Join us for an introduction to the world of corporate support for nonprofits and to the effective utilization of the Foundation Center's resources on corporate giving.

This course is geared towards individuals involved in the arts and looking to fund any type of arts-related project.

Join us for this one-hour session on obtaining financial aid for your studies. We'll dispel some common myths about foundation support.

Learn how to actively engage your board in fundraising.

Get an overview of the process of strategically thinking through the components of a fundraising plan.

This webinar will cover strategies for effective communications with grantmakers, taking you through initial contact to what happens after you receive funding. You will learn how to initiate contact with potential funders; plan calls and meetings; communicate during and after a grant decision; and, ultimately, how to build lasting partnerships with grantmakers.

Learn how to enhance your organization's competitiveness and strengthen its financial health.

Understand how to prepare and present a budget in a grant proposal.

Learn best practices in reporting and communicating to deepen relationships with foundations.

Learn a step-by-step checklist approach to help increase your organization's readiness for foundation fundraising.

Find out the answers to the most frequently asked questions about a little-understood vehicle for philanthropy: foundations.

Discussion of how foundation arts funding fared during the recent economic downturn, current trends in arts grantmaking, and the outlook for arts giving.

Discussion of the fiscal sponsorship arrangement under which a charitable project without 501(c)(3) status might benefit from the tax-exempt status and administrative support of a sponsoring organization.

This session is a guided tour of all the free resources available on the Foundation Center's web site. During the webinar you will explore many tools and resources to help you become a better grantseeker.

Gain knowledge of how evaluation frameworks can support communication with funders and jump-start internal evaluation efforts.

Learn the basics of writing a proposal for your nonprofit organization.

This introductory course provides an overview of the funding research process for those seeking grants from foundations, corporations, and grantmaking public charities.

This session provides an introduction to one of the key online tools for finding funders, Foundation Directory Online Professional.

Allison Fine, co-author of the The Networked Nonprofit, explores how nonprofits are operating in an increasingly connected world.

Aprenda a preparar y presentar el presupuesto de un proyecto en su solicitud de fondos.

Steven Lawrence, director of research at the Foundation Center, examines recent trends in foundation funding for the arts.

Aprenda cómo se redacta una propuesta.

Laura Quinn, executive director of Idealware, walks through the basic types of fundraising software.

Steven Lawrence, director of research at the Foundation Center, examines trends in foundation funding for elementary and secondary education and discusses the role of the Foundations for Education Excellence initiative in promoting education reform.

In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary, and Shivam Shah, Director of Special Initiatives, present the Department's new grant application and final notice for the $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund.