The Foundation Center's Associates Program is a membership program designed to provide specialized services to nonprofit organizations with frequent need for information on foundations and corporate givers, their grants, and their donors, officers, board members, and trustees. Associates to research staff in the Center's New York or Washington, D.C. , offices. Members can also send in their information requests via a private e-mail box. Among the special services offered only to Associates are photocopies by fax or mail of primary research documents, such as foundation information returns, annual reports, application guidelines, and other resources.
Staff also perform biographical searches on individuals affiliated with foundations.
Associates can request customized reading lists of books and articles on various topics from our bibliographic database of literature on fundraising and the nonprofit sector. And, for an additional fee, Associates can order computer searches of our grantmaker and grants databases performed by the Center's information specialists. Members also have access to the Associates Program Online, a specialized Web site designed specifically for Associates members. The new site will provide you with current news about the Foundation Center, the Associates Program, and the world of philanthropy and fundraising. Associates can place orders for photocopies, custom and biographical searches, reading lists, and other services directly online.