Defines key words in the fund-raising, foundation, and grant-making fields. Part of the Foundation Center’s Web site, the glossary provides concise definitions of a variety of terms and concepts that fund-raisers, grant-seekers, and nonprofit organizations need to know, including: annual report, assets, associates program, beneficiary, capital support, challenge grant, community foundation, community fund, community-sponsored foundation, cooperating collection, corporate foundation, cooperative venture, corporate giving program, distribution committee, donee, employee matching grant, endowment, expenditure responsibility, family foundation, federated giving program, fiscal sponsorship, 501(c)(3), form 990-PF, form 990, general operating support, general purpose foundation, grantee financial report, grassroots fundraising, independent foundation, in-kind contribution, letter of inquiry, matching grant, operating foundation, operating support grant, payout requirement, private foundation, program-related investment (PRI), public charity, quality distributions, request for proposal (RFP), seed money, set-asides, special purpose foundation, tax-exempt, technical assistance, and trustee. Links from the glossary include information for grant-makers and grant-seekers, training schedules, and virtual-classroom instruction.
