Isaac Asimov fans, calm down - way down. This has nothing to do with that Foundation. Breathe. Breathe. Okay, we can go on.The Rochester Public Library is a "Cooperating Collection" of the Foundation Center. What does that mean for you? It means that you, the aspiring do-gooder can find ways to get hooked up with grantmakers who share your do-goodingness and have set up grants to help fund all that good.
The online version of the Foundation Directory allows you to search for grantmakers by name, state, city, fields of interest, types of support, geographical focus, officers/trustees/donors or by type of grantmaker. Or any combination thereof. It's easier than it sounds.
In a nutshell, the Foundation Directory allows you to comb through the vast sea of grantmakers and find one (or more) that would suit your goal and get contact information to apply for those funds.
You can also do extensive searches within a particular company, for a particular grant, or search the entire text of IRS 990 forms for grantmaking organizations (if you don't happen to be washing your hair that night).
Now with something this wonderful, you would think you'd have to be here in the library to use it. No, my friend, this is another one you can use online from home in your bunny slippers with a hot cup of joe and the weather outside being frightful.
Stay tuned for Part 4.....
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