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
Info Guides - Grants: Types of Funders
Grantmaking Public Charities
What is a Grantmaking Public Charity?
A grantmaking public charity is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that is supported substantially by contributions from individuals, foundations, churches, and/or government agencies, augmented in some cases with income generated by charitable activities.
Public charities are the recipients of most foundation and corporate grants. But some public charities also raise money and make grants. Examples of local public charities which give grants are the Angel Charity for Children, Inc. and the Tucson Conquistadores. Often these grantmaking organizations are not listed in directories of funders.
Find out more about Grantmaking Public Charities
Foundations
What is a Foundation?
A foundation as a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization established to maintain or aid educational, social, charitable, or other activities serving the common welfare or the common good, primarily by making grants to other nonprofit organizations.
A foundation has a principal fund or endowment of its own, usually derived from a single source (either a family, an individual, or a corporation) and a program managed by its own trustees and directors. An example is the Flinn Foundation in Phoenix.
The Foundation Center has more information. Read more about foundations.
Government Grants
What government agencies give grants?
Grants are available from federal, state and local governments.
Find out more about Government Grants
Corporate Philanthropy
What kinds of grants do businesses give?
Corporations give primarily to employees, their families, or residents of specific locations where the company conducts business.