Update Central

Update Central enables Professional subscribers to view summaries of recent additions and updates to our grantmaker database and build customized reports for more detail. To access Update Central, click the Visit Update Central link on the left side of the Home Screen.

Summaries

Update Central displays summaries of the number of grantmakers added or updated during the previous month and year-to-date in five categories: new grantmakers; high growth grantmakers; contact information changes; fields of interest/types of support changes; and leadership changes. Generally, the categories can be defined as such:

New Grantmakers: Grantmakers added to the database for the first time, usually because a grantmaker was recently established.

High Growth Grantmakers: Grantmakers reporting significant increases in total giving or total assets over the past fiscal year.

Contact Information Changes: Grantmakers updated with new contact information, including grantmaker name, contact person, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and URL.

Fields of Interest/Types of Support Changes: Grantmakers updated with new fields of interest and/or types of support terms.

Leadership Changes: Grantmakers updated with new leadership, including officers, directors, trustees, administrators, committee members, and members of other governing bodies.

Update Generator

Update Generator can be used to build customized reports for more detail on each month's additions and updates to our grantmaker database. Update Reports can be customized by state or states in any one of three categories: new grantmakers; high growth grantmakers; and grantmakers with recent changes.

To generate an Update Report, select a category and then select a state or states. To select multiple states, hold down the Control key. To select all states, click the Select All button. To start over, click the Reset button. Click the Submit button to generate your report.

Update Report Screen

The Update Report Screen displays your results in three columns: Grantmaker Name; City, State; and Total Giving. The default sort order displays results by Grantmaker Name from A to Z. You can re-sort your results by clicking a column heading. Clicking Total Giving, for example, will sort the list by total giving from highest to lowest. Clicking a second time will change the display to ascending order.

Note that because Total Giving data isn't available for some corporate giving programs and public charities, the Total Giving column will display "N/A" for these particular grantmaker records.

The Update Report Screen has several components:

Results Line. Located at the top of the screen, the Results Line displays the total number of records retrieved.
Criteria Line. Displays the state criteria you have used to generate your report. If you choose to print the page, you can easily refer back to the criteria and duplicate the search.
Results List. Displays a list of grantmaker records retrieved to generate your report. The Results List includes each grantmaker's name; city and state; and total giving. All records are displayed on a single page.

To return to Update Central, click the Go Back button at the bottom of the page. To view a grantmaker record, click on a grantmaker name to open the Grantmaker Record Display Screen.

Update Alerts

Professional subscribers can sign up to receive summaries of each month's additions and updates to our grantmaker database via e-mail each month. To sign up for Update Alerts, type your e-mail address into the submission box on the left side of the Update Central Screen and click the Submit button.