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Directory of the major Pennsylvania foundations. Attleboro, Mass. : Logos Associates,
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tagged database foundation grantsgrant_research librarygrants by cvonelm ...on 31-OCT-08
Foundation Directory Online
Grantseeking research tool which provides access to the Foundation Center's comprehensive database of 80,000 grantmakers and half a million grants. Includes detailed information on grantmakers, companies, grants, and grant recipients, as well as access to grantmaker web sites and searchable 990s.

The Doris Duke Clinical Interfaces Award Program seeks to catalyze activity at the interface of clinical and other research disciplines by:

  • Supporting the formation of new collaborations and strengthening existing collaborations of outstanding scientists across disciplines;
  • Demonstrating successful models for clinical research at the interface of multiple disciplines; and
  • Supporting interdisciplinary and inter-institutional endeavors that go beyond the program project mindset.
belongs to Library Grants project
tagged foundations grants librarygrants med_grants sponsored_projects by cvonelm ...on 31-OCT-08

Page related to funding opportunities for Judaic studies, maintained by Arthur Kiron

Center for Effective Philanthropy's publications

NEH Office of Digital Humanities website
This section will provide you with all the information you will need to know about the Commission's grant programs, specifically
  • the Certified Local Government Grant Program
  • the Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program, and
  • the Pennsylvania History and Museum Grant Program

Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums [PDF: 20Mb / 118 p.] is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center. This publication lists 1,725 grants of $5,000 or more awarded by 474 foundations, from 2003 through 2007. It covers grants to public, academic, research, school, and special libraries, and to archives and museums for activities related to conservation and preservation. This publication includes:

  • an introduction that explains the book's coverage, arrangement, entries, and how to research using the volume. Note: This pdf file contains hotlinks to free online grant writing tutorials and introductions to foundations offered by the Foundation Center as well as to some other widely used non-profit guidance on preservation grants found on the conservation online web site.
  • a statistical analysis of grant funding in the area of preservation by foundation, recipient location, subject, recipient type (e.g., Library), grant size, and foundation generosity nationwide.
  • state-by-state descriptions of projects funded in preservation nationwide including the foundation's name, limitations on giving, focus for giving, recipient(s), size of grant, and purpose of the grant described. Note: This section is hot linked in the pdf version directly to more detailed descriptions of the foundations.
  • indexes by recipient, geographic area of the recipient, and subject. Note: If you do not find what you are looking for in the indices, use the find feature to search the text for your term.
  • a list of all foundations that have donated to preservation with their contact information and limitations.

The Annenberg Foundation exists to advance public well-being through improved communication.  As a principal means of achieving this goal, the Foundation encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.

The Annenberg Foundation focuses on five major program areas:

Education and Youth Development;

Arts, Culture and Humanities;

Civic and Community;

Health and Human Services;and

Animal Services and the Environment.

Centered in Radnor, PA

tagged LibraryGrants foundation grants by cvonelm ...on 01-FEB-08
National Database of Nonprofit Organizations.
"Connecting people with nonprofit information" 
See database, Guide to Grants, which is part of the Chronicle of Philanthropy

See web site for more info on "Areas of Excellence," which Alcoa funds:

Safe & Healthy Children & Families

Ensuring that children and their families have the tools, the knowledge and the services to remain healthy and safe at home, in the community and in the workplace.

Conservation & Sustainability

Demonstrating our commitment to conservation by educating young leaders, protecting our forests, promoting sound public policy research, and understanding the linkages between business and the environment.

Global Education & Workplace Skills

Broadening student and adult participation through education in technical areas central to Alcoa to ensure that a diverse cross-section of our communities is economically connected, workplace ready and globally competitive.

Business & Community Partnerships

Seeding notions of corporate citizenship community by community to strengthen the non-profit sector and to develop meaningful partnerships among non-profits, the private sector and local government.

The Alavi Foundation's purposes are charitable and philanthropic with an emphasis on education and civic concerns. One of its primary aims is to promote understanding and harmony among people of different religions. Another basic aim of the Foundation is to promote the study of the humanities, arts, and pure and applied sciences. The Foundation gives assistance to public charitable organizations during times of hardship and deprivation caused by war or natural disasters. It also provides financial assistance to not-for-profit organizations that are involved in the teaching of Islamic culture and the Persian language.
National Archives; National Historical Publications and Records Commission
tagged LibraryGrants by cvonelm ...on 21-JAN-08
Grantseeking research tool which provides access to the Foundation Center's comprehensive database of 80,000 grantmakers and half a million grants. Includes detailed information on grantmakers, companies, grants, and grant recipients, as well as access to grantmaker web sites and searchable 990s.
tagged LibraryGrants by cvonelm ...and 9 other people ...on 18-JAN-08
This is NO source for libray grants.
tagged LibraryGrants by laallen ...on 18-JAN-08