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Resources for Grantseekers
Resources for Grantmakers
General Nonprofit Information
Philanthropy Geared Towards Native American Communities
Resources
for Grantseekers
The Foundation
Center
"Founded in 1956, the Center is the nation's
leading authority on institutional philanthropy and is dedicated
to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers,
the media, and the general public."http://fdncenter.org/
The Grantsmanship
Center
"TGCI was founded in 1972 to offer grantsmanship
training and low-cost publications to nonprofit
organizations and government agencies. Today, TGCI conducts
some 200 workshops annually in grantsmanship and proposal
writing. More than 100 local agencies host these workshops
and every year thousands of new graduates join our roster
of more than 75,000 alumni." http://www.tgci.com/
Interactive
Knowledge for Nonprofits Worldwide
This site provides extensive lists and links
of resources for nonprofit organizations, including strategic
planning, governance, human resources, business services,
fundraising, philanthropy, legislation, volunteerism, and
so forth. http://iknow.org/
Chronicle of Philanthropy
"The Chronicle of Philanthropy
is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news
source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers,
grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic
enterprise." http://philanthropy.com/
Corporate Grantmaker Information
This is maintained by a private law firm but
contains an alphabetic listing of most of the corporate grantmakers
in the USA and links to their sites.
www.t-tlaw.com
Council on
Foundations
Under the listings for "Resources"
and "Links," you can find many other useful sites
listed. For example, the links section contains information
on the Council's Affinity Groups - specialized information
exchange and networking or focus groups. In addition to special
interest area focus, this area offers direct links to the
Association of Small Foundations (asf@smallfoundations.org,
a good resource for foundations with little or no paid staff,
offers sample materials), the Communications Network (useful
communication resources and services), the Grantmaker Forum
on Community and National Service, and the Grantmakers Evaluation
Network. www.cof.org
Council on
Foundation's Community Foundation Locator
The links section also offers Federal Register
Grant information, the Foundation Center On-Line Library,
Philanthropy and Non-Profit Information connections (Guidestar,
etc.) and other Foundations On-line contact data. The Development
Officers, Program Officers, Chief Executive Officers and Financial
Officers listserves are available to COF member foundations.
www.communityfoundationlocator.com
Grants and
Specific Fields of Interest
This site lists available grants and funds
(if you add/after "com" and type in the name of
your state, i.e., com/Kentucky, it refines the listing further).
www.fundsnetservices.com
This site lists
national links to grants information on the Arts.
www.culturalaffairs.org
River Network
"As the nation's leader in supporting
grassroots river and watershed conservation groups, we have
designed this site to link activists with the information
and services you need." http://www.rivernetwork.org/
Resources
for Grantmakers
Community Foundations
of America
This site was developed by a new organization
specifically designed to serve the organizational, grantmaking
and strategic planning needs of community foundations. http://www.communityphilanthropy.com/
Information
on Nonprofits and their Status
These sites provide background information
on various nonprofit organizations.:
www.guidestar.org
- Guidestar website
www.independentsector.org
- Independent Sector website
www.ncnb.org - National Center
of Nonprofit Boards website
National Center for Family
Philanthropy
This site contains information for donor families.
The National Center serves donors and their families, their
staff and advisors, and the organizations that work with them.
The National Center is a nonprofit organization, funded to
provide these kinds of resources and services to increase
and enhance family philanthropy. www.ncfp.org
General
Nonprofit Information
National Council
for Nonprofit Associations
www.ncna.org
NPO.net
www.npo.net
Urban Institute
National Center for Charitable Statistics
www.urban.org
Aspen Institute,
Rural Philanthropy, Volunteerism and Service Learning
www.aspeninstitute.org
Regional Association of Grantmakers
(collective site)
www.rag.org
Philanthropy
geared towards Native American Communities
GrantStation
"GrantStation researches funding sources
by interacting directly with funders nationwide. Member nonprofits
have access to the industry's most up-to-date contact information,
an accurate understanding of corporate funding philosophies,
and valuable information on the most effective way to work
with that particular funder." http://grantstation.com/
ThreeHoops
"ThreeHoops.com serves as Indian Country's
national philanthropic information & resource center."
http://threehoops.com/
First Nations Development Institute
"We are a Native
American nonprofit of 20 years' standing. Our primary mission
is to promote culturally appropriate economic development
by and for Native American peoples; to this end we serve as
an educator, advocate, researcher, funder, fundraiser, and
purveyor of information, resources and ideas". http://www.firstnations.org
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