Foundation Center CLMP Rating: +10 http://fdncenter.org/ Source for information about fundraising and funders. Their online library is a powerful resources for grantseekers. Limited searches (for funder addresses and basic info) are free. More detailed searching is available for a monthly fee. added August 3, 2000 Americans for the Arts Links http://www.artsusa.org/about/links.html Links to some of the membership of this national service organiation for local arts agencies, united arts funds, statewide assemblies of local arts agencies and other agencies that meet this definition: a community organization or agency of city or county government that primarily provides financial support, services or other programs for arts organizations, individuals and the community as a whole. added July 13, 2000 Applying for tax exemption http://www.indepsec.org/Nonprofit%20Information%20Center/Applying_for_Taxexemption.html Quick step-by-step guide to getting 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Hosted by the Independent Sector. added April 27, 2000 Arts Midwest http://www.artsmidwest.org/ Organization of state arts agencies in the Midwest. added April 7, 2000 Benton Foundation http://www.benton.org/ The Benton Foundation works to realize the social benefits made possible by the public interest use of communications. Benton initiates projects in three areas: 1.Defining and promoting public policies that support the public interest services and capacities of new media, 2.Helping nonprofits use communications tools and strategies to be information providers and social advocates and 3.Creating knowledge centers that are trusted sources and guides to nonprofit information and action. added April 4, 2000 Foundation Center http://www.foundationcenter.org/ The source for fundraising research. Free search for specific foundation information. $20-30/month for individual access to their top 10,000 foundations by subject, geography, etc. Free queries to their librarians via email form. Free excerpts from trend analysis reports on arts funding. added July 13, 2000 Foundation Center Cooperating Collections http://fdncenter.org/collections/index.html Cooperating Collections are free funding information centers in libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers that provide a core collection of Foundation Center publications and a variety of supplementary materials and services in areas useful to grantseekers. added August 3, 2000 Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation http://grdodge.org/ Gives in the arts, primarily for New Jersey organizations or those that benefit New Jersey in some way. Also sponsors the Dodge Poetry Festival and a poetry in education program. added July 20, 2000 Independent Sector http://www.indepsec.org/ Membership organization for the non-profit sector: foundations, NFP organizations, corporate giving programs. added April 6, 2000 Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite http://www.arts.gov/pub/Lessons/index.html Produced by the NEA, this site provides numerous essays on planning as well as case studies on various arts groups. Literary groups covered in the case study section include SPD, Arte Publico Press/Pinata Books, and the Richard Hugo House. added May 23, 2000 Lila Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund http://www.lilawallace.org/ Grants for a select few publishers and literary organizations. Also sponsors Writers Awards. added April 6, 2000 Markle Foundation http://www.markle.org/ Emerging communications media and information technology create unprecedented opportunity to improve people's lives. The Markle Foundation works to realize this potential and promotes the development of communications industries that address public needs. A private not-for-profit philanthropy, the Foundation has $200 million in assets. Established in 1927, Markle began focusing on communications media in 1969. added July 20, 2000 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies http://www.nasaa-arts.org/ Find your state's arts agency through this national membership organization's membership directory. added April 6, 2000 National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.endow.gov/ added April 4, 2000 New York Foundation for the Arts http://www.nyfa.org/ The New York Foundation for the Arts enables contemporary artists to create and share their works and provides the broader public with opportunities to experience and understand the arts. The Foundation accomplishes this by providing responsive leadership and advocacy, offering financial and informational support and building collaborative relationships with others who are committed to the arts in New York State and throughout the United States. added March 31, 2000 New York State Council on the Arts http://www.nysca.org/ State funding agency that offers general program support to presses and magazines in successive years. added April 6, 2000 Nonprofit Software Index http://www.npinfotech.org/TNOPSI/ Listing of various kinds of software used to run a not-for-profit organization, including fundraising software. added April 4, 2000 Nonprofit Virtual Library http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/znonprof.htm Links to resources all over the web for not-for-profit organizations. added June 19, 2001 Obtaining Donated Software http://www.onenw.org/toolkit/donation.html List of software manufacturers that have giving programs for not-for-profits. Free Photoshop! Free Filemaker licenses! added April 4, 2000 Philanthropy News Online http://www.pnnonline.org/ News on the philanthropic community (similar to the Chronicle of Philanthropy) with an emphasis on not-for-profits and technology. They also sponsor conferences that examine how non-profits are using computers and the Web. added April 4, 2000

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