What Is The FoundationSearch Tool?

The Foundation Search Tool allow you to identify foundations based on

  • Name
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  • Location
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  • Size
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  • Giving Interests
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  • Directors
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  • Geographic Scope
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  • Type of Foundation

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    Search the Foundation Search tool to Identify Prospective Funders

    Name

    You may search for any foundation by name.
    You may use the key word search operators AND or OR in the Foundation Name field. You may also exclude words using the Without Words field.

    TIP: Foundations are sometimes known by more than one name or version of that name. Experiment by entering part of the name and specify the location if you know it.

    Location

    Specify the Location of your foundation prospects based on
    • City
    • County
    • State
    Locations may also be excluded.
    Cities and Counties may be linked with connectors And & OR.
    Use the CTRL Key to select multiple states

    Assets Range:

    The Asset Level of a Foundation determines how much they are required to give out to qualified 501C3 organizations.

    FoundationSearch sorts foundations by their size based on their ledger or book value of their financial assets.

    In keeping with Internal Revenue Code rules, the foundation is required to distribute approximately 5% of the average fair market value of its assets each year. Qualifying distributions meeting this requirement include grants and certain operating expenses.

    Therefore, measuring a foundation's capacity tells us how much they can give.

    TIP: You may select more than one set of asset ranges by using the shift key and blocking those you wish to select.
  •   Select a lower set of ranges to eliminate large national foundations.
  •   Select a higher set of ranges to eliminate small foundations with limited capacity.

    • Giving Interests: How to Assign to Category


    Foundation Search Giving Interests
    Each Funding category has a list of Giving Interests.
    To find a Giving Interest,

    1. Click on Giving Interests**:
    2. The following menu of funding categories will appear

  • Arts & Culture
  • Community Development
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health
  • International Giving
  • Religion (Faith-based)
  • Social & Human Services
  • Sports & Recreation

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    3. Mouse over a Category to see the list of Giving Interests
    4. Hold the CTRL key to allow you to select multiple items on the list. (The selected items will be bolded)
    5. All items selected will now appear in your search box
    6. IMPORTANT! All items will be linked by the operator ‘AND’ by default. You may change the operator to ‘OR’ here AND OR

    TIP: You may select Giving Interests from more than one category in your search.

    • Giving interests can be nouns or (less commonly) adjectives and adverbs.
    • Giving interests can be single words or short phrases.
    • Giving interests should have a minimum number of occurrences in the database in order to be considered for the lists.

     

     

     

    Category

    Assignment

    Examples

    Arts & Culture

    The term should refer to the products or processes involved with a wide range of human activities, creations and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, photography, sculpture, paintings, among others. Creativity. Expression. Can include historic or heritage items.

    Animation

    Ballet

    Documentary

    Theatre

    World music

    Community Development

    The term should refer to those practices, processes, or disciplines concerned with improving and developing both local and broader communities where people live, work, and play. Can include social change, economic development, political reform.

    Agriculture

    Civil rights

    Discrimination

    Homeland security

    Land development

    Suburb

    Education

    The term should refer to those products, people, processes, or experiences involved with transmitting accumulated knowledge, experience, skills, and values from one group to another. Instruction. Teaching. Learning.

    Academy

    City schools

    ESL program

    School

    Tutoring

    Environment

    The term should refer to those practices, processes, people, or items concerned with the external conditions or surroundings in which people live and work. All the biotic and abiotic factors that act on an organism, population, or ecological community and influence its survival and development. Biotic factors include the organisms themselves, their food, and their interactions. Abiotic factors include items such as sunlight, soil, air, water, climate, and pollution. May include how organisms respond to changes in their environment (adaptations in form and behaviour).

    Animals

    Aquaculture

    Forest conservation

    Geology

    Global warming

    Land use

    Pollution

     

    Health

    The term should refer to those practices, processes, disciplines, or people concerned with maintaining, treating, or improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of people. Health care services. Lifestyle. Disease. Wellness. Treatment.

    AIDS

    Angina

    Brain injury

    Eye sight

    Intensive care

    Medical research

    Music therapy

    International Giving

    The term should refer to an activity, practice, or discipline concerned with an area or region outside of North America, or to the area or region itself. May be defined geographically (e.g. Middle East) or politically (e.g. Zimbabwe).

    Albania

    Bolivia

    International economics

    Southern Africa

    Sweden

    Religion (Faith-Based)

    The term should refer to those practices, activities, disciplines, or peoples involved with specific faiths or belief systems. Most often publicly shared.

    British Orthodox

    Church of America

    Faith

    Judaic

    Social & Human Services

    The term should refer to those practices, activities, disciplines, services, or people involved with organized efforts to advance or improve human welfare. Social work, social change, social justice. Works toward improving the quality of life and developing the potential of each individual, group, and community within a society.

    Adoption

    Child protection

    Crisis services

    Hunger

    Violence prevention

    Sports & Recreation

    The term should refer to those practices, activities, disciplines, services or people involved with specific physical activities, sports, or hobbies done for leisure or fun.

    Aquatic center

    Curling

    Paralympic

    Wrestling

     

     

     


    Directors

    You may search in this field for any director for any foundation in FoundationSearch.
    For connected directors, search in Director Connections, http://www.foundationsearch.com/dc/index.php

    TIP: Note the autofill section. You may enter the first part of either the first or last name of the director.

    Geographic Scope

    • Nationally
    • US Regions
    • All States
    Note that this section will generate search results based on historic giving.

     

    Foundations not accepting unsolicited proposals may be excluded in your search.
    Newly Registered Foundations are included by default in your search results.
    You may exclude new foundations or restrict your search to Newly Registered Foundations.