Foundation Center Cooperating Collection

Access to the Cooperating Collection  is available whenever The Volunteer Center is open. These hours do vary, so you are invited to call ahead and let the staff know when you would like to use our materials, but it is not necessary to do so.

Print resources includes information on starting a nonprofit organization, the basics of grant seeking, grant making and proposal writing, as well as information on local grants and foundations.

The Volunteer Center has access to:

• Foundation Directory Online (available only from The Volunteer Center's computers)
  The Foundation Center Online is the premier resource for locating in-depth information about grantsmakers and their grants. Includes almost one million grant opportunities from about 90,000 grantmakers. Either keyword text search all fields in this database or limit results geographically, by fields of interest, types of support, donor name, and more. Results may be sorted by total giving or total assets. Records include Profile, Grants, News/Jobs/RFPs, Publications, People and 990s, where available. Updated weekly.
   
• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (available only from The Volunteer Center's computers).
  Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, is one of the most comprehensive databases of foundations that provide a wide range of funding support for individuals for purposes, including scholarships, student loans, fellowships, program development, internships, professorships, arts and cultural projects, research, awards/grants by nomination only and general welfare. Either keyword text search or limit results by foundation name, geographically, by fields of interest, types of support, or school name. Updated weekly.

Check back here for information regarding any scheduled Foundation Center classes sponsored by The Volunteer Center.