The Foundation Center: Finding Funders and Gaining Knowledge

Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 550 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.

The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers an array of free and affordable educational programs. To learn more about the Foundation Center click here.

We urge Hawaii history educators, historians and even students to avail themselves of the Foundation Center's array of resources.

To find funders go to this link. We also recommend the webinars featured on the web site by clicking this link.

To help you master the world of foundation fundraising, proposal writing, and all that goes into getting the grants you need, The Foundation Center offers short training courses that are free of charge and full-day training courses at reasonable rates. Courses are offered in in its five library/learning centers and in selected other locations across the country. Click here to learn more.