Presenters: George Ford, Product Manager, Foundation Center; Leeanne G-Bowley, Manager of National Training, Foundation Center; Diana Hand, Senior Marketing Manager, GuideStar USA (moderator)

1. Finding Funding with
Foundation Center
November 6, 2012

2. Speakers
• George Ford, Product
Manager, Foundation
Center
• Leanne G-Bowley,
Manager of National
Training, Foundation
Center
• Diana Hand,
Sr. Marketing Manager,
GuideStar (Moderator)

3. What is the GuideStar Exchange?
• Comprehensive database of nonprofit information
• Designed to connect nonprofits with current and
potential supporters
– Millions of people come to GuideStar to learn more about
nonprofits each year
• Allows nonprofits to share a wealth of up-to-date
information with grantmakers and potential donors
#foundationgrants

4. GuideStar Exchange Membership
• Exchange members are nonprofits that have updated
their nonprofit reports to the fullest—sharing:
• Program information, annual reports, and audited financials
with GuideStar’s vast audience of potential supporters
• In exchange for the information they provide,
Exchange Members receive
• The GuideStar Seal on their report page
• Ability to post the GuideStar Seal on your website
• Up-to-date information automatically distributed to partner
network
• Access to new fundraising tools
#foundationgrants

6. Why Is the GuideStar Exchange
Important?
• 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
#foundationgrants

7. Seal-Holder Benefits
• Add the GuideStar Exchange Seal to your Web
site and print materials
• Use our promotional tool kit, which includes a
sample press release, e-mail, and social media
posts
• Share an embeddable toolbar with your
supporters that will allow them to donate $0.01 to
you every time they do a search online
• Get a special 20% discount on online
development training
• Have first access to registration for
GuideStar Webinars

8. Seal-Holder Benefits with
Foundation Center
• NEW! Save 20% on Grantseeker Training with the
Foundation Center’s in-person classes
• NEW! Save 10% on Foundation Directory Online, the
leading online database for grants research
#foundationgrants

9. Get Started!
www.guidestar.org/exchange
#foundationgrants

10. Using the Foundation Center’s
Foundation Directory Online

11. Who We Are
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 450 Cooperating Collections
#foundationgrants

12. What We’ll Cover
Foundation Directory Online Professional
• Over 108,000 U.S. 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
#foundationgrants

13. What We’ll Cover
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
#foundationgrants

14. Grantseeker Training with the
Foundation Center

15. Why train with us?
The Foundation Center was established in 1956 and we are
the leading source of information on philanthropy world wide.
Because of our reputation in the field, we’re able to attract the
best instructors, deliver better networking opportunities, and
provide our attendees with valuable knowledge that increases
their chance of securing funding.
We offer classes throughout the country in a variety of topics—
focusing on institutional fundraising.
#foundationgrants

16. Multi-Day Trainings
Proposal Writer’s Bootcamp
• Day One: Proposal Writing Seminar
• Day Two: Proposal Budgeting Workshop
• Day Three: Cultivating Grantmaker Relationships
Foundation Funding Research
• This one-and-a-half-day course gives you the tools to
focus on and effectively evaluate funding sources by
leveraging our leading grantseeking tool, Foundation
Directory Online Professional.
#foundationgrants

17. What We Offer
Classroom Training
Foundation Fundraising
• Proposal Writing
Seminar • Outcome Thinking and
• Cultivating Grantmaker Management
Relationships • Foundation
• Proposal Budgeting Fundraising: An
Workshop Introductory Class
• After the Grant

18. What We Offer
Classroom Training
Diversify Your Funding Career Development
• Developing a • Starting A Career in
Fundraising Plan Nonprofit Fundraising
• Securing Corporate
Partnerships
#foundationgrants

19. Online Training and Webinars
Self Directed E-Learning
• Proposal Writing: The Comprehensive Course
• Grantseeking for Individuals
• Grantseeking for Nonprofit Organizations
Webinars
• Building Your Nonprofit’s Sustainability:
A Series of Three Webinars
#foundationgrants

20. The World of Grantmakers
Who Supports Nonprofits?

21. The World of Grantmakers
Institutional Grantmakers
• Private Foundations
• Direct Corporate Giving Programs
• Grantmaking Public Charities
#foundationgrants

22. The World of Grantmakers
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
#foundationgrants

23. The World of Grantmakers
Types of Private Foundations
• Independent
• Company-sponsored
• Operating
~ 5% payout requirement
~ Must disclose total giving and grants
through Form 990-PF
#foundationgrants

24. The World of Grantmakers
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
#foundationgrants

25. 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

26. Connect with GuideStar
Twitter: @GuideStarUSA
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/GuideStarUSA
Google + : +GuideStar
Instagram: guidestarusa
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/guidestar/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/guidestarusa
#foundationgrants