Nonprofit Resources

Helpful Websites
Other Orange County Funders
Research Websites

Helpful Websites
Big Data Base
www.bigdatabase.com
A comprehensive, keyword and field searchable database with detailed information and profiles on foundations, corporate donors, matching gift programs, in kind donations and government grant makers.

Board Cafe
www.boardcafe.org
Board Café is the electronic newsletter exclusively for members of nonprofit boards of directors. Short enough to read over a cup of coffee, Board Café offers a menu of ideas, information, opinion, news, and resources to help board members give and get the most out of board service.

California Association of Nonprofits
www.canonprofits.org
Provides resources to help promote, strengthen and advance the influence, professionalism, accountability and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations. Offer conferences, management, fundraising and technical support resources.

Foundation Center
www.foundationcenter.org
The Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grant makers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust.

Foundation Search
www.foundationsearch.com
A comprehensive, keyword and field searchable database with detailed information and profiles on 25,000 to 87,000 foundations, corporate donors, matching gift programs, in-kind donations and government grant makers.

Grantsmanship Center
www.tgci.com
The Grantsmanship Center provides training workshops of varying intensities for nonprofit and government agency staff to learn comprehensive and applicable skills needed to benefit local communities. Through their Grantsmanship Training Program, grant-seekers create, critique, and evaluate proposal components as well as study funding sources to prepare a complete proposal.

Grant Smart
www.grantsmart.com
As of 2009, this database contained 625,350 tax returns filed by 104,060 private foundations and charitable trusts.

Grant Station
www.grantstation.com
Membership-based service that provides grant proposal alerts, complete list of Funder profiles, grant research tools, as well as proposal writing tools and many other resources for nonprofit administration.

GroundWork group Orange County
oc.groundworkgroup.org
GroundWork group’s mission is to strengthen the impact of nonprofit organizations by enhancing their ability to manage their business operations and achieve their missions through sustainable and affordable information management, education and technology solutions.

Guidestar
www.guidestar.org
Offers "Grant Explorer", a comprehensive source of grant information available online. It has information on funding and programs for more than 34,000 US foundations and 680,000 grants.

NOZA Search
www.nozasearch.com
World’s largest searchable database of charitable donations.

OneOC
www.oneoc.org
Access to various nonprofit resources including targeted foundation lists and free or low cost trainings for nonprofit capacity building.

Orange County Nonprofit Resource Directory
www.oneoc.org/resources/oc-nonprofit-resource-directory
The Orange County Nonprofit Resource Directory connects leading experts and available resources to the nonprofits that need them. The Directory is a collaborative project of the Orange County Capacity Building Consortium, a network of institutional capacity builders dedicated to strengthening the nonprofit sector by improving access to local consultants, trainings and services.

TechSoup
www.techsoup.org
For technology assistance specifically for non-profit organizations. Contains articles, message boards, and free tools and resources lists.

The Olin Group
www.theolingroup.com
The Olin Group is dedicated to raising the standard of business practice among nonprofits and to fostering collaboration and resource sharing throughout the nonprofit community. Services include program and fund development, strategic planning, and foundation and grants management.

US Government
www.firstgov.gov
Information on government grant opportunities.

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Other Orange County Funders
The following foundations and corporations provide grant support to Orange County nonprofits based on their organizations giving strategies and policies.

Please check their specific guidelines of eligibility:

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Research Websites
Orange County research and statistics can be found at:

Orange County Business Council
County of Orange
Orange County Department of Education
Education Data Partnership
Gianneschi Center for Nonprofit Research
Southern California Association of Governments

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