Grant Resources
*For Main Library in-house use only.
The database helps nonprofits identify grant resources to fund their projects. Available at the Main Library on library PCs or own device.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) provides a full listing of all Federal grant programs for nonprofits and individuals.
Information and referral search for food, housing, employment, healthcare, counseling, and more.
The official benefits website of the U.S. government. Information about how to apply for assistance and grants.
The programs and grants managed by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education help prepare people for successful careers.
This resource is available from congress.gov. Contains a list of grant resources and funding sources.
Provides resources to find and apply for federal grants.
Resources for Starting a Business
The U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, and counseling sessions.
The Kauffman Foundation created Entrepreneurship.org as an online resource to help entrepreneurs grow great ideas.
SCORE offers the nation's largest network of free, expert business mentors. They can provide a practical action plan, etc.
Locating Nonprofit Statistics and Demographic Info
The Center's mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research.
The IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has conducted studies related to many different areas of the philanthropic and nonprofit sector.
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
Nonprofit Resources
The Foundation Center's nonprofit education page offers a wide variety of online classes and tools.
Explore books on fundraising available at the library.
Explore books on running a nonprofit available at the library
You can create a Candid Overdrive account to check out these nonprofit management and grant writing ebooks.
Finding Jobs in the Nonprofit Sector
Idealist is all about connecting idealists - people who want to do good - with nonprofit jobs.
Job search site for nonprofit positions.
PND's job board provides listings of current full-time job openings at tax-exempt organizations.
Social Entrepreneurship & Fundraising without a 501(c)(3)
SEA is a good place for networking and features a good definition of social enterprise for those wishing to learn more about it.
Glasspockets is a Foundation Center initiative that champions philanthropic transparency in an online world.
Informs and inspires millions of social change leaders from around the world and from all sectors of society—nonprofits and business.
An L3C is a for-profit, but very low-profit LLC. L3Cs use profits to achieve socially beneficial objectives; an alternate to a nonprofit.
Affiliating yourself with an organization or obtaining a fiscal sponsor can increase your likelihood of receiving funding.
Great source for fiscal sponsorship information and news.