Covers grants to nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad for activities regarding infants, children, and youth to age 18, including child welfare and advocacy, youth development, arts and cultural programs, preventive and service programs, business education and vocational training, health and medical care, and programs regarding parents and teachers. The listing includes 26,847 grants of $10,000 or more made by 925 foundations, mostly in 2002 and 2003. Prospective grant applicants can access information by foundation name, recipient name, type of support or type of recipient, target group served, subject matter, and state or country of grant recipient. They also can get: (1) statistical data on the year and monetary amount of each grant, the top 15 recipients by highest grant dollar amount, and the top 25 foundations awarding grants in a given subject area; (2) information about the limitations foundations place on their giving; and (3) addresses for the foundations. Grant applicants can use the listing to identify foundations whose recent grants indicate a potential interest in their type of project, seem to reward grants in their geographic area, or have made grants in dollar amounts similar to the amount they are seeking.
