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About the Foundation Center
What is the Foundation Center and what kinds of services and resources does it offer?
Is there a Foundation Center library or Cooperating Collection near me?
What is the Foundation Center's Associates Program?
Where can I find information on advertising with the Foundation Center?
Where can I find Foundation Center issued e-newsletters?
How can I obtain e-mail updates issued by the Foundation Center with statistical information on foundations and their giving?
Are Foundation Center books from the Foundation Center's libraries available online?
Funding Resources
General
Where can I find advice and information about fundraising in times of economic downturn?
Where can I learn more about stimulus funding for nonprofits?
Where can I find emergency funding ideas for my nonprofit?
Where can I learn about how my board can help with fundraising?
Electronic Resources
How do I find foundation grants for my nonprofit?
What are some alternative strategies I can use in my online subject searches?
What are the features of the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature (CNL)?
How do I obtain the materials I've located in the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature (CNL)?
Are Foundation Center books from the Foundation Center's libraries available online?
How many grantmakers have Web sites?
Where can I find an electronic mailing list that focuses on fundraising?
Where can I find information on online fundraising?
How can I find foundations that accept proposals online?
What do I do if I suspect that a philanthropy site on the Web is a fraud?
Are there standards for online fundraising?
Foundations
How do I find foundation grants for my nonprofit?
What is the difference between a private foundation and a public charity?
Can you help me locate foundations in my home state?
¿Cómo consigo fondos filantrópicos para mi organización sin fines de lucro?
What is a "payout requirement" for a private foundation and how much is it?
What does a foundation mean when it says that it only "makes grants to preselected organizations?"
How can I find funders that offer a particular type of support?
How many grantmakers have Web sites?
How can I find foundations that accept proposals online?
Where can I find information on starting a grantmaking foundation?
What other 501(c) organizations are there (besides 501 (c)(3) organizations) and how can they receive foundation funding?
Where can I find information on nonprofit capacity building?
How do I approach a foundation and build a successful grantee-funder relationship?
Corporations
Where can I find information on corporate giving?
What is the difference between a company-sponsored foundation and a corporate giving program?
How can I find corporate sponsorship?
¿Cómo consigo patrocinio empresarial?
What motivates companies to give through corporate giving programs?
What is cause-related marketing?
What are in-kind gifts, and how can I find out more about them?
What are employee matching gifts?
Where can I find information about planning special events?
Where can I find examples of levels of recognition for corporate sponsorship?
Government Funders
Where can I find information about government grants?
Where can I learn more about stimulus funding for nonprofits?
Individual Donors
How can I learn about researching and cultivating individual donors?
Where can I find information on celebrity giving?
How can I find out about the most generous philanthropists in the United States?
Where can I find information or a class on planned giving?
Where can I find information about planning special events?
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The Funding Research Process
Primary Resources
What do nonprofit organizations need to know about the new Form 990?
What are Forms 990-PF and where can I find them?
Where can I find help in interpreting the information provided on the IRS Form 990-PF?
What is the lag time between the close of a foundation's fiscal year and the date a copy of its 990-PF is available on the Foundation Center's Web site?
What are the disclosure requirements for private foundations filing the Form 990-PF?
Where can I find historical tax returns and annual reports for foundations?
How can I obtain copies of a public charity's IRS Form 990?
Where can I find help in interpreting the information provided on the IRS Form 990?
Can nonprofit organizations file IRS Form 990 electronically?
What is an EIN?
Funding Statistics
Where can I find statistical data on U.S. charities?
How can I obtain e-mail updates issued by the Foundation Center with statistical information on foundations and their giving?
How much did Americans give to charity in the latest year of record?
Definitions and Clarification
What is a foundation?
Where can I find a glossary of foundation, nonprofit, and fundraising terminology?
Is there a difference between the terms "nonprofit" and "not-for-profit?"
What is the difference between a private foundation and a public charity?
What is the difference between a company-sponsored foundation and a corporate giving program?
What are Forms 990-PF and where can I find them?
What is an EIN?
What is fiscal sponsorship? How do I find a fiscal sponsor?
What is an RFP?
What does a foundation mean when it says that it only "makes grants to preselected organizations?"
What is a program-related investment?
What is a "new health" foundation?
What is a recoverable grant and how does it work?
What is courtesy advertising?
What is cause-related marketing?
What are in-kind gifts, and how can I find out more about them?
What are employee matching gifts?
Proposal Writing
How do I write a grant proposal? Where can I find samples?
¿Cómo redacto una propuesta para obtener aportes filantrópicos? ¿Dónde encuentro ejemplos de propuestas?
What should be included in a letter of inquiry? Where can I find samples?
Should proposal writers be paid a percentage of grant monies received, or a fixed fee?
Where can I find Common Grant Application forms?
What is an RFP?
Where can I find examples of proposal cover letters?
Where can I find technical assistance or a consultant for my nonprofit?
Where can I learn more about hiring a consultant?
What percentage of proposals to foundations are actually funded?
How do I write a grant proposal for my individual project? Where can I find samples?
Training
Where can I find information on in-person training opportunities related to fundraising?
Where can I find information on online training opportunities?
Where can I locate colleges and universities that offer degree programs in fundraising, philanthropy, and nonprofit management?
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Nonprofit Management
Establishing a Nonprofit Organization
How do I start a nonprofit organization?
¿Cómo creo una organización sin fines de lucro en los Estados Unidos?
What are the advantages/disadvantages of becoming a nonprofit organization?
How do I calculate the "public support test?"
What are nonprofit bylaws? Where can I find samples?
What are articles of incorporation? Where can I find examples for nonprofits?
Where can I find examples of nonprofit budgets?
Where can I find examples of business plans for a nonprofit organization?
Where can I learn about nonprofit boards?
Where can I find information about establishing an advisory board for a nonprofit?
Where can I find information on, and examples of, mission statements for nonprofit organizations?
Where can I find information on starting a grantmaking foundation?
What resources are available for setting up a scholarship fund?
Can public schools apply for grants from private foundations?
What do nonprofit organizations need to know about the new Form 990?
Where can I find information on a board’s legal duties?
How can I find board members for my nonprofit?
Where can I learn about how my board can help with fundraising?
Accountability
How can I find information about a particular nonprofit organization?
Where can I find out who has donated money to a particular nonprofit organization?
Where can I find evaluative information on nonprofit organizations I am considering contributing to?
How can a nonprofit organization register for charitable solicitations in multiple states at once?
What do I do if I suspect that a philanthropy site on the Web is a fraud?
I've noticed a number of alerts about "free money" and guaranteed scholarships on the Web. Are they legitimate?
Are there standards for online fundraising?
How long should nonprofit organizations retain business-related records?
What do nonprofit organizations need to know about the new Form 990?
Where can I find information on a board’s legal duties?
Researching Nonprofit Organizations/Statistics
How many nonprofit organizations are there in the United States?
What is the monetary value of volunteer time?
How can I find information about a particular nonprofit organization?
Where can I find online quotations regarding the value of philanthropy?
Nonprofit Employment/Volunteering
Where can I learn about job openings and working in the nonprofit sector?
Where can I find salary information for nonprofit jobs?
Where can I find information on writing a resume for a nonprofit job?
Where can I find examples of nonprofit job descriptions?
How many people are employed in the nonprofit sector?
Where can I find or post volunteer opportunities?
What is the monetary value of volunteer time?
How can I learn about involving youth in volunteering and philanthropy?
Where can I learn more about recruiting and managing volunteers for my nonprofit?
How can I find board members for my nonprofit?
Other Nonprofit Management Issues
Where can I find technical assistance or a consultant for my nonprofit?
Where can I learn more about hiring a consultant?
Where can I find nonprofit software reviews?
Where can I find "pro-bono" legal assistance for my nonprofit organization?
Where can I find examples of business plans for a nonprofit organization?
Where can I find examples of gift acknowledgement letters?
Where can I find examples of gift acceptance policies?
Where can I find examples of levels of recognition for corporate sponsorship?
What other 501(c) organizations are there (besides 501 (c)(3) organizations) and how can they receive foundation funding?
Where can I find information on nonprofits and their roles/responsibilities in a time of international terrorist threats?
How much should my nonprofit have in its operating reserve?
What's the difference between contingency and scenario planning? Where can I learn more about these topics?
Where can I find information about collaboration and other kinds of strategic alliances?
¿Dónde consigo información sobre las colaboraciones y alianzas estratégicas en el sector sin fines de lucro?
Where can I find information on nonprofit capacity building?
Where can I learn more about recruiting and managing volunteers for my nonprofit?
How can I learn about involving youth in volunteering and philanthropy?
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Resources for Individual Grantseekers
General
Where can I find information on grants to individuals?
How do I write a grant proposal for my individual project? Where can I find samples?
Where can I find information about grants to individuals with disabilities?
¿Dónde consigo información acerca de asistencia financiera para personas con discapacidades?
Where can I find help with emergency housing costs, medical bills, or personal debt?
¿Dónde consigo ayuda para cubrir costos de urgencia, tales como la vivienda, los gastos médicos, o deudas personales?
Why is there no information on foundation grants for the purchase of a home?
How do I find funding for my research?
Where can I find funding as an individual artist?
Where can I find grants for film or videomakers?
Where can I find grants for musicians?
Where can I find grants for performing artists?
Where can I find grants as a visual artist?
Where can I find grants for writers?
Students
Where can I find information about grants to attend college, graduate school, or beyond?
Where can I find scholarships for non-traditional or returning students?
Where can I find financial assistance for students attending a private elementary or secondary school?
Where can I find scholarships and fellowships for international students?
¿Dónde consigo información acerca de becas para estudiantes internacionales?
I've noticed a number of alerts about "free money" and guaranteed scholarships on the Web. Are they legitimate?
How do I find funding for my research?
Fiscal Sponsorship
What is fiscal sponsorship? How do I find a fiscal sponsor?
Where can I find examples of policies, procedures, and guidelines for fiscal sponsorship agreements on the Web?
For-Profit Enterprises
Where can I find information on funding to start a business?
¿Dónde consigo información sobre apoyo financiero para empezar un negocio o pequeña empresa?
What is a program-related investment?
Training
Where can I find information on in-person training opportunities related to fundraising?
Where can I find information on online training opportunities?
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Resources for Non-U.S. Grantseekers
Where can I find information on grants to non-U.S. organizations?
¿Cómo consigo aportes de fundaciones donantes estadounidenses para una organización internacional?
Is there a Canadian organization similar to the Foundation Center?
Is there a European organization similar to the Foundation Center?
Where can I find scholarships and fellowships for international students?
¿Dónde consigo información acerca de becas para estudiantes internacionales?
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