
We offer various tools to help you find the information you need about philanthropy, grantseeking, and the nonprofit sector. These online guides and in-classroom training courses will help you get acquainted with with our tools and provide you with tips to make the most of them.
Full-Day Classroom Training Courses

Foundation Funding Research: Strategies for Finding and Evaluating Prospects
Learn to chart your organization's needs and find funders using The Foundation Directory Online Professional, the Foundation Center's top-tier online database of grantmakers. (1½ days) $295.00

Grantseeker Training Institute
Five days of comprehensive training from the Foundation Center's experts. $795.00
Basic Classroom Training Courses
Free

Guide to Resources on the Foundation Center's Web Site
Introduces the wide range of resources available on the Foundation Center's Web site and teaches how to navigate the site efficiently.
 Introduction to The Foundation Directory Online
A hands-on introduction to the basics of searching the databases of The Foundation Directory Online.

Getting Started with Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
A hands-on introduction to effective use of the Center's online funding research tool for individual grantseekers.

Online Guides and Tutorials
Free

Guide to the Foundation Center's Web Site
A guide to what you'll find at the Center's comprehensive web site.
 Guided Tour of the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
A guided tour of the searchable database of the Center's collection of literature on philanthropy, the foundation world, the nonprofit sector, voluntarism, and charitable giving.

The Foundation Directory Online Guided Tour
Learn how searching our databases online will give you instant access to information on thousands of grantmakers and their giving interests.

Corporate Giving Online Guided Tour
Learn how to gain instant access to information on thousands of corporate grantmakers and their giving interests.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Guided Tour
A
tour of our online database of foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.

Webinars
Free

Guide to Online Grantseeker Resources
This session is a guided tour of all the free resources available on the Foundation Center’s web site. During the webinar you will explore many tools and resources to help you become a better grantseeker.
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