Inside this Info Center:
- Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
- About the Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
- Grantseeking Basics: Free Library Workshop
- Local Training & Educational Opportunities
- Guide to Using the Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
Grants Databases
Info Guides
Grants Research
- Getting Started
- How to Find Out About Funding
- The Fit-Funding Match
- Local Funders
- Types of Funders
- Grantmaking Public Charities
- Government Grants
- Corporate Philanthropy
- Approaching a Small Foundation
- Grantmaker Types of Support
- Requests for Proposals (RFP)
- Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Grants to Individuals
Grant Proposals
Nonprofit Resources
- Starting a Nonprofit
- Boards & Management
- Consultants
- Fundraising
- Program Evaluation & Outcome Measurement
- Finding a Nonprofit
- 990 Forms
- Giving to Charities
- Professional Associations
- Jobs in the Nonprofit Sector
- Starting a Foundation
The Grants Collection is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.
Research & Resources
About the Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
The Grants & Nonprofit Info Center is a special collection of print and electronic sources of information and knowledgeable staff serving nonprofit and community organizations in Pima County. Please come to the Joel D. Valdez Main Library to use this collection.
On this page:
Resources
The Center contains print and electronic information on grants and foundations; government grants; corporate philanthropy; fundraising; nonprofit management.
Electronic resources include Arizona Guide to Grants and Giving, Foundation Directory Online and selected Internet sites.
Services
- Guide users in selection of best print or electronic sources for their information need.
- Provide free orientations to volunteers, staff and board members of nonprofits and community organizations.
- Provide training in use of the electronic Arizona Guide to Grants and Giving and Foundation Directory Online
- Maintain a content-rich and locally relevant Web site.
- Track local educational opportunities, consultants, professional associations, and Requests for Proposals for nonprofit and community organizations.
- Partner and collaborate with local nonprofit service providers to offer information and assistance to local nonprofits.
- Reference assistance is available at the library's Infoline, 791- 4010, or submit a reference question via e-mail.
Mission
Provide information resources for nonprofit and community organizations to assist them in fulfilling their missions.
History and Partnerships
The Grants and Nonprofit Information Center was started in 1977 when the Pima County Public Library became a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.
The Foundation Center is a national nonprofit educational organization established by foundations in 1956 in New York City. The Foundation Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field which it does by gathering, analyzing, and publishing information on private foundations.
This information is made available nationally through its network of over 240 Cooperating Collections, its Web site, and its publications. The Pima County Public Library's Cooperating Collection status gives Pima County residents access to the full range of Foundation Center publications.
The Grants and Nonprofit Information Center is also an Affiliate Library of the Southern Arizona Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.