Finding Funding with Foundation Center

September 10, 2013

Speakers

• George Ford, Product Manager, Foundation Center

• Leeanne G-Bowley, Manager of National Training, Foundation Center

• Usma Ziard, Sr. Marketing Director, GuideStar (Moderator)

GuideStar Exchange Membership Exchange participants are nonprofits that have updated their nonprofit reports sharing:

Impact and effectiveness information Financial information Basic information such as contact

information, mission statement, etc.

In exchange for the information they provide, Exchange Members receive: • Their respective GuideStar Exchange participation-level widget on their

report page

• Ability to post the GuideStar Exchange participation-level widget on your website and in print materials

• Up-to-date information automatically distributed to partner network

• Access to new fundraising tools

• Additionally, Silver and Gold participants receive discounts on select Foundation Center product, four free technology tools from Grassroots.org, exclusive access to Goodsearch webinars, and Gold participants receive one free subscription to GuideStar Premium.

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• Analyzed by foundations, some of whom require an updated GuideStar Exchange form

• Powers donor advised funds and online donation services

• Share your GuideStar Exchange profile in

• Grant applications

• Fundraising messages

• Email updates to current and potential supporters

• Collateral materials

Why Is the GuideStar Exchange Important?

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Get Started!

www.guidestar.org/exchange

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Using the Foundation Center’s Foundation Directory Online

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

The leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide, established 1956.

Locations in New York, Atlanta, Cleveland, San Francisco, Washington, DC, plus over 470 Cooperating Collections

Who We Are

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What We’ll Cover

Foundation Directory Online Professional • Over 120,000 grantmakers – private, corporate, and

community foundations; corporate giving programs; public charities

• Over 3 million grants back to 2003 • Company and 990 databases • Power Search – nine databases in one • Interactive maps & charts • Most thorough, accurate, up-to-date foundation

information available

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Looking for a match • Who funds in my area of interest? • Who funds in my geographic region? • Who will provide the type of support I need? • Has the grantmaker funded organizations like mine?

Using search tools • MyFDO – Saving searches • Grant maps and charts

What We’ll Cover

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Grantseeker Training with the Foundation Center

The Foundation Center was established in 1956 and we are the leading source of information on philanthropy world wide.

With two decades of experience training nonprofit professionals, the Foundation Center has developed content that is highly regarded, comprehensive, and seen as a leader in the field. The Foundation Center has recently redesigned its curriculum. This new curriculum focuses on instructional design that gives adult learners an opportunity to put what they learn immediately into practice.

We offer classes throughout the country in a variety of topics—focusing on institutional fundraising.

Why train with us?

The Foundation Center’s training staff has responded to the needs of nonprofit professionals with curriculum that has been redesigned and premiered this Spiring.

Foundation Center’s training now utilizes:

• Practical learning activities that encourage reflective reasoning.

• Participants’ utilize their own relevant experience in small group and individual activities.

• A practical focus which allows participants to gain a real world understanding of concepts developed with the Foundation Center’s expert knowledge.

Redesigned Curriculum

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Proposal Writer’s Bootcamp

Day One: Proposal Writing Seminar Day Two: Proposal Budgeting Workshop Day Three: Foundation Research and a Mock Funding Panel

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1 Day Courses

New! Foundation Research Master Class Foundation Fundraising Essentials Proposal Writing Boot Camp Proposal Writing Workshop Securing Corporate Partnerships

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Webinars • Outcome Thinking and Management (4-Part Webinar

Series) • Building Your Nonprofit’s Sustainability (3-Part Series) • More Asking, Less Writing (3-Part Series)

Self Directed E-Learning • Proposal Writing: The Comprehensive Course • Grantseeking for Individuals • Grantseeking for Nonprofit Organizations

Online Training and Webinars

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The World of Grantmakers Who Supports Nonprofits?

Institutional Grantmakers

The World of Grantmakers

• Private Foundations • Direct Corporate Giving Programs • Grantmaking Public Charities

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What Is a Private Foundation? • Nongovernmental, nonprofit organization • Has its own funds or endowment • Managed by its own trustees or directors • Established to aid educational, social,

religious, scientific, or other charitable activities through the making of grants

The World of Grantmakers

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Types of Private Foundations • Independent • Company-sponsored • Operating ~ 5% payout requirement ~ Must disclose total giving and grants

through Form 990-PF

The World of Grantmakers

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Other Types of Grantmakers • Direct Corporate Giving Programs

– Research through sponsoring companies

• Grantmaking Public Charities – Disclose activities through Form 990 – Includes:

• Community foundations • Population or issue-oriented funds • Company-sponsored

The World of Grantmakers

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Q&A

For More Information

Foundation Directory Online: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org

Contact: gef@foundationcenter.org

Training at the Foundation Center: www.foundationcenter.org/training

Contact: lgb@foundationcenter.org

Connect with GuideStar

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