Foundation Center Cooperating Collections enjoy the following benefits:

• Access to Foundation Directory Online Professional, the nation's most popular grantseeking resource for nonprofits and consultants. WIth over 2 million records in our Grants database, it's easy to see who is receiving funding and why.



• Access to our database of more than 8,500 funders, Foundation Grants to Individuals Online. Updated weekly, it's an ideal resource for students, artists, and researchers.



• Access to Philanthropy In/Sight, an interactive mapping tool that can quickly create maps that reveal patterns of giving and funding relationships.



• A full complement of Foundation Center reference materials and fundraising guides with a cumulative value of approximately $5000.



• Exclusive access to our web site for Cooperating Collection supervisors (CCNet). CCNet contains information and materials that enhance the ability of CC supervisors and staff to assist patrons and stay informed about the latest developments at the Foundation Center. It includes training opportunities and support, promotional materials, publication order forms, calendars of upcoming events, a networking directory, social media communication, and more.



• Free admission for Cooperating Collection supervisors to any of the Foundation Center's full-day grantseeker training courses nationwide (space permitting), and the opportunitity to co-host training courses in your facility.



• Train-the-trainer recordings, online tutorials, scripts, and handouts to assist with your on-site, basic training for grantseekers.



• National and regional Cooperating Collection supervisor conferences, convened by Center staff; support and advice from the Center's five regional offices.



• "Ready reference" services to all Cooperating Collections via CCNet, e-mail, phone, or fax.



• Regular site visits from Center staff, during which workshops for the public and staff are presented.



• Enhanced visibility for your organization with funders and other nonprofits in your community through referrals by the Foundation Center.

Core Collection Materials

Electronic resources:

• Foundation Directory Online Professional

• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

• Philanthropy In/Sight

Print publications:

• After the Grant: The Nonprofit's Guide to Good Stewardship (2010)
• America's Nonprofit Sector, 3rd ed. (2012)
• Board Member's Book (2003)
• The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing, 6th ed. (2012)
• The Foundation Directory (2012)
• The Foundation Directory, Part 2 (2012)
• The Foundation Directory Supplement (2012)
• Foundation Fundamentals (2008)
• Foundation Grants to Individuals (2012)
• Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates (2012)
• Foundations and Public Policy (2009)
• The Grantseeker’s Guide to Winning Proposals (2008)
• Guía para escribir propuestas (2008)
• Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs (2012)
• International Grantmaking IV (2008)
• Key Facts on Social Justice Grantmaking (2012)
• National Directory of Corporate Giving (2012)
• Securing Your Organization’s Future (2001)
• The 21st Century Nonprofit: Managing in the Age of Governance (2009)