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Webinar: Tour of GrantStation website

Wednesday March 3, 2010 2:00 PM Eastern Time (U.S.), 90 minutes
Fee: Free

Join Cynthia M. Adams for a short, virtual tour of the GrantStation website. Learn how to use the tools that GrantStation provides to help you identify the right grantmaker for any program or project.

If you've just joined GrantStation, this tour will help you determine the most effective way to use the valuable resources the website provides. If you haven't joined yet, this tour will help you determine if a GrantStation Membership fits your needs.

Please register early, as space is limited.

FDO Update!

Here's the latest Foundation Directory Online Professional statistical update:

97,854 grantmakers
499,938 trustees, officers, and donors
2,026,671 grants
3,823 companies
667,310 keyword-searchable 990s
Visit the Robert P. Kinchen Central Library for free access to this database.

Liz Claiborne Foundation

The Liz Claiborne Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that offer essential job-readiness training and access to tools that will help women who are victims of domestic violence or who are transitioning from poverty achieve economic independence. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Youth Environmental Grants

The mission of Captain Planet Foundation is to fund and support hands-on envrionmental projects for children and youth. They work to encourage innovative programs that emplower children and youth to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities.

Proposals must promote understanding of environmental issues, focus on hands-on involvement and involve children and young adults. Grants awarded range from $250-$2,500.

Deadlines:3/31, 6/30, 9/30 and 12/31

Find information about other small foundations and the types of programs they fund by using the Foundation Directory Online database available at the Robert P. Kinchen Central Library.

FDO Foundation Directory Online

Here's the latest FDO Professional statistical update:

99,257 grantmakers
503,925 trustees, officers, and donors
1,909,139 grants
3,800 companies
656,262 keyword-searchable 990s

Call the Nonprofit Resource Center Supervisor at 435-1900 to find out how you can use this resource to benefit your organization.

Map of Cross-Border Giving

A Map of Cross-Border Giving is available in the Foundation Directory Online database. See who's giving and who's getting grants outside the U.S.
Visit the Robert P. Kinchen Central Library for free access to this valuable resource.

Meet The Foundations

Join the Central NY Community Foundation and the Gifford Foundation for a Meet The Foundations information presentation.
January 27, 2010 8:00am-10:00am
Rosamond Gifford Zoo

Guidestar Webinar

Guidestar Webinar
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:00 pm
Topic: focus on turning nonprofit data into new business opportunities. We'll cover popular topics including industry best practices for analysis, benchmarking, prospecting, and setting compensation levels, and will also tackle recent tax code changes that affect nonprofit practitioners.

Fundraising Seminars

Institute for Charitable Giving offers fundraising seminars.