The Lawrence Public Library is a member of the Foundation Center's Cooperating Collections Network. Established in 1956, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on organized philanthropy, serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers and the general public. Thousands of people visit the Center's web site each day and are served in its five regional learning centers and its national network of Cooperating Collections, one of which is available at Lawrence Public Library.
How can the Library's Cooperating Collection help me?
- Locate resources for starting a nonprofit organization
- Learn the basics of grant seeking and grant making
- Gather information about grant proposals and proposal writing
- Find detailed profiles of foundations and corporate givers who fund your area of interest
- Explore additional topics related to philanthropy and fundraising
- And much more.
What is available in the Cooperating Collection at the Library?
A collection of print and electronic resources is located on the Library's lower level. This includes:
- Print Resources in the Foundation Center Collection
Reference Books
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Online Databases available on all Library computers
This database of over 80,000 grant makers allows you to search for foundations and granting agencies and to find grant money for your nonprofit organization
Geared toward individuals and small organizations seeking grant money, this database includes over 7700 foundations and public charity programs.
An interactive mapping tool that creates maps to reveal patterns of foundation giving and funding relationships, both locally and worldwide, this database plots locations of grant makers and recipients, and enables you to view aggregated grant data and to overlay that data with maps of demographic areas.
Is there anything available at my home computer when I can't get to the Library?
The Foundation Center provides these two useful websites that may be accessed at any computer anytime. These offer an array of tools to help you with the grant writing and grant seeking process.
- Tutorials, guided tours, and interactive courses
- More than 125 FAQs
- "Ask Us" Online Librarian service
- Reference guides and topical resource lists
- Foundation Finder provides contact information on more than 95,000 grantmakers of all types.
- 990 Finder gives free access to more than one million Forms 990 or 990-PF
- FC Stats data tables provide the most frequently requested types of statistical information
- Philanthropy News Digest provides daily news coverage, interviews, book and web site reviews, and more.
- PubHub features searchable annotated links to foundation-sponsored reports available online.
- Free newsletters delivered to your email address
- Guide to Foundation Center website
- The best information about grants and fundraising within reach of organizations of all sizes
- A one-stop shop for knowledge, community, and expert guidance
- Resources to get you up-to-speed on all it takes to finance and operate a nonprofit organization
- Tools to help develop proposals, find funders, plan fundraising
- Free and low-cost online training courses and webinars
- Expert answers to basic questions about starting nonprofits, writing proposals, finding funding
- Sample documents to help you write proposals, letters of inquiry, cover letters, budgets and more
- Recent news, reports, podcasts, videos, and statistics
Can I check out print materials?
Unfortunately not. This is a non-lending collection. You may make photocopies of all print materials.
However, the Library does have numerous items on starting nonprofit corporations and writing grant proposals available for Check Out in the circulating collection. Please ask Library staff for assistance in locating titles useful for your need.
Who can use the Foundation Collection?
Print resources and online databases are accessible at no charge to anyone who visits the Library.
Many Foundation Center tools are also available outside the Library by visiting either
Does the Library provide help?
Our Library's Adult Services staff can give a brief introduction to the online databases. Training sessions are available occasionally. To be added to the contact list for grant training information, please email the Library Reference Desk and ask to be added to the Grants contact list.
How can I find out more?
For more information locally, please call 785-843-1178 or email the Library Reference Desk
Can I get more detailed information directly from the Foundation Center?
The Foundation Center's Online Librarian can answer your questions about foundations, philanthropy and fundraising research. "Ask Us" connects visitors to expert assistance from Foundation Center staff via live chat or e-mail.
How do I get started using the Cooperating Collection grant resources?
Click here for a helpful handout to aid you in the process.
See The Map of Nonprofit Resources by State for links to helpful state resources such as nonprofit associations, legal support organizations and government agencies.
For additional resources on establishing a nonprofit organization, see How do I start a nonprofit organization?
How is the Library's Cooperating Collection funded?
The Douglas County Community Foundation donates the funding needed to sustain annual membership as a Cooperating Collection.
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