Growth Exchange
Understanding Board Financial Reporting
Are you “Grant Search Ready”?
Who, What, Where?
•Organizational
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Programmatic
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Financial
Organization
- 501(c)3 status
- Board of Directors
- Mission Statement
- Guidestar Profile
Program
- Description
- Key staff members
- Resources
- Evaluation
Finances
- Form 990
- Other Funders
- Budget > $20k
Online Funder Databases
Government Grants – http://www.grants.gov/
Foundation Directory Online ‐ https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/
GrantStation ‐ https://grantstation.com/
Instrumentl ‐ https://www.instrumentl.com/
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Accessing Online Databases
Direct
Subscription
Public Library
Nonprofit Connect Membership
Publication Membership
Foundation Directory Online
as accessed on Nonprofit Connect
- Kansas City — All Funders — Local & National
- Kansas City — All National Funders
- Kansas City — Primarily Kansas
- Kansas City — Metrowide (funding on both sides of the river)
- Kansas City — All Local Funders
- Kansas City — Exclusively Kansas
- Kansas City — Primarily Missouri
- Kansas City — Exclusively Missouri
Narrow your search by Interest Area:
Animals/Wildlife(252)
Arts & Culture(663)
Community Development(385)
Crime Prevention(160)
Education(909)
Employment(88)
Environment(386)
Faith and Spirituality(363)
Food, Agriculture &
Nutrition(17
Health Care(626)
Mental Health(97)
Health Organizations(372)
Housing/Shelter(157)
Human Services(968)
International(186)
Philanthropy(241)
Public & Societal Benefit(484)
Recreation(143)
Rural Community
Development(33)
Science and Technology(185)
Social Sciences(49)
Narrow further by: Population Served, Funder’s City, Funder’s State, Most recent average low/high grant
- Access government opportunities (US and Canadian)
- Access Corporate grants
- Access the GrantStation Insider –their weekly newsletter for free. https://grantstation.com/public‐resources/newsletters
Utilize your Board, Volunteers and Stakeholders
Grants in your Community
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation https://www.growyourgiving.org/grant
- Jewish Community Foundation https://www.jcfkc.org
- Bank of America Philanthropic Solutions https://www.bankofamerica.com/content/documents/philanthropic /Complete_List_of_Foundations.pdf
- Nonprofit Connect https://www.npconnect.org
Local Government Funders
City of Kansas City
Jackson County https://www.jacksongov.org
GrantStation – State Government Funders
Corporate Funders
AMC
American Century
Black & Veatch
Burns & McDonnell
Cerner Corporation
Evergy
Garmin International
H&R Block
Hallmark Cards
JE Dunn Construction
Kansas City Southern
Lockton Companies
Populous
Russell Stover Chocolates
ScriptPro
Seaboard Corporation
T‐Mobile (Sprint Legacy)
Waddell & Reed
YRC Worldwide
Additional Links:
FDO Free Course: Introduc-otion to Proposal Writing
https://learning.candid.org/training/courses/introduction‐to‐proposal‐writing
Chronicle of Philanthropy
GrantStation Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXRjN2awC‐4
Foundation Directory Online Tutorial
Philanthropy News Digest RFPs
https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps
Bank of America (all foundations managed nationwide)
https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/search‐for‐grants/
The Independent
Ingram’s Magazine