Frequent visitors to the Foundation Center talk about the ways in which our library, training, and the Center's databases and publications have helped them and their organizations.
GrantSpace is the Foundation Center's new learning community for the social sector. Organized under the 13 most common subject areas of funding research, it's your one-stop shop for information about grants and fundraising. Join today to leave your comments and rate content. We are offering new members a free 24-hour gift card for Foundation Directory Online Professional!
Our events calendar is moving to GrantSpace. You can find and register for all of our training and events as usual, and also browse through Foundation Center events being offered anywhere!
Scholarships are now available to assist representatives of under-resourced nonprofits to attend Foundation Center full-day training seminars in 2012. If you represent a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a budget under $1,000,000, you are eligible to apply. Scholarships will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications should be completed at least two weeks prior to the seminar date.
A blog that spotlights grantmakers, their grants, and the work of the Foundation Center and other nonprofit organizations in the New York metro area and beyond.
Meet the Author — Gigi Rosenberg: The Artist's Guide to Grantwriting
March 28, 2011
Author Gigi Rosenberg shares top tips from her new book, The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing: How to Find Funds and Write Foolproof Proposals for the Visual, Literary, and Performing Artist, which is designed to help artists navigate the process of pursuing funding for their work..
Philanthropy Chat: Beth Kanter Discusses The Networked Nonprofit
January 11, 2011
Beth Kanter is co-author, with Allison Fine, of the highly acclaimed book The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change and author of one of the longest running and most popular nonprofit blogs, Beth's Blog. Listen as Beth shares her expertise about how social networking can be used by nonprofits to connect with others, raise money, and create mission awareness.
Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
New York City foundations and nonprofit organizations have racially diverse staffs, according to a new report by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center, but this diversity decreases at higher levels of seniority. A substantial number of foundations and nonprofits are tracking information about the racial and ethnic makeup of the grantees and populations that they respectively serve. The study is the first of its kind in New York City and the nation to examine "both sides" of the equation — with survey data from 95 grantmaking foundations and 540 nonprofit organizations in the
five boroughs.
Beth Kanter is co-author, with Allison Fine, of the highly acclaimed book 
New York City foundations and nonprofit organizations have racially diverse staffs, according to a new report by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center, but this diversity decreases at higher levels of seniority. A substantial number of foundations and nonprofits are tracking information about the racial and ethnic makeup of the grantees and populations that they respectively serve. The study is the first of its kind in New York City and the nation to examine "both sides" of the equation — with survey data from 95 grantmaking foundations and 540 nonprofit organizations in the
five boroughs.
