Grants

Financial support for the Foundation Center databases comes from the United Way of Monroe County. To learn more about nonprofit organization and development, contact the Non-profit Resource Center at the United Way: 812-334-8370.

The Foundation Center's database and the Library's Grant Collection can help grassroots groups, non-profit organzations, and individuals search for funding sources from companies and foundations. With these resources, researchers can also

track regional and national trends
improve grant proposals
find out about nonprofit management
increase knowledge of fundraising
learn about finance, endowments, and planned giving

Foundation Center Online Professional

With an unprecedented level of detail on grantmakers and their grants, Foundation Center Online Professional will give you the competitive advantage in finding funders fast. Only Foundation Center Online Professional lets you text-search across their unique database of 250,000+ recent 990s. And you'll have immediate access to exclusive funder portfolios filled with information that can help you work smarter, work faster. Foundation Center Online Professional also includes a database of 80,000 grantmakers and half a million grants

Foundation Grants to Individuals

Quickly search through detailed descriptions of more than 6,000 foundation programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. This unique online database, the only one devoted exclusively to the needs of individuals, is convenient and easy to use! Within seconds you can generate your own list of prospective funder.

For more information about grants and fundraising, follow these links:

The Foundation Center

Indiana Grantmakers Alliance

Indiana Grants HANDbook by The City of Bloomington

United Way Nonprofit Resource Center

Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County

Grants.gov

The Cooperating Collection from the Foundation Center is available on a walk-in basis at the Main Library only. Appointments are encouraged, but not necessary. Call the Indiana Room (812) 349-3080 to set up a tutorial.