Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
Nonprofit Resource Center (NRC)

Overview

In a unique partnership, the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library, United Way of Bucks County, and Bucks County Community College have created the NRC to better serve Bucks County’s grantseekers, grantmakers, and nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit Resource Center (NRC) resources are located at the Grundy Library, where the hardbound nonprofit collection is augmented by access to software and assistance furnished by the Foundation Center of New York, the nation’s leading resource on philanthropy. Professional staff are available during Library hours to assist with the use of these resources.

The United Way of Bucks County provides training and sponsors workshops to support nonprofit boards, staff, and volunteers including counseling to grantseekers and grantmakers in order to maximize efficiencies and adhere to best practices. UWBC also assists in volunteer recruitment.

Bucks County Community College staff, including the BCCC Libraries and Coordinator of Grants, assist in promoting the Nonprofit Resource Center materials, and college students are recruited as volunteers for nonprofit organizations.

Resources Available

1. Print

Foundation Center’s Core Collection of Print Materials

• America's Nonprofit Sector, 3rd ed. (2009)*
• Board Member's Book (2003)
• The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing, 5th ed. (2007)
• The Foundation Directory (2009)
• The Foundation Directory, Part 2 (2009)
• The Foundation Directory Supplement (2009)*
• Foundation Fundamentals (2008)
• Foundation Grants to Individuals (2009)
• Foundations and Public Policy (2009)
• Foundations Today Series
• Foundation Giving Trends (2009)
• Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates (2009)
• Foundation Yearbook (2009)
• Guía para escribir propuestas (2008)
• The Grantseeker’s Guide to Winning Proposals (2008)
• Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs (2008)
• International Grantmaking IV (2008)
• National Directory of Corporate Giving (2009)*
• Philanthropy Annual (2009)
• Securing Your Organization’s Future (2001)
• Social Justice Grantmaking II (2009)
• The 21st Century Nonprofit: Managing in the Age of Governance (2009)

*Published Fall 2009

In addition to the Core Collection, the Library also offers a variety of supplementary materials, including periodicals and nonprofit law and governance guides.

Please note that many of these materials cannot be checked out.

2. Online Databases (in-library use only)

Foundation Directory Online Professional
The Foundation Directory Online Professional is a fully indexed database offering information on more than 96,000 foundations, corporate donors, and grantmaking public charities; over 1.5 million recent grants; more than 480,000 trustee, officer, and donor names; over half a million IRS 990s.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
The Foundation Grants to Individuals Online provides information on close to 8,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.

3. Other Resources

Foundation Center’s Website
http://www.foundationcenter.org/

The Foundation Center’s official website offers a wealth of information, including:

• Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
• Foundation Finder
• 990 Finder
• Research studies
• Ask the Online Librarian reference service
• Online training courses
• Philanthropy News Digest

4. Regional Resources

Bucks County Center for Nonprofit Management
http://www.buckscountynonprofit.com/grants.htm
Maintains a listing of regional grant opportunities and award announcements.

Bucks County Community College
http://www.bucks.edu/
Offers courses in Nonprofit Management.

Delaware Valley Grantmakers
http://www.dvg.org/
The region’s forum for philanthropy.

Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.pano.org/
Statewide membership organization.

Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/char/site/default.asp
Administers Pennsylvania’s charitable solicitation law.

Regional Foundation Center, Free Library of Philadelphia
http://www.freelibrary.org/rfc/
Philadelphia’s nonprofit resource center.

United Way of Bucks County
http://www.uwbucks.org/
Maintains Connections, the region’s comprehensive human services directory.

Foundation Center Events

Introduction to Foundation Directory Online
Is your nonprofit organization looking for funds? Come to the Grundy Library and learn how to use the Foundation Directory Online, the premier grant seeking database. Click here for event schedule.

For more information about the NRC please contact the Information Desk at the Grundy Library 215-788-7891 ext. 6.

A Cooperating Collection
of the Foundation Center.