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Foundation Funding

Resources to help grant seekers identify foundations that match their needs.

	Frequently Asked Questions: Foundation Funding Resources Foundation Center Answers grant seekers' questions on how to find funding by topic, location, and more. Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families Serves as a point of contact for grantmakers seeking collegial and collaborative relationships with other funders who are concerned with topics relating to children, youth, and families.

Foundation and Corporate Funding Advantage
Progressive Business Publications
Publishes a monthly newsletter on corporate and foundation funding. Cost: $240/year.

Foundation Center
Offers the Common Grant Application, a short course on proposal writing, and a prospect worksheet to help grant seekers focus on the individuals and institutions whose interests most closely fit their funding needs.

Foundations
onPhilanthropy
Presents articles on foundations involved in philanthropy for companies and organizations working in the nonprofit sector.

Grant Explorer
GuideStar
Presents online information about more than 52,000 U.S. foundations and more than 3 million grants.

Grants and Foundation Review e-Newsletters
Charity Channel
Includes original articles written and edited by experts in the nonprofit sector.

The Grantsmanship Center
Provides training and low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies seeking information on planning programs, locating funding sources, and writing grant proposals.

Norris Consulting Group Newsletter
Distributes a free electronic newsletter with information on upcoming grant opportunities.

RFP Bulletin
Philanthropy News Digest
Includes current funding opportunities offered by foundations or other grant-making organizations. Look up requests for proposals by category, including children and youth.

Youth Today
Offers a periodical with information on Federal and foundation grantees and funding by subject (e.g., job training, youth leadership). Cost: about $29/year.

Updated on February 2, 2010