's mission,
we offer free information to the public at five
Foundation Center libraries across the country:
at our headquarters in New
York, and at our field offices in Washington,
D.C., Atlanta, Cleveland,
and San
Francisco. And through a program
of orientations
and educational seminars, each year we
introduce thousands of grantseekers to the funding research process.
One of the most difficult aspects of the grantseeking
process is selecting prospective funders who might
be interested in your project from the nearly 80,000 grantmakers in the U.S. At Foundation Center libraries
we make the best and most comprehensive information
available to grantseekers so that they can identify
appropriate funders and develop targeted proposals.
Foundation Center librarians assist you with your
research strategy but cannot do your research
for you. They can help you in locating appropriate
print and electronic resources, but they are not
permitted to serve as consultants on funding for
your project or to make referrals or arrange for
introductions to specific grantmakers. Our librarians
cannot write or review proposals for you. They
will direct you to resources that help with this
endeavor, especially the Center's own Guide
to Proposal Writing and our full-day proposal
writing seminar.
History
Atlanta was selected
as the site of the first new Foundation Center
regional office to be established in fifteen years,
in response to the increase in philanthropic activity
and growth in the nonprofit sector in the Southeast
during the preceding decade. The Foundation Center
opened an office and library in Atlanta in 1994 to serve
grantseekers and grantmakers in Georgia and in
eleven other southeastern states. The Joseph B.
Whitehead Foundation, in cooperation with the
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, provided
the initial funding for the Atlanta office and
library. The Foundation Center-Atlanta was established
in the Grand Lobby of the historic Hurt Building
in downtown Atlanta. This remains an ideal location,
convenient to many foundations and nonprofit organizations
in the city.
Cooperating Collections
The Foundation Center-Atlanta works closely with
the Center's coordinator of Cooperating
Collections at the Center's headquarters
in New York to ensure that the information needs
of the Cooperating Collections in the Southeast
region are met. Cooperating Collections maintain
core collections of Foundation Center publications
(including our electronic databases) along with a variety of supplementary materials
useful to grantseekers. They are housed in libraries,
community foundations, and other nonprofit organizations.
The staff of the Atlanta library work closely
with Cooperating Collections in the following
states:
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