Helpful Resources for Finding Funding

The Alliance for Conflict Transformation, "an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to building peace," operates several "Jobs/Scholarships Announcement Forums," accessible for a fee. 

CharityNet in the UK has lots of information about foundations and NGOs in the United Kingdom, including links to over 700 UK foundations and NGOs and a Charity Search Engine through which you can access the names and contact information for over 70,000 British NGOs.

Council of Foundations An association of foundations in the U.S. Select the link for Links & Networking then COF Member websites for a directory of websites of hundreds of U.S. foundations.

Database of Funding Sources for Environmental NGOs describes more than 100 funders which support environmental projects in Central Europe and to a lesser degree Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. The database is maintained by the Regional Environment Center (REC) in Hungary.

European Foundation Centre EFC was founded in 1989 by seven of Europe's leading foundations "to build philanthropy in the New Europe by promoting foundations and corporate citizenship." Of special interest at EFC's Web site is the Orpheus Programme which is a network of NGO resource centers in Western and Eastern Europe and Western Eurasia which have programs on civil society, education, environment and philanthropy. Each program publishes a bulletin which reports on projects throughout the region with case studies of how organizations have tackled pressing issues.

The Foundation Center is an independent information clearinghouse for and about grantmaking foundations in the U.S. The Center’s website includes “Grantmaker Info,” which has links to nearly 1,000 U.S. private and corporate foundations, and “Foundation Finder,” a searchable database of addresses for more than 50,000 private foundations in the U.S.

Foundations On-Line Links to hundreds of American foundation websites.

Funders Online Funders Online is an online directory of several hundred European foundations, created by the European Foundation Centre (see above). European in the broadest sense, stretching from the Atlantic to the Urals. It includes information on the types of projects the foundations fund and where they are active. A searchable database yielded only seven foundations based in Russia as of early 2001, but the database should grow significantly in coming years. There is also a directory of NGO resources centers in Europe, with brief descriptions and links to their websites.

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Fundsnet Online Services Fundsnet is a for-profit website which offers links to hundreds of foundations of interest to non-profit organizations and students.It makes money through advertising and memberships, but there is plenty of information available for free. One of the nice features is that the links are annotated so that the visitor can get a sense of whether it is worth the time clicking on another link.

Guide to Fellowships for Journalists Fellowship opportunities for foreign journalists to study in the United States, Europe and worldwide.

Guide to European Union Grants for NGOs in Eastern Europe and Eurasia  Published in April 2000 by the Open Society Institute.

International Education Financial Aid Database IEFA aspires to having the “premier Internet resource for financial aid information for international students wishing to study in a foreign country." It offers comprehensive listings of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist students pursuing opportunities to study abroad.An estimated 700,000 students visit this website in a year.

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) publishes through its Democracy Resource Center a 2002 Guide to Sources of Funding in International Democratic Development that contains links to more than 100 foundations and other funding organizations. The guide was last updated in mid-2001. To locate information on scholarships or fellowships for individuals, see NED's 1999 Guide to Grants for Individuals.

Scientist to Scientist is a newsletter which served as an information clearinghouse on cooperative projects in the fields of science and engineering between the US, Western Europe and Eastern Central Europe and Central Asia. The last newsletter was in 1999, but the back issues, still available on the web site, may be of value. 

UK Fundraising was established in April 1995 as a resource for professional fundraisers in the UK and abroad. Although the site is intended primarily for professional fundraisers for large organizations, the site offers a lot of information and links of interest to amateurs as well.  Of special interest are the sections titled ‘Fundraising Online” and "Grants and Fundraising."

United States International Grantmakers  is a project of the Council on Foundations in Washington, DC, launched in order “to promote responsible international philanthropy by easing the barriers to cross-border grantmaking for U.S. foundations, streamlining the communication and reporting procedures required by the Internal Revenue Service, and serving as an educational and informational resource for those interested in doing international grantmaking."

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