Toolkit Essentials: Finding Funders for Your Cause

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Toolkit Essentials: Finding Funders for Your Cause

Presenters Kyla Hunt TechSoup Facilitator Bobbe Luce kpl Presenter Assisting with chat: Becky Wiegand David Holmes Foundation Center Presenter

David Holmes: Foundation Center, Resources Questions from the audience Bobbe Luce: ONEplace, Cooperating Collections Questions from the audience Agenda

Toolkit Essentials for Advancing Your Cause How do I find funders interested in my cause? April 26, 2012

The Foundation Center Our Mission: To strengthen the social sector by advancing knowledge about philanthropy in the U.S. and around the world.

Accomplishing Our Mission Collect, organize, and communicate information on U.S. philanthropy Conduct and facilitate research on trends in the field Provide education and training in the grantseeking process Ensure public access to information and services through various vehicles

Today’s Program Toolkit Essentials: Finding Funders: Foundation Directory Online, RFP Bulletin Finding Answers: GrantSpace.org, AskUs Finding Help: Libraries and Cooperating Collections

Foundation Directory Online Four primary search options: Search Grantmakers –Find funders interested in what you do Search Companies –Find companies with grantmaking programs located in your area Search Grants –Find examples of who’s funded organizations or projects like yours Search 990s –Find additional examples of funded organizations

GrantSpace.orgGrantSpace.org: The Foundation Center’s Learning Community for the Social Sector Information & resources designed for grantseekers –Subjects –Skills –Classroom –Tools GrantSpace

is an externally-funded nonprofit management support (MSO) center at the Kalamazoo Public Library Opened in March, 2009 Kalamazoo Public Library

All services are free and open to the public We manage the KPL Cooperating Collection and Directory Online Kalamazoo Public Library

To be the ONE place for nonprofit information, resources, training, and referrals. GOALS

To be the ONE place for all who lead, manage, and support nonprofit organizations in Kalamazoo County to connect with new ideas, resources, and each other. GOALS

Circulating Collection: Nonprofit capacity building Professional development Organizational development Foundation Center resources Accomplishing Our Goals

Education and Trainings: Workshops Webinars Peer Networks Leadership Academy Accomplishing Our Goals

Custom individual and small group counseling, consulting, and referrals Consultant & Trainer Network and online Directory Accomplishing Our Goals

Promote Foundation Center resources: eNews, etc. Provide full-time access to the FC Directory Online: onsite, dedicated computers in ONEplace Our Cooperating Collection Activities

Provide regular workshops on grant research and grant proposal writing, highlighting how to use FC resources Tutoring: individuals/groups Our Cooperating Collection Activities

160+ workshops, webinars, and peer-networks per year attendees Over 8,000 service points/year Staff of 1.75 FTEs A Few Statistics on

Contact Information: Bobbe A. Luce Director Our Cooperating Collection Activities

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The Foundation Center is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis, and training we connect people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed. Who is the Foundation Center?

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