Foundation Center Cooperating Collection

The White Plains Public Library is one of 200 U.S. libraries with a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection. This free information center includes core Foundation Center publications plus other materials useful to grantseekers, funders, and donors. 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.

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 Reporter
• Foundation Grants to Individuals (also *)
• Grant Seekers Guide
• Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors
• The Foundation 1000
• National Directory of Grantmaking Public Charities
• National Directory of Corporate Giving
• Corporate Giving Directory
• Corporate Giving Yellow Pages

REGIONAL GRANTMAKER DIRECTORIES help grantseekers identify funders with a commitment to a particular city, region, county, or state.

• New York State Foundations (also *)

SUBJECT GRANTMAKER DIRECTORIES* help grantseekers identify funders with a commitment to specific subject areas, such as children, education, public health, etc.

• Funding in Aging
• National Guide to Funding in AIDS
• National Guide to Funding in Arts and Culture
• National Guide to Funding for Children, Youth, and Families
• National Guide to Funding for Community Development
• National Guide to Funding for Economically Disadvantaged
• National Guide to Funding for Elementary and Secondary Education
• National Guide to Funding in Health
• National Guide to Funding for Higher Education
• National Guide to Funding for Information Technology
• National Guide to Funding for Libraries and Information Services
• National Guide to Funding in Substance Abuse
• National Guide to Funding for Women and Girls

GRANT DIRECTORIES help grantseekers gauge the future funding priorities of funders based on information about their recent grant awards.

• Directory of Grants for Organizations Serving People with Disabilities
• The Foundation Grants Index and Quarterly

RESOURCES ON PHILANTHROPY, FUNDRAISING, AND PROPOSAL WRITING

• The Foundation Center’s Guide to Grantseeking on the Web
• Foundation Fundamentals
• The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing
• Foundation Giving

DIRECTORIES OF PHILANTHROPICALLY SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS help donors become more informed givers.

• A Guide for Giving
• The Guide to Gifts and Bequests
• Where the Money Goes

OTHER RESOURCES

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Foundation annual reports

990-PF : Filed annually with the IRS by every foundation and the only source of data on grants made by many small foundations. Most foundations do not issue annual reports or have websites.

990-PFs for over 60,000 private foundations are available free online from the Foundation Center's Web Site <www.fdncenter.org> through a partnership with Grantsmart. At the Foundation Center's home page, click on "Finding Funders: 990-PF Search." Tax returns are provided as Adobe PDFs. Patrons may also obtain 990-PFs from the Foundation Center Library, Manhattan (79 Fifth Avenue [between 15th and 16th St.], 2nd Floor), directly by mail from the IRS (takes 4 to 6 weeks), or by contacting a foundation directly. Copies of the required IRS Form 4056A are available from the Reference Desk or the IRS web site; patrons must fill out and mail in the form and are responsible for paying fees directly to the IRS for this service.

The New York/New Jersey Area Common Application Form 90-PF 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>

FC-SEARCH  CD-ROM* - This fully searchable Foundation Center database on cd-rom features a comprehensive listing of active U.S. foundations and corporate giving programs and their associated grants. It includes a Grantmaker File of over 57,000 records and a Grants File with over 246,000 grants of $10,000 or more awarded by the nation's largest funders. Users may download to a disk or print records ($.15 per page). Available for use on the Library's public PCs - ask at the Reference Desk.

WEBSITES

• The Foundation Center’s User-Friendly Guide - A basic primer on the grantseeking process with an introduction to resources available.
• Foundations On-Line
• Fundsnet Services
• GrantSmart
• Internet Nonprofit Center
• New York Regional Association of Grantmakers
• Online Fundraising Resource Center

Rev. 7/9/2007