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Nonprofit Resource Center

About the Nonprofit Resource Center

The Fayetteville Public Library's Nonprofit Resource Center helps individuals and nonprofit organizations identify potential grant funding sources.

The center, located on the second floor of Blair Library, has access to the Foundation Directory Online, a treasure trove of information on 80,000 foundations and almost 500,000 recently awarded grants. While most private funding goes to nonprofit organizations, the center also offers online access to Grants for Individuals, a database of more than 6,200 grantmaker programs that award money directly to individuals.

The library is proud to make print and electronic resources available to Northwest Arkansas as part of a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection venture. In addition to this cooperating venture, FPL is enhancing its resources with a variety of professional journals and circulating guides to further aid area fundraisers.

Fayetteville Public Library cardholders have access to all materials and databases housed at the library. Residents of Washington County are eligible for free library cards, as are those who work, own property, or attend school within the county. In addition, the library offers free cards to staff and board members of nonprofit organizations in Benton, Carroll, and Madison counties.

About the Foundation Center

"Established in 1956, and today supported by more than 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants—a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level. The Center's web site receives more than 47,000 visits each day, and thousands of people gain access to free resources in its five regional library/learning centers and its national network of more than 340 Cooperating Collections."

-from www.foundationcenter.org/about

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Fundraising Databases

Foundation Directory Online Professional
Includes nearly 80,000 foundations, corporate giving programs (with sponsoring company information), and grantmaking public charities, as well as a searchable database of 500,000 recently awarded grants. This database is only accessible from within the library.

Foundation Grants to Individuals
Contains a complete listing of foundations that give grants to individuals, more than 6,200 entries in all. These records include detailed descriptions of approximately 2,000 programs which fund individual grantseekers. This database is only accessible from within the library.

Foundation Center Core Collection

Contact Information:

Reference Desk
(479) 856-7250
Call to register for workshops or if you would like an individual appointment.

Upcoming workshops

Easy Parliamentary Procedure
July 29, 2008
1–2:30 pm
Ann Henry Board Room
Registration Required
No fee

Fiduciary Responsibility and Asset Allocation for Your Nonprofit
August 12, 2008
1:30–3:30 pm
Walker Meeting Room
Registration Required
No fee

"Find It and Fund It" Grantseeking Workshop
September 12, 2008
9 am–12 pm
Henry Board Room
Registration Required
No fee

Proposal Writing Basics
November 12, 2008
10 am–12 pm
Henry Board Room
Registration Required
No fee

Funding Opportunities

Upcoming Funding Opportunities presented by the Arkansas Department of Health

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