Funding for the Arts

October is Funding for the Arts Month!
* Find grants for individual artists?
* Find grants for film or videomakers?
* Find grants for musicians?
* Find grants for performing artists?
* Find grants as a visual artist?
* Find grants for writers?
* Funding and Managing Arts Organizations

The Essence of Strategic Giving

The Essence of Strategic Giving: a practical guide for donors and fundraisers
by Peter Frumkin

National Directory of Corporate Giving

The National Directory of Corporate Giving 16th edtion has just been received and added to the Nonprofit Resource Center Reference collection.

The 15th edition of the National Directory of Corporate Giving is now available to check out.

AccessMyLibrary app

The AccessMyLibrary Public Edition app from Gale is now available! Download it to get free, unlimited access to library resources within a 10-mile radius of your location. Learn more and get it today at http://www.gale.com/apps. Click on AML Public Edition.

These Gale online databases are already avaliable for free access through the OCPL website, but with the new app, you can now also access them easily from your mobile device:
Gale Business & Company Resource Center
Gale Custom Newspapers
Gale Academic Onefile
Gale General Onefile
Gale Health Reference Center
Gale Biography In Context
Gale Literature Resource Center

Call the Central Library at 315-435-1900 for more information.

Guerrilla Marketing For Nonprofits

Guerrilla Marketing for Nonprofits: 250 tactics to promote, recruit, motivate and raise more money
by Jay Conrad Levinson, Frank Adkins and Chris Forbes
Practical tools, strategies and insights for every nonprofit even if you have a small budget and no dedicated marketing staff.

The PRI Directory

The PRI Directory: Program-Related Investments and Loans by Foundations, is arranged alphabetically by grantmaker and includes the following indexes:
Donors, officers and trustees
Geographic
PRI recipient location
PRIs by subject
Grantmakers by fields of PRI interest
PRI type of support
Grantmaker name and Recipient name

The 3rd edition has just been added to the Nonprofit Resource Center's reference collection. The PRI Directory 2nd ed is now available to be checked out.

Big Book of Benefit Auctions

The Big Book of Benefit Auctions
by Jay R. Fiske and Corinne A. Fiske
If you "throw a party" and hope it makes money, you will underachieve. You need a businesslike approach in order to increase your audience,motivate your volunteers and exceed your financial goals. This step-by-step handbook covers it all from setting the goal for the event through auction night cashiering services.

NEW Grantstation webinars

Register for these Grantstation webinars
Building working partnerships with local businesses
Wed September 22, 2010 2:00 PM, 90 minutes
Fee: $89.00 per person, $150.00 per site

Need a Grant? Advice and resources for the individual grantseeker
Thu September 30, 2010 2:00 PM, 90 minutes
Fee: $89.00 per person, $150.00 per site

Evaluation basics: logical frameworks
Thu October 7, 2010 2:00 PM, 90 minutes
Fee: $89.00 per person, $150.00 per site

Grantwriting Overview: becoming more effective at grantwriting
Mon November 1, 2010 2:00 PM 90 minutes
Fee: $699.00 per person, $0.00 per site

In kind donations: gifts that make a difference
Tue November 16, 2010 2:00 PM, 90 minutes
Fee: $89.00 per person, $150.00 per site

Updates to FDO

245 new Grantmakers were added in August to the Foundation Directory Online database!

To use this great resource,
visit the Central Library
Mon,Thu,Fri,Sat 11 AM - 4:50 PM
Tue,Wed 11 AM - 7:20 PM

Appointments are not necessary. Bring your laptop for wireless access to the database anywhere in the building, or use one of our reference computers on Level 3. Just ask for assistance at the Information Desk.

Topical Resource Lists

The Foundation Center provides a selective list of relevant resources for researchers and practitioners and grantmakers.

The lists include books, pamphlets, periodical articles, videotapes and web links. Most of the materials can be found in Foundation Center libraries.

Contact the Nonprofit Resource Center supervisor for more information or to request copies of any of the articles.

315.435.1900 reference@onlib.org