Foundation Grants to Individuals Online Database

The Foundation Center provides many databases and books in order to help individuals get grants for their education, work or business. It features four webinars, including "Finding Foundation Support for Your Education," "Fiscal Sponsorship for Artists and Arts Organizations," "The Artist's Guide to Grantwriting," and "Grantwriting for Artists: Perfecting Your Proposal." There are also several free resources on funding research, requests for proposals, and other funding topics.

Searching for Foundations

Using the Advanced Search option, users can browse foundations by title. They can also search by foundation name,  location, fields of interest, types of support, geographic focus, company names, type of grantmaker, and level of support that will be given. This function gives users flexibility in terms of how they find foundations. It can broaden the horizons of users by expanding their awareness of organizations that may be able to help them.  

Foundation Information

Once you find a foundation that you are interested in, you can view the organization's profile. It has the address, web site, email address, contact phone number, description of the company, whether it requires an interview to obtain the grant, if it is currently accepting applications, and a description of the types of services and people it supports financially.

Writing Grants Well

Finding organizations that can help you with the type of support that you are currently seeking is vital. However, without a terrific grant proposal, it will be difficult to obtain the help. Therefore, it is vital to learn about the grant writing process in order to help you succeed. Many people are competing for the money. Organizations look for specific information about how the money will be used and how it will benefit the individual or the organization.

About the Foundation Center

We have many books from the Foundation Center in our collections. I have been to the Foundation Center on the corner of Fifth Ave and 16th Street. The librarians there are very helpful. The staff have time to assist customers with finding foundations that may be able to support them. They may have classes on grant writing and other additional classes.

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Performing Arts

Been in business for 40 years and need to develop my chops in grantwriting.