Become a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection

The Foundation Center is looking for host organizations to join their network of more than 450 Cooperating Collections across the country and in several locations around the world. These funding information centers are available to grantseekers at no cost and and provide access to Foundation Directory Online grantseeking database, Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, Philanthropy In/Sight, an interactive mapping tool that reveals patterns of giving and funding relationships, a core collection of Foundation Center directories and publications, and a selection of supplementary materials and services in areas useful to grantseekers. The CCs offer educational sessions for the public, including classes on the basics of grantseeking and dialogues with local donors. And they serve as hosts for free Center webinars and the Center's fee-based, full-day grantseeker training courses.

The Foundation Center is expanding the CC network to ensure that grantseekers across the nation, and selectively in other locations around the globe, have access to high-quality resources and expertise, enabling them to attract and sustain support for their organizations. Qualified institutions include (but are not limited to):

• Public, academic, or special libraries
• Nonprofit resource centers
• Community or other foundations
• State associations
• United Way agencies
• Non-governmental organizations in locations outside the U.S.

Host institutions must:

• Be open to the public, without restriction, at least 25 hours per week
• Be located in an area serving at least 100 nonprofit organizations
• Provide access to a computer(s) connected to the Internet for public use
• Have staff available to develop expertise in foundation funding resources and to assist the public in their use
• Be prepared to offer public training on the basics of grantseeking
• Send a representative to regional and/or national meetings of Cooperating Collection supervisors held at various locations and/or participate in virtual conferences held by the Center
• Pay an annual membership fee of $995 (billed on a calendar year basis)

More details are available on the Foundation Center website.