Foundation Directory Online (FDO) makes your foundation fundraising easier — and more effective.
FDO makes it easy to turn foundations into funders. It’s the only resource you need to search for the foundations most likely to give you grants and manage your prospects through to funding.
FDO simplifies and speeds up your process with:
- A thorough database, comprising more than 140,000 grantmakers, that is updated weekly so you can count on the accuracy of results
- Multiple filters and an assessment tool help you quickly identify your best potential funding sources
- A prospect management platform that automates much of the grantseeking process and stores your data for you
FDO helps nonprofits secure grants — and is funded by grants, too!
FDO is a service of the Foundation Center, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering and increasing knowledge about philanthropy. Like you, we seek funding from foundations. So we understand your challenges and goals — because they’re ours, too!
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"I believe that Foundation Directory Online is an absolute necessity for the work that I do and it is hands down the best resource in any grant/funding endeavor."
Linda Kirwin, Kirwin Grants, LLC
"Foundation Directory Online has helped us by ensuring that we don’t waste time applying to foundations that aren’t a good match ... FDO ensures that all our information is consistently up to date."
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"Foundation Directory Online is our first stop in obtaining information about prospective funders. It has been a useful tool in helping to identify prospects and determine strategies for approaching as well as cultivating them."
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