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Flintridge's Philanthropy Resource Library is the only cooperating collection of the Foundation Center in the San Gabriel Valley. It contains in-depth material on foundations, corporations and government agencies that provide support for nonprofit organizations. Four computer workstations provide access to funding research software. The Library also has hundreds of books and periodicals on topics of interest to nonprofit organizations, including board development, board and staff roles, fundraising, volunteer development, accounting, taxes, human resources, insurance, and more. Scroll down to see some of the helpful resources in our collection. Program officers staff the Library and are available to answer questions and guide library use.
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Please check the Calendar of Events.pdf for the most current information on library hours and closures.
FC Search
The Foundation Center's database on CD-ROM offers comprehensive information on more than 80,000 foundations, corporate givers and grantmaking public charities, as well as their associated grants. Links are provided to grantmaker and corporate websites and to updated IRS 990 PF forms. Choose from 21 search criteria to quickly generate targeted lists of funding prospects. The Grants Search database gives access to more than 334,000 recently reported grant records.
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
This online database features more than 6,200 foundation programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Information on scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and other financial support.
Library orientations are generally held twice a month. For more information, please see Grantseeking Basics. In addition, training in Grantseeking Technology is offered regularly, which covers how to use the Internet and FC Search software to research and identify potential funders. Please check the Calendar of Events.pdf for specific dates and times.
Sponsored by Flintridge Operating Foundation, FC Search, the Foundation Center's computerized database of over 80,000 funding sources, is also available at the La Pintoresca Branch Library in Northwest Pasadena. Please note that assistance in using this software is offered only at Flintridge's Philanthropy Resource Library.
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Location Hours - Computer Lab (10 computers)
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These publications for grantseekers are just a sampling of the many helpful materials in the Philanthropy Resource Library collection.
The Foundation Center's Guide to Winning Proposals
Features over two dozen winning proposals and funder commentary on their strengths and weaknesses. Requests run the gamut—seed money, general/operating support, endowment, construction/renovation, single and multiyear grants. Plus, see samples of cover and inquiry letters and project budgets.
Shaking the Money Tree, by Morrie Warshawski
Practical advice for independent filmmakers on how to get grants and private donations. Includes a sample grant proposal (along with budget) that was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Raise More Money: The Best of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, edited by Kim Klein and Stephanie Roth
The collection features the best articles from the past 20 years of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, with a wealth of tips, strategies, and guidance on how to raise money for nonprofit organizations.
Our Roots, Our Future - Affirming Culture and Language in After-School and Youth Programs, published by California Tomorrow
This resource on culture and language for after-school practitioners contains inspiring stories of promising practices, along with a set of practical tools and activities to support program reflection and development.
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