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Scan the Landscape
Making strategic decisions about your giving means knowing the lay of the land. We help you identify trends, pinpoint needs in your field, research potential partners, and keep pace with recent innovations.
Cut through the clutter and avoid information overload with our targeted news feeds, in-depth research, data visualization, and issue-based web sites.
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Research
Our annual and special topic studies, statistics, and custom search services give you all the information you're looking for in one place.
The information you're looking for.
All in one place.
RESEARCH
In the world of philanthropy, strategic decisions are only as good
as the research that goes into making them. And you can count
on us to deliver the most current data available in all realms of
philanthropy. Trends, factors, strategies that inform your work — you
name it. Our team of experts analyzes and interprets the data so
you can tap into it. Specific examples include:
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Annual studies and trend data help you understand how you fit
into the overall picture.
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Special topic studies explore in-depth areas of particular
funding (e.g., social justice or education) to deliver benchmark
data not available elsewhere.
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Thousands of statistical tables are accessible via our free,
online service, FC Stats.
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Custom searches performed by our staff give you the exact
data you need to prepare reports for your board, identify
funding partners and grantees, and investigate new areas of
funding activity.
THE INFORMATION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
ALL FROM ONE SOURCE. LEARN MORE:
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News and Information Services
We collect, organize, interpret, and deliver the knowledge you need every day — news, trends, and spotlights on key leaders and organizations.
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Philanthropy In/Sight®
Map philanthropy around the world with this unique tool that combines the familiar Google Maps interface with the Foundation Center's massive wealth of data.
See how your organization
compares to others
around the world. Literally.
Scan the landscape
Communicate your work
PHILANTHROPY IN/SIGHT®
Philanthropy In/Sight is a unique tool that combines the familiar
Google Maps interface with the Foundation Center's massive
wealth of data into a powerful, visual asset. Choose from a range
of advanced options to quickly create maps based on demographic
data to reveal patterns and funding relationships you've never seen
before. Identify challenges, funding needs, and opportunities for
collaboration. Philanthropy In/Sight helps you:
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Plan the future direction of your programs.
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Tell the story of your philanthropy.
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Compare funding among organizations.
LEARN MORE, TAKE THE TOUR, AND
REQUEST A FREE TRIAL AT:
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Custom Web Portals
Custom, curated portals contain foundation grants information, data visualization tools, research, news, and social media that help you do your job more efficiently.
The antidote to information overload.
Scan the landscape
Increase your capacity
Communicate your work
CUSTOM WEB PORTALS
Staying up on the latest developments and best practices is a challenge. That's why we provide custom, curated web portals. Our unique ability to bring together foundation grants information, data visualization tools, research, news, and social media helps you focus and do your job more efficiently. Plus, by leveraging the portals to communicate about your work, you'll reach — and collaborate with — like-minded funders. To see examples of our custom web portals, visit:
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Glasspockets
See how your organization's level of transparency compares to others and get tips
to improve it.
The clear benefits of transparency.
Scan the landscape
Communicate your work
GLASSPOCKETS
Nothing strengthens credibility, increases public trust, or improves
relationships like fostering an environment of transparency.
That's why we created our Glasspockets web portal — so you can
assess and improve on your level of transparency. Specifically:
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Use our "Who Has Glass Pockets?" checklist: It's an effective
way to benchmark transparency and accountability practices,
compare policies with those of your peers, and submit your
profile for sharing online.
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Keep up with our "Transparency Talk" blog: It's filled with
insights and best practices from other foundations and experts
in the field.
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Link directly from our "Transparency Heat Map": See real-life
examples of what foundations are sharing online.
SEE HOW YOUR ORGANIZATION'S LEVEL OF
TRANSPARENCY COMPARES TO OTHERS;
GET TIPS TO IMPROVE IT BY VISITING:
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TRASI — Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact
Find the right tools to measure your effectiveness, and connect with peers
and experts.
Are your efforts producing the
impact
you envisioned? Find out.
Scan the landscape
Increase your capacity
Help your grantees and applicants
TRASI — TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR ASSESSING SOCIAL IMPACT
You do what you do in order to make a difference. But how do you
know if your efforts are effective? That's where our TRASI tool
comes in. It stands for Tools and Resources for Assessing Social
Impact and that's exactly what it does — helps you assess the
return on your social investments. It features a searchable, expert-reviewed
database of more than 150 approaches and helps gauge
something that's often hard to quantify. With TRASI, you and your
grantees can:
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Find the right tools to assess the impact you're both having.
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Measure the effectiveness of your programs and strategies.
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Connect with peers and evaluation experts to learn what works
(and what doesn't).
EXPLORE TRASI AND LEARN HOW
IT CAN HELP YOU:
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Foundation Directory Online
The definitive online database containing everything about U.S. foundations and their millions of grants around the world.
Move your mouse.
Then change the world.
Scan the landscape
Help your grantees and applicants
FOUNDATION DIRECTORY ONLINE
Not long after we were founded in 1956, the Foundation Directory
helped establish our reputation as a leading resource in the world
of philanthropy. Today it's become the definitive online database
containing everything about U.S. foundations and their millions of
grants around the world. Search up to nine databases at once —
grantmakers, companies, grants, 990s, RFPs, philanthropy news,
foundation-sponsored publications, nonprofit literature, and jobs —
to quickly compile a report containing only what you're looking for.
It's the ideal tool for grantmakers to evaluate the landscape,
vet grantseekers, and learn about other organizations. Foundation
Directory Online is:
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Simply the most comprehensive, accurate, and flexible way to
gain key knowledge.
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A free resource for eligible Foundation Center donors.
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Available for free use at more than 450 funding information
centers nationwide and around the world.
FIND OUT MORE:
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