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The Foundation Center

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Summary:

With a mission to collect, organize, and communicate information and research about philanthropy, and to provide education and training on the grantseeking process, the Foundation Center offers this website.  The site contains answers to the grantmaker's frequently asked questions, a free short course on proposal writing for the grantseeker (avilable in both English and Spanish), research on funding trends, an online directory of foundations across the U.S., a section just for kids who are young philanthopists or grantseekers, and more!

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

Whether you are new to the world of grants or not, you are bound to benefit from this website.  It offers sample forms, applications, and worksheets for the grantseeker, as well as tips for finding grants and writing proposals.  If you are a grantmaker, you might be interested in launching a free website through the Foundation Center or submitting news to the Philanthropy News Digest.  The site offers plenty of articles and reports, too, including one on recent trends in philanthropy across the U.S., as well as statistical tables about grant information on the national and state levels.