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Nonprofit Resources   Tags: grants, grantseeking, nonprofits, philanthropy, proposals  

This guide will help you with resources to start and maintain a nonprofit and how to find funding.
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Databases for articles and grant funding

Available onsite to users at Olivia Raney Library and Cameron Village Library:

Foundation Directory Online Database
Provides the most accurate details available on U.S. funders and their grants. Over 100,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors, over 2.4 million recent grants, and over half a million key decision makers. Updated weekly.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online Database
Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards, and other financial support devoted exclusively to foundations that support individuals.

Philanthropy In/Sight
Create maps to visualize the scope and reach of philanthropy—from local communities to countries around the globe.

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New Nonprofit books

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How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation - Anthony Mancuso
Call Number: 346.73 MANCU
Provides background information and step-by-step instructions that nonprofits need to apply for federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and qualify as a public charity with the IRS. The 10th edition covers recent changes in the law

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Effective fundraising for nonprofits : real-world strategies that work - Ilona Bray
Call Number: 658.152 BRAY
Your fundraising companion -- Fundraising tools -- Developing your fundraising plan -- Attracting individual supporters -- How to keep the givers giving -- Midscale and major donors -- Funds from the great beyond : bequests and planned gifts -- Special events -- Raising money through business or sales activities -- Seeking grants from foundations, corporations, and government -- Creating printed communications materials -- Designing your website to draw in donors -- Media outreach.

 

Web links

The Foundation Center Website
foundationcenter.org
The most authoritative source of information on private philanthropy. Funding research, help with proposal writing, tools for locating prospective funders, news and research in the field.

The Philanthropy Journal
www.philanthropyjournal.org 
A publication and program of the Institute for Nonprofits at N.C. State University. A daily updated website, a free weekly bulletin, nonprofit news, resources, announcements and job listings.        

 

 


GrantSpace: The Foundation Center's Online Learning Community
grantspace.org
Don't waste time looking for resources, tools, and training needed to kick-start your fundraising and social change efforts. Click on Grantspace for all your answer with this online community with its portfolio of web properties that has everything you need in one place.

Grants.gov
www.grants.gov 
Find and apply for federal government grants.

The Philanthropy Journal
www.philanthropyjournal.org 
A publication and program of the Institute for Nonprofits at N.C. State University. A daily updated website, a free weekly bulletin, nonprofit news, resources, announcements and job listings.

North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
www.ncnonprofits.org 
A private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves as a statewide network for nonprofit board and staff members, an information center on effective organizational practices, .and an advocate for the nonprofit sector as a whole.

Triangle Community Foundation
www.trianglecf.org
Triangle Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that serves Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake counties. Manages funds established by individuals, businesses and families to support local, regional and national nonprofits, churches and educational institutions.

North Carolina Community Foundation
 www.nccommunityfoundation.org
The North Carolina Community Foundation is a statewide community development organization created to build capacity through philanthropy. They administer more than $110 million in assets.

 

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Training

Nonprofit Resource Center

 

Contact:
Susan Wolf Neilson,
Nonprofit Resource Center
Olivia Raney Local History and Research Library

4016 Carya Drive
Raleigh, NC 27610
919-250-1229 susan.neilson@wakegov.com

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