Grants and Foundations

The Virginia Campus Library is working in cooperation with the Foundation Center in Washington D.C. to offer resources that help non-profit organizations and individuals identify sources of grants and foundation funding.

Foundation Directory Online Professional
(available for in-house use only)
Provides fundraisers with access to searchable online databases of grantmakers, grants, companies and 990s

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
(available for in-house use only)
Database of more than 6,500 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers

Foundation Center
The Foundation Center's website provides online tutorials, training and tips on all areas of fundraising and philanthropy including proposal writing, budgeting, non-profit management and much more.

For more information and details on upcoming workshops at the Virginia Campus, see our Research Guide on Grants. Pre-registration is required for all workshops due to space limitations. To register call or email the Virginia Campus Library: (703) 726-8230 virginia@gwu.edu

Workshop Information
First time user
Workshop Survey

The Virginia Campus Library is open from 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Monday through Friday and from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM on Saturdays.

Visitors not affiliated with the George Washington University must present a picture ID and sign in at the entrance of Academic Building 2, located at 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn, VA 20147, before proceeding up one floor to the Library in room 179.

The members of our Library Staff are happy to help get you started. Please stop by the Virginia Campus Library, call (703) 726-8230 or email us at virginia@gwu.edu

2009 Workshops

Your Board and Fundraising

Presented by Patricia Pasqual of the Foundation Center in Washington DC

Grantseeking Basics: Introduction to the Foundation Directory Online