Foundation Center Cooperating Collection
Funded by the Metrowest Community Health Care Foundation with additional support from the MetroWest Nonprofit Network
Two online databases include detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation’s top funders. Databases are available for in-library use only on the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection computers or on your laptop with a password available at the Reference Desk. 

• Foundation Directory Online Professional
• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

• After the Grant: The Nonprofit's Guide to Good Stewardship (2010)
• America's Nonprofit Sector, 3rd ed. (2010)
• Board Member's Book (2003)
• The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing, 5th ed. (2007)
• The Foundation Directory (2010)
• The Foundation Directory, Part 2 (2010)
• The Foundation Directory Supplement (2010)
• Foundation Fundamentals (2008)
• Foundation Grants to Individuals (2010)
• Foundations and Public Policy (2009)
• Foundations Today Series
• Foundation Giving Trends (2010)
• Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates (2010)
• Foundation Yearbook (2010)
• Guía para escribir propuestas (2008)
• The Grantseeker’s Guide to Winning Proposals (2008)
• Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs (2010)
• International Grantmaking IV (2008)
• National Directory of Corporate Giving (2010)
• Philanthropy Annual (2010)
• Securing Your Organization’s Future (2001)
• Social Justice Grantmaking II (2009)
• The 21st Century Nonprofit: Managing in the Age of Governance (2009)

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Foundation Center Training Opportunities

• What are the key components of a proposal to a foundation?
• Who should sign a grant request?
• How should the proposal be packaged?
• Should you contact a funder if your proposal is turned down?

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