About the Foundation Center:

Established in 1956 and today supported by more than 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants and conducts research on trends in foundation growth and giving. It also operates education and outreach programs that help nonprofit organizations obtain the resources they need. Its web site receives more than 40,000 visits each day, and thousands of people are served in its five regional learning centers and through its network of more than 340 Cooperating Collections located in every state and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit foundationcenter.org.