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
- 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
- Economic Recovery and Nonprofits
The Grants Collection is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.
Research & Resources
How to Find Out About Funding
Remember, successful grantseeking requires you to make a match between the goals of your project and the funders' objectives. Read more information about this step in the Fit Funding Match.
Formal Ways to Find Funding
Library Resources
- Published sources in printed directories
- Online databases - Foundation Directory Online and Arizona Guide to Grants
- Grantseeking Basics, a free workshop at the library, can help you take advantage of these free resources offered by the Library. Register Now!
On the Internet
It is important to note that only about 15% of grantmakers listed in the database Foundation Directory Online have web sites. Using search engines such as Google or Yahoo is not as efficient for finding funders as using the following resources:
- Foundation Center
- Az GATES - Arizona Grants Access Tool and Experts Source
- Just Grants! Arizona
- Federal and Arizona state government
- Web sites of some businesses outline their grantmaking program or their community involvement.
- Guide To Funding Research provided by the Foundation Center.
Informal Ways to Find Funding
Some of the items listed below may serve as sources of information, brainstorming, and partnership, rather than as direct sources of funding.
- Word of mouth.
- Annual reports and newsletters of grantseeking nonprofits and groups in your field and in your geographic area.
- Formal presentations and informal conversation at professional associations, conferences, workshops, and meetings in your field.
- Internet communication in your field: newsgroups, blogs, listservs, forums, and discussion groups; Web sites of organizations in your field.
- Networking organizations in your field or in fundraising and grantsmanship.
- Local organizations and government agencies.
- Civic and fraternal organizations, clubs and associations in your community.
- General interest newspapers and magazines in your community to raise your awareness of local grantmakers and funding sources.