GuideStar
Provides detailed information on over 850,000 nonprofit organizations. Includes ‘IRS-registered 501 nonprofit organizations that may accept tax-deductible contributions’. Profiles cover mission and programs, financials, leaders, and most importantly, full text via PDF of the charity’s IRS 990 filing from 1998 forward in most cases. Form 990 provides information on revenues, expenses, programs, activities, executive salaries and board members.
Foundation Directory Online Professional
Provides access to comprehensive information on grant makers and their grants. Over 140,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grant making public charities in the U.S.; a database of over 4,000 sponsoring companies; a database of over 9.5 million grants; and a keyword-searchable database of over 1 million recently filed IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF.
Access is provided by the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations at UNC
(Source Davis Library web page)
UNC-CH users only
Grant Application Writer’s Handbook
Explains how to plan and develop a good proposal, what reviewers look for in applications, and changes at NIH and NSF. c2005.
UNC-CH users only
SPIN Plus Funding Database
Contains more than 40,000 funding opportunities in the Arts & Humanities, Health, Medical, Life, & Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences including Business from more than 10,000 sponsors worldwide. Users can access without registration from on campus or they can create a profile using a valid UNC email address. When you set up a profile you may save searches and set funding opportunity alerts.
Additional information and resources are available at http://unc.live/2vUXtPu.
This resources replaces COS PIVOT.
UNC-CH users only
https://login.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://spin.infoedglobal.com/
UNC-CH Funding Information Portal
Links to resources about grant and funding opportunities available to UNC faculty, students, and staff.
UNC-CH users only