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Answered By: Meghan Dolan
Last Updated: May 09, 2024     Views: 1093

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Corporate giving, foundations and grants

How can I find out about corporate giving, foundations and their areas of interest for making grants?

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Foundation Directory Online: Provides comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. Included is a database of over 100,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S.; a database of over 4,000 sponsoring companies, offering a quick pathway to corporate funders; a database of over 2.4 million recently awarded grants; and a keyword-searchable database of over 700,000 recently filed IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF.

GuideStar Pro: Provides information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million IRS-recognized organizations. A free version of GuideStar is available remotely through Candid. 

Chronicle of Philanthropy: Covers foundation and corporate giving.

Philanthropy News Digest is published by the Foundation Directory.

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