Foundation Center (In-Library)

Foundation Center Funding Information Network

Riverhead Free Library is proud to be a part of the Foundation Center’s Funding Information Network.

Non-Profit Organizations

RFL provides free, in-library public access to the FOUNDATION DIRECTORY ONLINE PROFESSIONAL, which provides nine comprehensive databases. In addition to grantmakers, companies, grants, and 990s, Professional's new Power Search tool lets you search RFPs, news, jobs, foundation-sponsored publications, and nonprofit literature. Professional's interactive maps and charts show a foundation's grants geographically—right down to the ZIP code—and by recipient type or primary subject with three levels of detail.

With this database, you have access to information about:

• Over 120,000 foundations, corporate donors, and grantmaking public charities
• Over 3 million recent grants
• Over 1 million IRS 990s — fully keyword-searchable
• Cross-Border Giving-See grants from U.S. grantmakers to non-U.S. recipients on interactive maps
• 54 search fields including keyword search.

Resources for Individuals

RFL provides access to the FOUNDATION CENTER'S GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS, an online database of nearly 10,000 grantmakers funding students, artists, researchers and other individual grantseekers through scholarships, grants and fellowships. Information contained about each funder includes application information, limitations on funding and financial data. A detailed HELP section is also included.

We also have a wide variety of Foundation and Grants related print resources, including:

• Foundation Directory, 2015 edition
• America's Nonprofit Sector by Salamon, Lester M.
• Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits, 2013 edition
• Foundation Grants to Individuals, 2015 edition
• The Grants Register, 2016 edition
• Winning Grants Step by Step

Contact

Please note that these online databases are accessible only inside the library at our 330 Court Street location.  All questions regarding the Grant Writing Collection, Foundation Center information, and scheduling an appointment should be directed to Adult and Information Services.  Please call the Adult Reference Services Desk at (631) 727-3228, ext. 101

Librarians are able to assist you in Foundation Directory Database Searches. However, librarians will not do specific grant searching nor the actual writing of grants.