Thursday, February 27, 2014

Great ROI opportunity

Small investment. Big impact.

Make an annual contribution to the Future Fund Endowment of $100 or more. The endowment provides a $5000 grant each year to a local not-for-profit.

Your membership gives you a say in which organization the Future Fund supports.

Visit Future Fund and discover:
How your employer can double your membership contribution
A list of organizations the Future Fund has helped
Other ways you can get involved
How the grant cycle works

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Find Funders! Free workshop

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers
Friday March 7, 2014
9:15 Am - 10:30 AM
Central Library Nonprofit Resource Center

Free workshop for 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations. Learn about the resources and services of the Nonprofit Resource Center. Receive hands-on training and search strategies for searching the Foundation Directory Online database to locate new funding prospects.

Meet on 3rd floor of the Central Library for collection orientation.

Call the Central Library at (315)435-1900 to pre-register for this session or to find out about scheduling on-site group training.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Don't miss this webinar!

The Foundation Center invites you to join for an exclusive webinar where you can take a guided tour and learn search strategies for the Foundation’s Center’s premier funding research tools, the Foundation Directory Online and Foundation Grants to Individuals Online.

What: Foundation Center Funding Tools Webinar
When: Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at 2:00 PM ET
Who should attend? Librarians, development staff, provosts, researchers, and anyone who wants to find funders!

How to Register? Register Online , or via email to Nora Niesen at: nln@foundationcenter.org

The Foundation Directory Online (FDO), the leading institutional funding research tool, helps connect grantseekers with grantmakers. Updated weekly, FDO includes reliably-sourced details on over 120,000 foundations, corporate donors, and public charities, and their 3 million recently awarded grants. FDO’s current, accurate, and comprehensive information is commonly used by fundraisers, administrators, professors, researchers, students, and librarians as their premier source for fundraising research.

The Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (GTIO) database has detailed information on nearly 10,000 foundations and public charities that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. If you serve individuals in need of grants or scholarships, GTIO is the resource for you.

Both these databases are available for free access when you visit theNonprofit Resource Center at the Onondaga County Central Library. For more information about this collection of accessing the online databases, please call 315-435-1900

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Just added ...

The Nonprofit Chief Exectutive's Ten Basic Responsibilities

By Rick Moyers

Check out this and other BoardSource titles for free from the Nonprofit Resource Center collection at the Central Library.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers

Missed the 12/6/13 library orientation and training session?
Don't worry, the following group sessions are scheduled for Spring 2014

Friday March 7, 2014 and Friday May 2, 2014.

Free workshops for 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations. Learn about the resources and services of the Nonprofit Resource Center. Receive hands-on training and search strategies for searching the Foundation Directory Online database to locate new funding prospects. Meet on 3rd floor of the Central Library for collection orientation.

Call the Central Library at (315)435-1900 to pre-register or to find out about scheduling a 30-minute one-on-one session or on-site group training.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday Decmber 3, 2013

Giving Tuesday
Sponsored by the Central New York Community Foundation

Use your social media accounts to vote for the nonprofit you feel deserves $5,000.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

December Training opportunities

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers
Robert P. Kinchen Central Library
Friday December 6, 2013 9:15AM - 10:30AM
For 501c3 nonprofits
Call 315-435-1900 to register

Free webinars are available from Grantspace.org

Grantseeking Basics
December 2, 2013 3:00PM

Introduction to Fundraising Planning
December 12, 2013 3:00PM

Proposal Writing Basics
December 12, 2013 1:00PM

Proposal Budgeting Basics
December 17, 2013