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Grants Collection
A Cooperating Collection of The Foundation Center
Looking for additional funding for your non-profit organization? Lexington Public Library’s Grants Collection can help. Materials in the collection help grantseekers from nonprofit groups and individuals identify sources of funding from foundations and corporate giving programs, along with materials on fundraising, proposal writing, nonprofit management and philanthropy.
The Lexington Public Library Grants Collection is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.
The Grants Collection is located in the Reference Department on the Third Floor of the Central Library.
For more information on the Grants Collection, please call (859)231-5520.
Recent Grants Collection News
Grants Collection Services
Free Workshops
From time to time, the Grants collection holds special programs on grantseeking topics. Past topics have included "Grants Research and Writing" and "Meet The Grantmakers in the Arts." Check here for information on upcoming programs.
Collection Orientations
Want to learn more about how to find funds for your organization?
Attend a collection orientation and receive a tour of the collection, and a tutorial on using the Grants Collection resources, including FC-Search.
You can arrange orientations for groups or individuals by calling 231-5520.
The Foundation Directory Online
The Foundation Center's most comprehensive database. This database allows users to find information on:
- More than 92,000 foundations, corporate donors, and grantmaking public charities
- Over 1.3 million recent grants
- More than 400,000 trustees, officers, and donors
- Over 441,000 IRS 990s--all keyword-searchable
Foundation Grants to Individuals
This is an online database of more than 6,500 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.
All Grants Collection materials are non-circulating.