The Nashville Public Library maintains a Foundation Center in the Center for Entrepreneurs. As a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center in New York, we provide many foundation directories as well as the Foundation Directory Online - Professional and Foundation Grants to Individuals Online databases, available at the downtown library.

Foundations & Grants

• Association of Fundraising Professionals
  Association offers training, education, and other resources for fundraising professionals.
• Center for Nonprofit Management
  Helps nonprofit organizations enhance their results by providing educational services, consultation, and information. Offers Grant-seekers Guide to Tennessee funders.
• Charity Watch
  Provides alphabetic grade to several charities listed by category.
• Council on Foundations
  A nonprofit membership association of grant making foundations and corporations.
• FinAid!
  Resource for college financial aid information.
• The Foundation Center
  The most authoritive source of information on private philanthropy in the U.S. Locate foundations that furnish grants to non-profit organizations. Features Foundation Directory Online - Professional and Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (both available free at the downtown library). The Nashville Public Library offers these resource as a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center.
• Give.org
  Philanthropic Advisory Service, Council of Better Business Bureaus. View evaluation reports which provide detailed information about each charity.
• Grants and Related Sources (Michigan State)
  Guide to books and web sites on grants.
• The Grantsmanship Center
  Offers samples of funded federal grant proposals.
• Guidestar
  The donor's guide to the charitable universe.
• Idealist
  Directory of nonprofit web resources: 16,000 organizations in 130 countries; resources for nonprofit managers; computing and the Internet, fundraising and volunteering, accounting and management, legal issues and nonprofit support organizations.
• Internet Prospector
  For prospect researchers and other information professionals in the nonprofit fundraising arena. Offers monthly electronic newsletter; mainly focuses on fundraising.
• SRA's International Grants
  Directory of general resources for improving grantmanship-from the Society of Research Administrators International.

Government Resources

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Federal Register
• Govbenefits.gov
  Tools that assist individuals in locating Federal government benefits.
• Government Benefits, Grants, and Financial Aid
  Get official information on grants, loans, financial aid, and other benefits from the U.S. government.
• Grants.gov
  Search for grant opportunities available to organizations. Encompasses all Federal grant-making agencies. Apply for grants online too.
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Science Foundation: Grants and Awards
• NonProfit Gateway
• Tax Information for Charities and Other Non-Profits (IRS)

Periodicals

Chronicle of Philanthropy | Grassroots Fundraising Journal | Nonprofit Online News
NonProfit Times | Philanthropy News Digest