Foundation Center, NYC
79 Fifth Avenue
Second Floor
New York, NY 10003-3076
212-620-4230
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Foundation CenterAnyone who lives, works or studies in the five boroughs of New York City is eligible to borrow from the Foundation Center library in order to gain knowledge about grantmakers, their grants, and all aspects of fundraising, philanthropy, and nonprofit management. The foundation also offers in person and web based seminars.
Grants and Research Awards
For more funding resources, please visit the Grants & Funding guide.
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Foundation Directory Online, FDOInformation about 20,000 large and mid-sized U.S. foundations and files for more than half-a-million grants. The Trustees, Officers, and Donors search field and its corresponding index allow users to search over 110,000 trustee, officer and donor names.
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Foundation Grants to Individuals OnlineDevoted to the needs of individuals, this database describes 8,300 foundation programs that fund students, researchers, artists, and other seekers of individual grants.
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PivotGrants, internships, and graduate and post-graduate fellowships in all subject areas. Search by keyword; set alerts for relevant opportunities.
A personal account is not required to search and browse in this resource, but it is recommended for additional features (such as saving alerts on search results).
To create an account:
- Open Pivot with this link: https://pivot.proquest.com
- Click on Sign up in the upper right
- Select the Use Email Address/Create Password option, and fill out the form. For Institutional Email, use your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu address. For Affiliated Member Institution, select "Graduate Center, The City University of New York."
- Look for the verification email in your inbox to finish the process.
After the initial setup, you can use the A-Z Databases link for Pivot to access the site and login into your account.
- Open Pivot with this link: https://pivot.proquest.com
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Research Centers DirectoryContents of the 2010 edition. Each entry includes address, phone number, e-mail address, URL, description, size of staff, publications, scholarships, awards, etc.
