First Samuel (W)Holistic Resource Center is a 501 C 3; Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center. Foundation Center Cooperating Collections are information centers focused on nonprofit funding. We provide a core collection of Foundation Center publications. These publications are available at no charge for our patrons.
About the Foundation Center:
The Foundation Center is the nation’s leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Foundation Center’s mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. The Foundation Center accomplishes this mission in the following ways:
1) Online Databases- Foundation Center maintains databases with information on grantmakers, grants and foundations providing funding for individuals.
2) Publisher- The Center publishes dozens of directories, guides, research reports, and books on nonprofit management annually.
3) Cooperating Collection-The Foundation Center provides free access to its publications in more than 200 Cooperating Collections throughout the U.S. Free orientations on how to use Center resources are available at many of our Cooperating Collection.
Core Collection:
The Foundation Directory
Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing The Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web
Foundations Today Series
Foundation Yearbook: Facts and Figures on Private and Community Foundations
Guide to U.S. Foundations: Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors
National Directory of Corporate Giving
Securing Your Organization's Future
The Foundation 1000
Grants to Individuals (Fellowships & Scholarships) Guide to Proposal Writing Guide to Grantseeking on the Web
Most Asked Question???
Q: Can I borrow and take these materials home?
A: No; however, First Samuel (W)Holistic Resource Center have a list of online resources. Here are a few. Ask any Resource Center volunteers for additional suggestions.
Free Grantsmanship Websites:
Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org/
Board Source http://www.boardsource.org/
Federal Grants http://www.grants.gov/
The Chronicle of Philanthropy http://www.philanthropy.com/
Planned Giving Today http://www.pgtoday.com/
Board Info. http://www.allaboutboards.com/
Volunteer Match http://www.volunteermatch.org/
The Grantsmanship Center http://www.tgci.com/
Discounted Hardware & Software http://www.techsoup.org/
Funding Resources http://www.fundsnetservices.com/
Indiana Youth Institute http://www.iyi.org/
Resource & Proposals for Youth Organizations http://www.ncfy.com/
Grantsmanship Databases:
Foundation Directory Online Professionals- FDO is the Foundation Center’s online database of more than 91,000 grantmakers and one million of grants. The database also contains over 250,000 990’s, funder portfolios featuring news, and requests for proposals.
Grants to Individuals Online- GTIO, a one-of-a-kind database of more than 6,500 foundations and public charity programs that provide support for students, artists, researchers and other individual grantseekers.
Hours of Operation:
Monday 3– 6pm Tuesday 10– 6pm
Wednesday 8-12noon Thursday 5:30-8:30pm
Friday CLOSED Volunteer Training/Meetings
Saturday Grant Workshops (when scheduled)
Contact Information:
Office 317-636-7653 (office) Fax 317-636-2133 (fax) E-mail Wrc_fc@yahoo.com or GrantTrainers@yahoo.com
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