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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
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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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GrantForwardCUNY provides access to this database through the Research Foundation. Create an account using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu email address, and set up a profile to begin receiving automatic grant recommendations based on your research interests.
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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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FOLIO (Foundation LIterature Online)An online digital repository of foundation-sponsored research reports and publications covering the full scope of philanthropic activity.
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Online Catalog of Federal Domestic AssistanceDatabase of all federal programs available to state and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and non-profit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. ~22,000 described.
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Philanthropy News Digest RFPsPhilanthropy News Digest publishes RFPs and notices of awards as a free service for grant-making organizations and nonprofits. Also lists RFPs for grants to individuals and their upcoming deadlines.
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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.