Foundation Center Cooperating Collection

The White Plains Public Library is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center. As a member of this nationwide network of libraries, community foundations and other nonprofit agencies, the White Plains Public Library provides visitors with a free public access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center's electronic databases, Foundation Directory Online Professional and Foundation Grants to Individuals Online. The fully searchable databases include profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation's top funders. Many print resources are available for both in-library use and loan.

Our librarians can assist you in person at the Reference Desk, by phone (914) 422-1480 or online.

Tip for grantseekers: Grantmakers typically fund nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations whose purposes are charitable, educational, scientific, religious, literary or cultural. Most foundations do not make grants to individuals or for-profit organizations.

Core List for Cooperating Collections

Electronic Databases (In-Library Use Only)

Foundation Directory Online Professional

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

Print Publications

Board Member's Book

The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing, 5th ed.

The Foundation Directory The Foundation Directory, Part 2

The Foundation Directory Supplement

Foundation Fundamentals

Foundation Grants to Individuals

Foundations and Public Policy

Foundations Today Series

Foundation Giving Trends

Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates

Foundation Yearbook

Guía para escribir propuestas

The Grantseeker's Guide to Winning Proposals

Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs

International Grantmaking IV

National Directory of Corporate Giving

Philanthropy Annual

Securing Your Organization's Future

Social Justice Grantmaking II

The 21st Century Nonprofit: Managing in the Age of Governance

PRINT RESOURCES

All materials (except as noted) are located in the Foundation Center area of the Library's Center for Business, Jobs, & Nonprofits. Those marked with an asterisk* are at the Reference Desk.

GRANTMAKER DIRECTORIES - help nonprofit organizations and individuals find charitable support.

The Foundation Directory (also *)
The Foundation Directory Part 2 (also *)
Foundation Grants to Individuals (also *)
National Directory of Corporate Giving

Corporate Giving Directory

RESOURCES ON PHILANTHROPY, FUNDRAISING, AND PROPOSAL WRITING

The Foundation Center’s Guide to Winning Proposals

Foundation Fundamentals

The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing

Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates: Current Outlook

OTHER RESOURCES

The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Online Journal)

NonProfit Times

990-PF : Filed annually with the IRS by every foundation and the only source of data on grants made by many small foundations. They are available free online from the

Foundation Center's Web Site <www.fdncenter.org>

The New York/New Jersey Area Common Application Form helps

nonprofit organizations in the NY/NJ area save time in the grant

application process. Copies are available at the Reference Desk or at

http://www.nyrag.org/usr_doc/New_York_New_Jersey_common_application_form_09-30-05.pdf

Foundation Directory Online Professional

Updated weekly, it provides access to essential facts on grantmakers and their funding activities worldwide. The new Power Search engine searches nine comprehensive databases at once to identify funding opportunities. Using geographic search tools, pinpoint regional and local grantmakers or grants by state, county, city, metro area, congressional district and ZIP code. Choose from over 1,100 indexed search terms or use any combination of keywords or phrases to investigate Foundation Center databases - Grantmakers, companies, Grants 990s, and all the latest RFPs, and news from Philanthropy News Digest, foundation-sponsored publications, nonprofit literature, and jobs. Interactive maps and charts show a funder's giving trends. Available for use on the Library's public PCs - ask at the Reference Desk for assistance.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

This unique online service describes giving for a variety of purposes, including scholarships, student loans, fellowships, program development, internships, professorships, arts and cultural projects, research, awards/grants by nomination only and general welfare. It is intended to be both a grantseeker's guide and a reference tool for those interested in foundation giving to the individual. Foundation Grants to Individuals Online is updated on a quarterly basis, providing the most up-to-date information available on foundations that fund individual grantseekers.

WEBSITES

Rev. 4/2010