University Foundation Resources

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University Foundation Resources

Links to resources for the Concordia University Foundation.

Community Links

Information on community organizations.

Charity Channel (http://charitychannel.com ): Provides forums and newsletters for volunteer professionals in order to generate discussion and help individuals remain abreast of breaking news in their industry.
Community Organizations Online (COOL) (http://events.multcolib.org/libcool-dev/index.cfm?action=home.mainMenu ): A searchable database of community organizations that is hosted by Multnomah County Library.
Concordia Neighborhood Association (http://concordiapdx.org/): Includes contact information on Board members, the association by-laws, geographic boundaries, to neighborhood businesses and FAQs.

Corporate & Organizational Financial Information

Resources for locating financial information on various companies and non-profit organizations.

EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml): Retrieval system for SEC information.
GrantSmart (www.grantsmart.org): Provides access to copies of 990 forms filed by private foundations and charitable trusts. The data is supplied in raw form by the IRS and is updated on a continuing basis.
GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org): This site contains links to thousands of full text Form 990 documents.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU intranet.): Click the Business Link (on the upper left) to search for company financial reports, company profiles, and SEC filings & reports.
Standard & Poors NetAdvantage (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Includes the S & P Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives; corporation records, and S & P stock reports.

Foundation Information

Guides to funding sources available through foundations.

Council on Foundations (www.cof.org): Offers news and publications plus links to more than 50 member foundations and a dozen related sites.
Foundation Finder (lnp.fdncenter.org/finder.html): Search by name for basic information about foundations within the universe of more than 70,000 private and community foundations in the U.S. Provided by the Foundation Center.
Homes and Land Publishing Company (www.homes.com/): The nations's most comprehensive real estate information center on the Internet with over 219,000 properties.
Landings (Airplane Ownership) (http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*192249336!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pages/search.html): Locate either the owner's name or the plane's registration number, then choose the tail number address to learn more.
PNN Online (Non-profit news resource) (http://www.pnnonline.org/): Gives daily news and information on grants, partnerships, fundraising efforts in many areas including education, health and human services, arts and humanities.
Small Business Administration (http://www.sba.gov/services/index.html): Promotes federal small business high technology programs to improve the competitive capability of small research and development businesses with particular emphasis on emerging and under served small firms.

Governmental Agencies

Links to governmental agencies and informational databases on governmental policies, grants etc.

American Council on Education (www.acenet.edu): ACE seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.
CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) (http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html): Covers federal programs available to state, local, tribal and territorial governments of the U.S;. organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. Includes eligibility requirements.
Department of Agriculture (www.usda.gov): Provides rural community development grant dollars for sustainability and energy efficiency projects.
Department of Education (www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=ln): The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is providing about $2.5 billion to help strengthen teaching and learning in colleges and other postsecondary institutions.
Department of Health and Human Services (www.os.dhhs.gov/grants/index.shtml): HHS is the United States government's principal agency for protecting health and providing essential human services. It is also the largest grant-making agency in the federal government, providing some 60,000 grants per year.
Edgar (Ed.gov version) (www.ed.gov/policy/fund/reg/edgarReg/edlite-table.html ): Edgar is an unofficial version of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations.
Enviromental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov/ebtpages/econgrants.html): The EPA regularly awards grants to universities and other institutions that support EPA's environmental programs. These grants provide for research, demonstration projects, training, fellowships, investigations, surveys, studies etc.
Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/): Grants.gov provides organizations with the ability to search for Federal government-wide grant opportunities.
National Endowment for the Arts (www.nea.gov/grants/index.html): The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the federal government, and is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts.
National Endowment for the Humanities (http://www.neh.gov/): NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
National Institutes of Health (www.nih.gov/grants/): The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation, that provides grants for such research.
National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/): The NSF funds research and education in science and engineering, and accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
Oregon Council for the Humanities (www.oregonhum.org): OCH awards an average of twenty public program grants each year that provide financial support for public humanities programming in communities throughout Oregon.
United States Information Agency (http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/usia/): Information on grants from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Grant Research Aids

A list of research aids for grantseekers.

Annual Register of Grant Support (2008 41 ed.) (): Over 3,000 programs offering billions of dollars in non-repayable assistance that will be allocated in the year ahead. (Reference AS911.A2 .A56 2007)
Association of Fundraising Professionals (www.nsfre.org): Advances philanthropy through education, training and advocacy.
Enterprise Foundation's Guide to Fund-Raising (http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/resources/tutorials/fundraising/default.asp): This tutorial will walk you through the entire fundraising process, from donor profile checklists to proposal writing guidelines. It also contains links to web resources.
Findit.org (http://www.findit.org/): A List of links to NonProfit Resources and Granting Foundations.
Foundation Center (fdncenter.org): A well-organized site that links to Foundation Center libraries, its annual report, a directory of grantmaker, trends, data, publications, and more.
Foundation DataBook (http://www.foundationdatabook.com/Pages/or/or1.html): Provides direct links to regional grantmakers with websites. Also the Oregon Foundation DataBook is the only directory in Oregon that profiles every grant made by Oregon's largest foundations.
Foundation Directory (2001 ed.) (): Lists over 10,000 U.S. charitable foundations with assets in excess of $434 billion and donate well over $234 billion in grants annually, by state and alphabetically. (Ref AS911.A2 F65 2001)
Foundation Fundamentals (6th ed.) (): A step-by-step guide to the funding research process for inexperienced grantseekers. (HV41.9.U5 M37 1994)
Fundsnet Services (www.fundsnetservices.com): Fundsnet was created for the purpose of providing Nonprofit Organizations, Colleges and Universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet. It contains information on how to access a variety of grants.
Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington (http://www.gosw.org/): Grantmakers provides direct links to regional grantmakers with webpages. They also provide grantmakers with information on the grantmaking process.
Grants Web (www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm): Maintained by the Society of Research Administrators, an organization that represents people who seek money to help scientists conduct research.
NOZA (http://www.nozasearch.com): Search for possible donors by name or topic. Requires registering. Basic information is free, subscriptions are required for detailed information. Includes a link to IRS 990 information.
Oregon Foundation DataBook (): A directory of over 1100 Oregon foundations with major profiles for the largest grantmaking organizations. (Ref AS 911 .A2 O77)
Women in Philanthropy (www.women-philanthropy.umich.edu/): This site covers the research and information concerning the role of women in fundraising.

Journals

Access to full text of selected journals.

American City Business Journals (Online) (http://www.bizjournals.com/): Provides access to full-text editions of business newspapers in 35 cities.
American Hospital Association News (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
Business Week (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
Forbes (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
Fortune (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
Foundation News and Commentary (http://www.foundationnews.org/): FN&C serves as a vehicle for information, ideas, analysis and commentary relevant to effective grantmaking. It seeks to enhance understanding of organized philanthropy by grantseekers, policymakers, and society at large.
Independent Sector (Online) (http://www.independentsector.org/): Research and information concerning the Independent Sector's publications and programs.
Investor's Business Daily (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Searches the full text of articles in the nearly 800 publications in its database. Publications range from Aerospace Daily to Byte magazine to The Washington Post.
Liberal Education (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
Literature of the Nonprofit Sector (http://lnps.fdncenter.org): LNPS Online is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains more than 22,615 full bibliographic citations.
My Virtual Reference Desk (http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html): Provides access to hundreds of online editions of newspapers across the country and worldwide.
NewsLink (Online) (http://newslink.org/menu.html): NewsLink Associates includes free links to 3,000 newspapers, magazines, and broadcasting companies.
Philanthropy Journal (Online) (http://www.philanthropy-journal.org/): Covers the latest news involving non-profit organizations and fundraising.
The Chronicle of Higher Education (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Online) (http://www.philanthropy.com/): Contains current articles and breaking news for non-profits. Subscribers can access more information via an assigned password.
Trustee (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Click on one of the databases shown to get to full text articles by year and issue.
Wall Street Journal (): Located in the newspaper section of the library.

Legal Resources

Resources that provide counsel on applicable laws and governmental agencies.

Federal Register (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html): The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html): Provides links to government databases and links to the Federal Register.
Grantsmanship Center (http://www.tgci.com/): Lists daily announcements from the Federal Register and Commerce Business Daily. Also offers grantsmanship training.
National Archives (http://www.archives.gov/grants/index.html): The National Archives is an independent Federal agency that oversees the management of all Federal records.
Taxwise Giving (http://www.taxwisegiving.com/): Contains information on planned giving and relevant tax laws.
Volunteer Legal Handbook (7th ed.) (http://www.iciclesoftware.com/vlh7/): Offers non-profits information on how to avoid liability and provide proper management of volunteers.

Media Resources

Links to radio, tv, newspapers for the Metro Area and Beyond.

Oregonian (Portland) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Complete full text from 1988-present. For current faculty, staff and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet
Radio Stations – AM and FM (Portland Area) (http://pdxradio.com/FM_AM_Owners.html): Links to AM and FM radio sites. Has link to information on station ownership.
Television Stations (Oregon) (http://www.injuredworker.org/TV.htm): Links include email and phone contact information. The site also has a listing of Oregon Newspapers with contact information.
American Press Institute (http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/)
Associated Press (http://www.ap.org/): Lead news headlines and stories, photos, etc. Includes media industry news.
Gebbie Press: Media Directory (http://www.gebbieinc.com/index.html): Provides links to radio, tv, newspapers, magazine & trade publications listing for the U.S.
Newspaper Source (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Selected major articles from Christian Science Monitor, Oregonian, Seattle Times, The Columbian.
Regional Business News (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Full text of Crain's publications, Spokane Business Journal, Las Vegas Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, and Wenatchee Business Journal.

Prospect Research

Means for identifying potential donors and partners.

David Lamb's Prospect Research Page (http://www.lambresearch.com): Includes an annotated list of links on companies, people, foundations, commercial information providers, public records, and more.
Internet Prospector (http://www.internet-prospector.org/): ts site covers corporations, ethics, grants, international issues, news, and individuals. You can scan past issues of IP in the archives.

Resources for Nonprofit Institutions

Various webpages and resources dedicated to nonprofit institutions.

Foundation Center (http://fdncenter.org): The Foundation Center collects and organizes information on US philanthropy, facilitates research and provides education on the grantseeking process.
Give.org (http://www.give.org/): Give.org collects and distributes information on hundreds of nonprofit organizations. It routinely asks such organizations for information about their programs, governance, fund raising practices, and finances.
Guide Star (http://www.guidestar.org/): GuideStar, the national database of U.S. charitable organizations, gathers and distributes data on more than 850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofits.
Idealist.org (http://www.idealist.org/): Idealist.org contains over 37,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries. Once an organization has been listed it can: post job openings, volunteer opportunities, events, internships, campaigns, and resources.
Joseph and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library (http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/psl/): Indiana University Center on philanthropy's fund raising, voluntarism, and nonprofit management collection. Check here to learn about reference services, academic research, and the Philanthropic Studies Index.
National Center for Charitable Statistics (http://nccs.urban.org/index.cfm): Clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
National Center for Nonprofit Boards (BoardSource) (http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp): Gateway to an array of information dealing with nonprofit governance. The Knowledge Center includes information on trends in board practices and governance strategies to increase board effectiveness.
Network for Good (http://www.networkforgood.org/donate/): Network for Good enables you to search and donate to more than 850,000 charities online.
Nonprofit Resource Center (http://www.not-for-profit.org/): This repository of links covers many areas of non-profit management, from giving strategies to tax laws to volunteers.
Oregon Involved (http://www.oregoninvolved.org/): Information on nonprofit organizations in Oregon and links to resources for nonprofits.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Grant Programs (http://www.thrivent.com/fraternal/index.html): Information on current foundation and fraternal grants and scholarships. Includes a Chapter locator and instructions for getting started.

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