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Welcome toGrantseeking and Researchwith
The Foundation Center
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What You Will Learn Today

• Free fundraising and grantseeking information
• Funding research strategies
• How to identify funders interested in disability
  employment

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Researching Potential Funders

• Match Foundation Interests to Your Project
• Your Subject and Geographic Requirements
• Subject Broad categories (i.e. Disabilities)
  vs. Narrow (i.e. Transition planning)
• Geography National vs. local funders
• Other consideration Type of support (i.e. seed
  money)

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Foundation Search

• Whats in the Foundations Database?
• 80,000 grantmaker profiles
• Grantmaker types
• Foundations
• Corporate giving programs
• Grantmaking public charities
• Eleven search fields and text searching
• Why use the Foundations Database?
• To find funders interested in your organizations
  subject area
• To find information about specific funders

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Grant Search

• Whats in the Grants Database?
• Records of over half a million recently awarded
  grants
• Ten search fields
• Links to foundation profiles and recipient web
  sites
• Why use the Grants Database?
• To find organizations and projects similar to
  your own that have received grants from
  foundations
• To review grants made by a specific foundation

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New Disability-Related Subject Terms

• Accessibility/Universal Design
• Assistive Technology
• Benefits Planning Services
• Family Resources and Services, Disability Related
• Home Accessibility Modifications
• Independent Living, Disability
• Personal Assistance Services
• Self-advocacy/Disabled Persons Rights
• Supported Living
• Transition planning

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What is 990 Search?

• Includes over 80,000 grantmakers informational
  returns
• IRS Form 990PF for foundations
• IRS Form 990 for public charities
• Search by organization name, geographic location,
  year of return, EIN, or use text search

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Why Use 990 Search?

• To find in-depth information about a specific
  funder
• To review grants made by a specific funder
  (990-PF)
• To find organizations similar to your own that
  have received grants (990-PF)
• To find additional funders
• To find an individual

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Summary Questions Analyzing Your Prospects

• Is your issue a stated program focus?
• How many of your issues and/or population groups
  are listed?
• How much are they really giving to your program
  area?
• What is the giving capacity of the foundation?
• Do they support the same organizations every
  year?

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Thank you! Grantseeking and Research
Caroline Herbert, Senior Training Coordinator The
Foundation Center Washington,
DC csh_at_foundationcenter.org 202-331-1400, ex 4028