Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 600 foundations, The Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers an array of free and affordable educational programs.
Registration with The Foundation Center is free.
The Foundation Center offers some FREE courses that may benefit the student/artist/grantseeker such as…
Finding Foundation Support for Your Education
Demonstrates the tools and techniques for seeking funding from foundations for an individual’s education.
Grantseeking Basics
An overview of the funding research process for those seeking grants from foundations, corporations, and grantmaking public charities.
For a listing of all courses free as well as their fee based courses:
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/learnabout/foundations.html
