Boards that Make a Difference

Fired Up Fundraising

The Public Relations Handbook for Non-Profits

Building an Effective Board of Directors: Demographics, Performance, Recruiting, Fundraising and Vision

The Nonprofit Membership Toolkit

These titles and previous AFP-Bluegrass Chapter donations can be located by searching the catalog using the keywords “Association of Fundraising Professionals-Bluegrass Chapter". The library thanks the AFP-Bluegrass Chapter for their generous donation. You can learn more about the Association of Fundraising Professionals by visiting their website at http://www.afpbluegrass.org/ ]]> http://lpl.local/librarynews/article.cfm?ArticleID=289 http://lpl.local/librarynews/article.cfm?ArticleID=289 Grants Collection Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0500 The National Council of Nonprofits is posting an evolving series of Special Reports about our nation’s economic recovery, including analysis of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (commonly referred to as the economic stimulus bill) that President Obama signed into law on February 17, 2009.

These reports are not restricted to NCN members, and offer grant information, tips, and considerations; information on how states are using the funds, and various sources of information regarding the stimulus funds. The reports are available online at the National Council of Nonprofit’s website at: http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/stimulus.

New York, NY ? December 20, 2007. Trend Tracker , a free search tool now available at the Foundation Center’s web site, offers immediate, interactive access to the Center’s historical financial data on U.S. grantmakers.

For the first time, grantmakers, grantseekers, policymakers, the media, and anyone with an interest in philanthropy can tap the Center’s database to quickly and easily create statistical reports of foundations’ fiscal data. A simple but powerful analytic tool, Trend Tracker allows users to create charts and graphs detailing information on the nation’s top 20,000 foundations. Users can review an individual grantmaker’s fiscal data or compare up to five foundations and create easy-to-read charts, line graphs, or tables displaying historical assets, gifts received, expenditures, or giving information.

"Trend Tracker presents the Center’s historical data in ways that can assist our various audiences, such as helping grantmakers benchmark their growth and giving with respect to other foundations. Grantseekers can use it to increase understanding of foundations’ giving over time, for example, as part of their research on prospective donors," said Jeffrey Falkenstein, the Center’s senior director of database publishing.

Trend Tracker is part of Fact Finder, a suite of free tools including Foundation Finder and 990 Finder, which provide quick access to key information on foundations and other nonprofit organizations. Trend Tracker currently covers the years 2000-2005, and subsequent years will be added as that data becomes available. The Center will also be adding other interactive tools for analyzing data about foundations and their giving.

For more information about Foundation Center services at Lexington Public Library, please contact Heather Wingfield at 231-5520 or hwingfield@lexpublib.org