We welcome your help in building a learning community for our sector. Share a program idea, or get involved with one of the ideas suggested by your colleagues.
Our August e-newsletter features new initiatives, member transitions, resources, and more.
Members have free access to the Foundation Center’s interactive mapping tool, Philanthropy In/Sight.
Starting in September 2010 we will launch the 3rd season of our Documentary Film Series. Check back in August for our 2010/2011 line up.
Our new blog is a forum for members to discuss issues affecting the sector and the practice of philanthropy.
Foundation Directory Online Professional
The Foundation Center’s comprehensive database, Foundation Directory Online Professional, contains up-to-date information on the work of foundations across the United States.
This database can identify other funders working in your areas of concern, locate people in philanthropy, and provide data on grants awarded to your applicants and grantees.
Philanthropy New York members:
Please log in to our website and a link to the Foundation Directory Online will appear at the bottom of this page along with a recorded webinar on using FDO. Need assistance? Contact Kristen Ruff at 212-714-0699 ext. 221.
Please Note: After October 2, 2010, individual Philanthropy New York members will no longer be able to log in to the Foundation Directory Online. Our staff will still be able to help you find the information you need.
About Foundation Directory Online Professional
The Foundation Directory Online Professional provides subscribers with access to a wealth of timely, comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants.
FDO contains four unique databases of:
- Over 96,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the United States.
- Nearly 3,700 sponsoring companies, offering a quick pathway to corporate funders.
- Over 1.5 million recently awarded grants.
- Over 560,000 recently filed IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF.
- The "Grantmaker Portfolio" feature, which organizes funder-specific content in one convenient location, including: grantmaker profiles; searchable lists that show grant distribution in multiple categories; grantmaker-related news, job opportunities, RFPs (Request for Proposals), publications, and articles; officer, trustee, and key staff listings; and most recent 990 filings.
- Interactive U.S. and world maps showing the distribution of grants for leading funders.
- New congressional district search fields that help you identify grantmakers, companies, and grants made to nonprofits in all 435 U.S. congressional districts.