Provides comprehensive information about United States philanthropy as well as practical information about seeking and securing grants and research funding in the nonprofit sector. Grantmakers, grantseekers, researchers, policymakers, and the general public get access to: (1) current news about national and international developments in the areas of law, regulation, and business practice affecting foundations, fundraising, and grantseeking; (2) guidance on fiscal sponsorship; (3) training courses covering such topics as proposal writing, proposal budgeting, fundraising strategies, and nonprofit management; (4) foundation information, categorized by type of foundation, type of grant, and funding opportunities; and (5) a learning lab, featuring a virtual classroom, an online librarian, and a topical resource list. The web site also contains quick links that provide orientation and resources to individual grantseekers, grantmakers, international visitors, the media, disabled individuals and those interested in funding research on disability issues, and researchers focused on children and youth programs; links to the Foundation Center’s libraries across the U.S. and to cooperating collections; and an online marketplace of the Center’s many publications, including its funding directors and databases, specialty newsletters, and studies profiling U.S. foundations and the activities they support.
