Fundraising Databases


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The Nonprofit Resource Library subscribes to many commercial databases that are free to use here at the Center. These databases are used to identify potential funders including foundations, corporate giving programs, and government agencies. You must come in to use the databases although it is possible to print-out, email or download information from all of the databases.

Many of the databases have online tutorials so that you can learn how to use the database before coming into the library. Due to overwhelming demand, the amount of time that library staff can spend providing one-on-one instruction is limited.

FC Search
[Publisher: The Foundation Center] Electronic database comprising of 76,000 grantmakers and 250,000 grants. This database allows you to easily save your search results in electronic format. FC Search is also available free at many libraries throughout the U.S. (see www.fdncenter.org/collections/)

Tutorials:

Interactive Tour (high speed Internet suggested)
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/fcsearch_tour/
You can download Getting Started with FC Search (Word document).

Grants to Individuals
[Publisher: Foundation Center http://gtionline.fdncenter.org] An electronic database containing 6,000 foundation programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Ask library staff for login and password. Tutorial: http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/learnmore/.

Guide to Grants
[Publisher: Chronicle of Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com]
An electronic database of all foundation and corporate grants listed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy since 1995. Grants starting at $5,000. Grant records link automatically to stories featured in the Chronicle. The Library also has access to the Chronicle's online Archive of articles dating back to 1997.

Los Angeles Public Library Databases http://www.lapl.org/
There are many database available for free through the Los Angeles Public Library. Some can be accessed remotely when you have a library card, others must be used at a branch library, and some must be used at the Central Library in Downtown L.A.

Other Commercial Databases
There are many fundraising databases that we do not currently subscribe to, but may be available at other libraries or centers.

Prospect Research Online

[Publisher: iWave www.iwave.com] This database is designed specifically for the non-profit industry, PRO combines philanthropic data from Corporate Research, Foundation Research, Major Gift Announcements, Executive Biographies, and Donor/Board Lists.

Foundation Directory Online
www.fdncenter.org
[Publisher: The Foundation Center] The online version of FC Search. Available for free at some FC Cooperating Collections (see www.fdncenter.org/collections/), or for a subscription fee that varies according to the amount of data you may access.

Charity Navigator www.charitynavigator.org
"Charity Navigator works to guide intelligent giving. We help charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing information on more than two thousand charities and by evaluating the financial health of each of these charities."

GrantPartners.net www.grantpartners.net/about.asp
"...designed to: 1) Help charitable foundations and individual philanthropists (Grant Donors) identify issues, projects and programs that are of interest to them and appropriate for their support, and 2) Help the providers of charitable services (Grant Applicants) to showcase their mission, projects and programs for potential interested donors."

GrantSelect www.grantselect.com
This is a fee-based database that can be used to identify potential funders, but you can subscribe for a 7-day free trial.

Wealth ID www.wealthid.com
"We have worked with hundreds of institutions to identify and detail major and planned gift prospects and track their financial activity."

WealthEngine.com www.wealthengine.com
"This data mining service reviews larger donor/ prospect files. It is a wealth and influence review that isolates your most financially capable prospects. You receive information on their assets, income, and business affiliations."

Big Online www.bigdatabase.com
"A comprehensive, keyword searchable database with detailed information and profiles on 67,000 foundations, corporate donors, matching gift programs, in kind donations, and government grant makers in the United States."

Foundation Search www.foundationsearch.com
FoundationSearch.com is a complete and fully searchable, online database of all U.S. Foundation (Form 990-PF) information returns. Also includes New Foundation Watch, a searchable database of all newly-registered foundations.

Please help us expand this list. E-mail library@cnmsocal.org with your suggestions or corrections. Thank you.