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Directory of Illinois Foundations. Donors Forum of Chicago, 2002-2004. [Reference Desk R 361.7632 D598]
Encyclopedia of Associations. [Reference Desk R 060 En56]
The Foundation Directory. Foundation Center, 2004. [R 061 F77]
Grants Register. St. James Press, 2004. [R 061 G764]
National Directory of Corporate Giving. Foundation Center, 2003. [R 361.765 N277]
Business and Company Resource Center. Company and Industry information, investment reports, financial information, Index and full-text business periodicals.
ReferenceUSA. Look up addresses, phone, numbers, and information about U.S. companies.
Association of Fund Raising Professionals
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents 26,000 members in 174 chapters throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China working to advance philanthropy through
advocacy, research, education, and certification programs.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance
Database of all Federal programs available to state and local governments.
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy of the Urban Institute
The CNP conducts and disseminates research on the role and impact of nonprofit
organizations and philanthropy.
Charity Navigator
Information on over three thousand charities and evaluations of the financial health of each of these charities.
Council on Foundations
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide.
Donor's Forum
Links to Chicago Area Grant Application and Report, grantseekers toolbox, and more.
Foundation Center
Links to the Philanthropy News Digest, Foundation Finder, and Learning lab. Links to grantmakers' web sites.
Give.org (BBB Wise Giving Alliance)
Information for donors, businesses, charities. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance collects and distributes information on hundreds of nonprofit organizations that solicit nationally or have
national or international program services.
GiveSpot
Includes a tutorial on getting grants and how to find funding sources online
Grants.gov
Managed by the Dept. of Health and Human Services, this site offers access to
over 900 grants programs from the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
GrantSmart
Online tax return database for non-profit organizations.
GuideStar
Free access to basic information on the more than 850,000 nonprofits in the database. Other information by subscription only.
Illinois Attorney
General's Building Better Charities
Illinois law requires fundraisers and charitable organizations to register with
the Attorney General's office every year. This site gives "potential donors
access to important information such as income, expenditures, programs and
administration before giving to the charity."
Leader to Leader Institute
Formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, the Leader to
Leader Institute focuses on providing educational opportunities and resources to
leaders in business, government, and voluntary agencies.
Nonprofit Guides
Free web-based grant writing resources for non-profit organizations, charitable, educational, public organizations, and other community-minded groups.
Northwest Philanthropic Trust - The Giving
Trust
The mission of the Northwest Philanthropic Trust is "to serve, strengthen, and
promote nonprofits and the nonprofit sector in Chicagoland."
NPO-Net
This site is provided the IT resource Center and the Donors Forum of Chicago. It
offers nonprofit news, calendar of events, and class and seminar listings for
Chicago area organizations.
Philanthropy News Network
Full-text news for nonprofit organizations. Free registration allows the
nonprofits to submit news articles, post comments about the articles, and post
job listings.
Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing. Foundation Center, 2004. [658.15224 F771]
Foundation Center's Guide to Winning Proposals. Foundation Center, 2003. [658.15224 F771g ]
Grantseekers Toolbox. Step by step guide to seeking grants, a website from the Donor's Forum.
Miner, Lynn E. Proposal Planning and Writing. Oryx Press, 2002. [658.15224 M664.3]
New, Cheryl Carter How to Write a Grant Proposal. John Wiley & Sons, c2003. [658.15224 N532h ]
Proposal Writing Short Course. The Foundation Center's course on writing grant proposals.
Tremore, Judy. Everything Grant Writing Book: Create the Perfect Proposal to Raise the Funds You Need. Adams Media, 2003 [658.15224 T791].
Wason, Sara D. Grant Writing Handbook. Wiley, 2004. [658.15224 W319 ]
Writing Grant Proposals. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance "how to" grant writing process.
Hopkins, Bruce R. Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: a Legal Guide. John Wiley, 2005. [346.064 H793.4 ]
Lansdowne, David The Relentlessly Practical Guide to Raising Serious Money. Emerson & Church, 2004. [658.15224 L295 ]
Mancuso, Anthony. How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation. Nolo, 2002 [346.064 M269.4]
Weinstein, Stanley. Complete Guide to Fundraising Management. J. Wiley, 2002. [658.15224 W424.2]
Zimmerman, Robert M. Boards that Love Fundraising John Wiley, 2004. [658.15224 Z72 ]
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