The Foundation Center offers free one-hour webinars led by their staff experts and covering essential topics for nonprofit grantseekers.
Webinars
The Foundation Center offers free one-hour webinars led by their staff experts and covering essential topics for nonprofit grantseekers.
Before You Seek a Grant: A Checklist for New Nonprofits
This webinar employs a step-by-step checklist approach to assist community groups or new nonprofits increase their readiness to approach foundations for funding.
Grantseeking Basics
A one-hour overview of the funding research process for nonprofit organizations seeking grants from foundations, corporations and grantmaking public charities.
Introduction to Finding Funders
This session provides an introduction to one of the key online tools for finding funders, Foundation Directory Online Professional.
Introduction to Fundraising Planning
This session will introduce participants to strategies for devising a fundraising plan that best reflects their organization’s needs and resources.
Proposal Writing Basics
Provides instruction on the key components of a proposal to a foundation or corporation and answers questions that first-timers often have about the process of applying for a grant.
Learning Tutorials
The following brief tutorials are intended as introductions to Foundation Center databases and grantseeking basics. They are available free of charge.
Guide to the Foundation Center's Web Site
A guide to what you'll find at the Foundation Center's comprehensive website.
Guided Tour of the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
A guided tour of the searchable database of the Center's collection of literature on philanthropy, the foundation world, the nonprofit sector, voluntarism and charitable giving.
Foundations Today Tutorial
Learn what foundations do, how they are changing, as well as where they fit in the larger philanthropic universe.
Guide to Funding Research
A basic primer on the grantseeking process and an introduction to the available resources.
Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship
A detailed look at how individual grantseekers can affiliate with an organization to increase their chances for receiving funding.
Proposal Budgeting Basics
The basics of developing a project budget.
Demystifying the 990-FF
An overview of Form 990-PF, the IRS return filed by private foundations.
Establishing a Nonprofit Organization
Describes how establish a nonprofit organization task by task.
Online Training Courses
The Foundation Center offers interactive online training courses. These detailed guided courses reinforce lessons with interactivity, assignments and self-tests. When you select an e-learning course, you will be asked to log in or register at the Foundation Center's website.
Foundations and Their Role in Philanthropy
A detailed overview of the world of private foundations. Estimated time to complete: 1-2 hours (Free.)
Finding Foundation Support for Your Education
Guides students through the process of seeking financial support from foundations to pursue their studies. Estimated time to complete: 1-2 hours (Free.)
Getting Ready for Foundation Fundraising
An overview of the first steps nonprofits need to take to become viable, effective organizations in preparation for fundraising. Estimated time to complete: 1-2 hours (Free.)
Introduction to Fundraising Planning
Learn to develop a fundraising plan that includes a variety of revenue sources for your nonprofit organization.
Estimated time to complete: 1-2 hours (Free.)
The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing Audiobook
In partnership with the New York unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), the Foundation Center is making available free of charge a new audio version of the most popular book in its Fundraising and Nonprofit Management Series.
