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Spartanburg County Public Libraries is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center. As a member of this nationwide network of libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit agencies, Spartanburg County Public Libraries provides visitors with free public access to grant maker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center’s electronic databases, Foundation Directory Online Professional, Foundation Grants to Individuals Online and Philanthropy In/Sight. The fully searchable databases include detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation’s top funders.

Foundation Directory Online

Updated weekly, the Foundation Directory Online provides the most accurate details available on U.S. funders and their grants. Learn more about this database by taking this guided tour.

The Foundation Directory Online is only available from the computers in the Headquarters Library. If using a computer in the Headquarters Library, please follow the links below to access the database.

• For GRANT-MAKERS
• For NON-PROFITS
• For INDIVIDUALS

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online is an online database of close to 8,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grant seekers. To learn more about this database, take this guided tour. If you are using a computer in the Headquarters Library, please follow the link below to access the database.

• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

Philanthropy In/Sight

Philanthropy In/Sight is an interactive mapping tool designed to illustrate patterns of foundation giving and funding relationships. Click here to learn more. If you are using a computer in the Headquarters Library, please follow the link below to access this resource.

• Philanthropy In/Sight

Help with these databases is available during library hours. No appointment is necessary.

For more information, contact Barbara Heinick, Reference Librarian, at 864-596-3505.