Visit the Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s Grantsmanship Center

Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s Grantsmanship Center, located in the Main Library, offers a collection of books and electronic materials to help nonprofit organizations find potential grant money, as well as books on nonprofit fundraising and management. Affiliated with the Foundation Center in New York, the Grantsmanship Center sponsors orientations and seminars on effective grant seeking techniques. Contact the Library’s grant specialist, Linda Koss, at 419-418-2292, by email at LKoss@toledolibrary.org or phone the Business Technology Department reference desk at 419-259-5209 for more information.

Recommended www sites

Grant Select: Grant Select (IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY) - Start your grant search with this database of 10,000 private and public funding sources

Foundation Center: www.fdncenter.org -- Information on grant writing and grant making organizations. Access to the Foundation Directory OnLine Professional database is available free in the Business Department/Grantsmanship section at the Main Library.

Foundation Center's Request for Proposals:  http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/ -- Lists of requests for proposals from foundations and other organizations, broken down by subject areas. You can also subscribe (for free) to have RFPs e-mailed directly to you.

Federal Register: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html -- Listing of federal regulations and grant announcements, updated daily.

Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: http://gofbci.ohio.gov -- Funding and training available to faith-based and community-based groups in Ohio.

Grants.gov: www.grants.gov --Warehouse of federal grant opportunities, information and registration.

Ohio State Auditor’s Website: http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/lgs/grantresources/default.htm   -- Gateway to Grantsource, an online publication of state and federal grants offering links to other useful grant sites.

Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder/ -- A directory of private foundations searchable by zip code.