The Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. In addition, The Foundation Center annually issues more than 60 publications, including directories of foundation and corporate grantmakers, grants lists, research studies, bibliographies, and authored works on subjects relating to fundraising, foundations, and nonprofit management. The Foundation Center website, libraries and publications are the premier resources for information on the foundation and corporate funders. The Foundation Center charges a fee for many of its services. Fees are based upon the amount of online time or staff time required to fill a request.
Services range from photocopying to telephone reference to database searching.
Foundation Center staff consult with researchers to identify their needs and determine the most cost-effective and timely way of obtaining the information required. For those who wish to conduct their own research, Foundation Center staff can recommend the best online and other sources of regional and national information and offer assistance in performing a variety of searches. Located at 55 Court Street, Suite 520, in downtown Boston, AGM is easily accessible by public transportation. AGM publishes the Massachusetts Grantmakers Directory, a comprehensive listing of the State's private trusts and foundation and corporate funders. The AGM Resource Center for Philanthropy Library maintains an extensive collection of publications that focus on local and national grantmaking, fundraising, and nonprofit management.