As a member of the Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center, “the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy,” Phoenixville Public Library provides visitors with free public access to online databases, webinars, special events, grantmaker directories, books, newsletters and newspapers concerning:
♦ fundraising ♦ proposal writing ♦ philanthropy ♦ nonprofit management
Using the Collection
All collection materials are free to use during the Library’s operating hours, but may not be checked out. Online resources are accessible from any of the Library’s Internet workstations but require a password. For further information on using the Foundation Center Reference Collection, contact the Reference Librarian, Mark Pinto, at 610-933-3013 x32 or mpinto@ccls.org.
Collection Highlights
(Request password at Reference Desk):
- The Foundation Directory Online Professional — includes all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recently awarded grants
- Foundation Grants to Individuals Online — includes foundations and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers and other individual grantseekers
- Pennsylvania Foundations Online — profiles top Pennsylvania foundations
- Philanthropy In/Sight — combines data on grantmakers and grants with Google maps to show where philanthropy has made an impact and where opportunities exist to fill critical needs
include:
- The Foundation Directory
- Foundation Grants to Individuals
- The Grantseekers Guide to Winning Proposals
- Ethics for Fundraisers
- Inspired Philanthropy
- Fundraising Fundamentals
- Pennsylvania Nonprofit Report
- Corporate Giving Directory
- Government Assistance Almanac
- Grassroots Fundraising Journal (Online Article Finder – request password at Reference Desk)
- Chronicle of Philanthropy (Online Article Archive – request password at Reference Desk)
