Nonprofit Organizations

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Find a wealth of helpful resources including books, periodicals and databases related to nonprofit management.

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Support Organizations

These groups help with specific needs or projects by placing experienced professionals with nonprofits. This may be fee-based or free; free consultants are usually volunteers or are grant-funded.

Finding Volunteers

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Foundation Center Resources

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  • Foundation Directory Online — Provides access to information on thousands of grantmakers and their giving interests. Available at the Central Library only.
  • Foundation Grants to Individuals Online — Provides access to foundations and public charities that fund students, artists, researchers and other individual grantseekers. Available at the Central Library only. 
  • Foundation Maps — Foundation Center's premier data visualization tool and the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. This resource is not available on catalog computers.
  • Foundation Guide to Proposal Writing — Audiobook from the Foundation Center, includes detailed instructions on preparing grant proposals and insights into what makes for a winning proposal.