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Scenario 8 — Searching for family services funding.

Question: How do I find foundations that are involved in funding start-up programs in the area of family services. My organization is in New York City, but I want to look at the foundations in the tri-state area.

Answer: This sounds like a complicated question, but as you'll see, it's not difficult to construct a search that will return a useful list of results.

Tip: In this section of the tutorial you are instructed to type search words into the Index Search fields, but it's suggested you use the indexes instead if you're not yet well acquainted with common terms used in The Foundation Directory Online.

Follow these steps:
    1. Type CT or NJ or NY in the Foundation State field. (Note the use of the Boolean operator OR which pulls up foundations located in either state.)
    2. Type Family Services in the Fields of Interest field.
    3. Type Seed Money in the Types of Support field. (See the Types of Support Terms definitions list for a review of the terms available in the index.)
    4. Click Search. The Results List appears displaying a list of all foundations containing your search terms.
    5. Click a foundation name on the Results List to view it in the Record Display window.
    6. Click Close Window when you are through viewing the record, and click on another foundation name in the results list or click New Search to go back to the Search Screen and start over.