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Funding Resources

General

Q: How are nonprofits funded?

Q: Where can I learn more about stimulus funding for nonprofits?

Q: Where can I find emergency funding for my nonprofit?

Q: Where can I find advice and information about fundraising in times of economic downturn?

Q: What is an RFP?

Q: Where can I learn more about workplace giving?

Q: Where can I find information about planning special events?

Q: What is microfinance? Where can I learn more about it?

Q: What is a program-related investment?

Q: What are donor-advised funds and how can I research them?

Q: What are employee matching gifts?

Q: Where can I find information on online fundraising?

Online/Virtual Fundraising

Q: Where can I find information on online fundraising?

Q: How can my nonprofit expand its online presence?

Q: Where can I learn about mobile giving?

Q: Where can I find reviews and resources for fundraising and other nonprofit software?

Q: Where can my nonprofit learn more about interacting with the media?

Q: How can I find foundations that accept proposals online?

Q: Where can I find an electronic mailing list that focuses on fundraising?

Q: How many grantmakers have Web sites?

Foundations

Q: What is a foundation?

Q: How do I find grants for my nonprofit?

Q: How do I approach a foundation and build a successful grantee-funder relationship?

Q: Where can I find statistics on foundation and corporate giving?

Q: What is a community foundation? Where can I learn more about them?

Q: What is a "payout requirement" for a private foundation?

Q: A foundation I’m researching has reported giving amounts greater than its assets. How is this possible?

Q: What is the difference between a private foundation and a public charity?

Q: How can I locate foundations in my home state?

Q: Why do some foundations give only to pre-selected organizations? How can I approach them?

Q: Can religious or faith-based organizations apply for foundation grants?

Q: What is the difference between a company-sponsored foundation and a corporate direct giving program?

Q: How can I find funders that offer a particular type of support?

Q: How many grantmakers have Web sites?

Q: How can I find foundations that accept proposals online?

Q: How do I start a grantmaking foundation?

Q: Can non-501(c)(3) organizations get foundation grants?

Q: Where can I find information on nonprofit capacity building?

Q: What is a health conversion foundation? How can I learn more about them?

Q: What are donor-advised funds and how can I research them?

Q: What is an RFP?

Corporations

Q: Where can I find information on corporate giving?

Q: Where can I find statistics on foundation and corporate giving?

Q: What is the difference between a company-sponsored foundation and a corporate direct giving program?

Q: How can I find corporate sponsorship? Where can I find examples of sponsorship levels?

Q: What is cause-related marketing?

Q: What are employee matching gifts?

Q: Where can I learn more about workplace giving?

Q: How can I find sources of in-kind gifts?

Q: What motivates companies to give through corporate giving programs?

Q: What is courtesy advertising?

Government Funders

Q: What is the 'Fiscal Cliff' and how will it affect my nonprofit?

Q: Where can I find information about government grants?

Q: Where can I learn more about stimulus funding for nonprofits?

Q: Where can I learn more about workplace giving?

Individual Donors

Q: How much do Americans give to charity?

Q: How can I learn about researching and cultivating individual donors?

Q: Where can I find information on celebrity giving?

Q: How can I find out about the most generous philanthropists in the United States?

Q: Where can I find information on planned giving?

Q: Where can I find information about planning special events?

Q: Where can I find information on online fundraising?

Q: Where can I learn more about workplace giving?

Q: What is a giving circle?

Q: What are donor-advised funds and how can I research them?

Q: What resources are available for setting up a scholarship fund?

Q: Where can I learn about mobile giving?

Q: Where can I find out who has donated money to a particular nonprofit organization?

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