RESIST: Funding Social Change Since 1967


Resources for Activists
Finding Funding IX: Resources
A. Bibliography
The following reference books can be found in many libraries, including those listed in the preceding pages. Its best to look at a book you might be interested in before sending away for it. They tend to be expensive.

Directory of Building & Equipment Grants
6th Edition, 2001, $65 from Research Grant Guides
P.O. Box 1214, Loxahatchee, FL 33470, (561) 795-6129.
Includes grants by state, general information on all types of equipment, and information on computer and software donations by companies.

Directory of Grants for Organizations Serving People with Disabilities
1998, $65 from Research Grant Guides
P.O. Box 1214, Loxahatchee, FL 33470, (561) 795-6129.

Directory of Social Service Grants
2000, $65 from Research Grant Guides
P.O. Box 1214, Loxahatchee, FL 33470, (561) 795-6129.

Environmental Grantmaking Foundations 2001 Directory
$105 from Resources for Global Sustainability
www.environmentalgrants.com
P.O. Box 3665, Cary, NC 27519-3665, (800) 724-1857

Funders of Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Programs: A Directory for Grantseekers
$15 from the Funders for Lesbian & Gay Issues
www.lgbtfunders.org
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003
(212) 475-2930

Grant Seekers Guide
by James McGrath Morris and Laura Adler, 1996, $39.95
from Moyer Bell
Kymbolde Way, Wakefield, RI 02879, (888) 789-1945

National Network of Grantmakers Directory
2000/2001, $50 from National Network of Grantmakers
www.nng.org
1717 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 231-1348

Religious Funding Resource Guide
2000, $85 from Resource Women
4527 South Dakota Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20017
(202) 832-8071
e-mail: rswmn (at) aol.com
B. Publications from the Foundation Center
Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003-3076
(800) 424-9836

National Guide to Funding in AIDS
2nd Edition 2001, $115
A listing of 559 grantmakers committed to AIDS-related services and research.

The Foundation 1000
2000/2001, $295
Comprehensive information on the one thousand wealthiest foundations in the U.S.

Foundation Directory
$215
Describes top 10,000 U.S. foundations with assets of at least $2 million or total annual grants of at least $200,000.

Foundation Grants Index
2000, $165
A list of grants of $10,000 or more, divided into 28 subject areas.

Foundation Grants to Individuals
2001, $65
Devoted exclusively to foundation funding for individual grantseekers.

Grants for Film, Media & Communications
2000, $75
Includes radio, audio visual and journalism funders.

National Directory of Corporate Giving
1999, $195
Listing of 3,000 corporate foundations and direct giving programs.
C. Training, Workshop and Counseling Facilities
Center for Responsible Funding
924 Cherry Street, Suite 520
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 925-6140

Center for Community Change
1536 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 342-0519

Community Organizing Fundraising School

Southern Empowerment Project
342 Ellis Avenue
Maryville, TN 37804
(423) 984-6500

Community Resource Center
1245 E. Colfax Avenue, Suite 205
Denver, CO 80218
(303) 860-7711

Grantsmanship Center
1125 West Sixth Street, Fifth Floor
P.O. Box 17220
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 482-9860

Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and the Fundraising School
Indiana University-Purdue University
550 W. North Street, Suite 301
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3162
(317) 274-4200

Resourceful Women
Presidio Building, 1016
P.O. Box 29423
San Francisco, CA 94129-0423
(415) 561-6520


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