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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.
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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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New Bookshelf
- Beverly A. Browning, Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals
- Peri Pakroo, Starting and Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide
- Janet Ginn, Circle of Giving: Donors' Stories of Wisdom
- Mal Warwick, Fundraising When Money is Tight: Effective Strategies & Practical Steps for Surviving Tough Times and Thriving into the Future
- Jeremy Hall, Grant Management: Funding for Public and Non-profit Programs
- Jody Blazek, Revised Form 990 : a Line-by-Line Preparation Guid
- Caroline Oliver, Getting Started with Policy Governance: Bringing Purpose, Integrity and Efficiency to Your Board
- Sally Patterson, Strategic Communications for Nonprofit Organization: Seven Steps to Creating a Successful Plan
- Stephen Gill, Developing a Learning Culture in Nonprofit Organizations
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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.
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Foundation Center Core Collection
- Jane C. Geever, The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing
(En Español: Guí a para Escribir Propuestas)
- Brian O'Connell, The Board Member's Book: Making a Difference in Voluntary Organizations
- The Foundation Directory I, II, and Supplement
- Judith Margolin, The Grantseeker’s Guide to Winning Proposals
- Kief Schladweiler, ed., Foundation Fundamentals: A Guide for Grantseekers
- Foundations and Public Policy
- Foundation Grants to Individuals
- Foundations Today Series: Foundation Giving Trends, Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates, and Foundation Yearbook
- Guide to U.S. Foundations: Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors
- National Directory of Corporate Giving
- Journal: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Links
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Contact Information:
Reference Desk
(479) 856-7250
Call to register for workshops or if you would like an individual appointment.
Upcoming workshops
Find It, Fund It
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
6 - 7:30pm
Ann Henry Board Room
Registration is required.
(479) 856-7250
No fee
Intermediate Grantseeking
Thursday,August 6th, 2009 1 - 4:30pm, 2009
Ann Henry Board Room
Registration is required.
Register with Thomas, Forbes & Kester
(479) 582-1053
Fee: $50 per person
Facilitiated by Cheryl Kester, Thomas, Kester and Forbes, Grant Professionals
Grantseeking Academy
Tuesdays: Aug. 8, 11, 18, 25 and Sept. 1, 8.
3 - 5pm
Walker Community Room
Registration is required.
Register with Thomas, Forbes & Kester
(479) 582-1053
Fee: $50 per person
Facilitiated by Cheryl Kester, Thomas, Kester and Forbes, Grant Professionals
Crafting Great Grant Budgets
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009
10 am - Noon
Ann Henry Board Room
No fee
Registration is Required.
Register with Thomas, Forbes & Kester
(479) 582-1053
Facilitiated by Cheryl Kester, Thomas, Kester and Forbes, Grant Professionals
Full Day Proposal Writing Class
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
presented by author and development consultant John Hicks and the Foundation Center
9am - 4pm
Walker Community Room
Registration is required. Limited to 20 participants.
(479) 856-7250
Fee: $195 or $30 with scholarship. Care Foundation will sponsor 20 scholarships to attend this course. Applications available at FPL on first come, first served basis beginning Aug. 3, 2009.
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