Website from the Candid (formerly the Foundation Center) designed specifically for grantseekers. Information is organized by subject and skill. Also available are training information (both free and fee-based) and tools which list resources, including sample documents, the knowledge base of frequently asked questions, and a database of nonprofit collaborations.
Homepage of Candid, a nonprofit formed by the merger of GuideStar and the Foundation Center.
Candid gets you the information you need to do good. Their website links to training tools, research, learning guides, and more.
Grants.gov is the one-stop portal to find and apply for federal grants. The United States Department of Health and Human Services is the managing partner for Grants.gov. Applicants must complete a registration process through Grants.gov before applying for federal grants.
Nonprofit basic search is free but to view 990 forms and other information, you must create a free account (some additional information can only be accessed with a paid subscription).
Provides detailed information on 140,000 U.S. foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities, with links to current foundation 990-PF tax returns. Search by name, EIN, location (state, county, city, metro area, congressional district, and ZIP code), fields of interest, types of support, and more. The grants database gives details on over 8.5 million previously-awarded grants, including the purpose, amount, and recipient. Updated weekly.
A Foundation Center database which provides detailed descriptions of more than 10,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Grants to Individuals is updated quarterly.
Foundation Maps is the Foundation Center’s premier data visualization tool and the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. Foundation Maps contains millions of grants from 2006 to the present and provides innovative ways to visualize funding data geographically and by subject area. Users can also overlay philanthropic data with demographic indicators to get a full picture of the scope and impact of philanthropy worldwide.
