It is a critical tool for grantseekers because it delivers the most comprehensive information available on the 1,000 wealthiest foundations in the country. The grantmakers covered in the 1997/1998 edition - 135 of which are new to this edition - hold over $168 billion in assets. They award close to 200,000 grants worth $8 billion to nonprofit organizations each year. If you plan to seek grants from these major funders, you can't afford to be without this singularly effective resource.

The 4th Edition of the National Guide to Funding for Children, Youth and Families is an essential resource for fundraisers in the field. It features current, accurate data on over 3,400 foundations and corporate giving programs. The National Guide provides the data you need: Fact-filled portraits that provide easy access to address and contact name; financial data to help you determine giving potential; giving priorities and limitations; application guidelines, and the names of key officials. Descriptions of recent grants, often the surest indication of funding interests.

The 4th Edition of the National Guide provides essential facts on 600 foundations and corporate direct giving programs, each with a history of awarding grant dollars to libraries and other information centers. You will cut hours from your fundraising research time by having, in a single convenient volume, a list of grantmakers committed to your subject field.

The 4th Edition of this volume provides essential facts on over 2,300 foundations and corporate direct giving programs, each with a history of awarding grant dollars to projects and institutions related to elementary and secondary education. You will cut hours off your fundraising research time by having, in a single volume, a list of grantmakers already interested in your subject field.

The 4th Edition of this volume provides essential facts on over 950 foundations and corporate direct giving programs, all with a specific interest in the field of women and girls. You'll cut hours off your fundraising research time by having, in a single convenient volume, a list of grantmakers already interested in your subject field.

This groundbreaking study maps the dimensions and patterns of international giving by U.S. foundations in the 1990s, revealing dynamic growth in overseas funding and a dramatic shift in priorities tied to the end of the Cold War. The study examines more than 12,000 international grants made by 500 U.S. foundations and constructs a detailed picture of who makes grants, where the dollars go, and what the grants support. Examples include programs that promote sustainable development and the growth of civil society, preserve the world's cultural heritage, and protect human rights.

This new volume features crucial facts on loans and other charitable investments made by the growing community of foundations that make PRIs. 500 recent PRIs made by 125 foundations are listed.

The 1997/1998 Grant Guide series provides you with up-to-date information on the grants recently awarded in your field. With descriptions of hundreds, often thousands, of foundation grants (of $10,000 or more) recently awarded in your subject area, these Grant Guides will help you to: locate funders for your specific project; discover the grantmakers that favor your geographical area; and target foundations by grants awarded to other nonprofits. Grants to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and abroad for programs include: community improvement, economic development, international

New York State Foundations is a comprehensive directory of private and community grantmaking foundations currently active in New York State, one of the most dynamic philanthropic communities in America.

This comprehensive overview of corporate giving is based on information provided by 289 medium-sized and large U.S. corporations in both manufacturing and service industries. It includes trends and key 1996 data on financial performance, foundation assets, corporate direct giving and foundation programs, administrative costs of the contributions function, cash and noncash giving, beneficiaries of corporate support, matching gifts, overseas contributions, and non-contributions corporate assistance expenditures. (Publishers annoucement)