Akron-Summit County Public Library

Grant Center of the Akron-Summit County Public Library

The Akron-Summit County Public Library is a member of a network of over 250 Cooperating Collections of the Foundation Center, New York. Through the core collection provided by the Foundation Center, the Library offers free access to necessary information and services to assist you in grant seeking and funding for your nonprofit organization.

Grant Center Programs:
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Selected Electronic Resources:


Foundation Directory Online, Professional: FDO is the nations’ premier grantseeking database. Updated weekly, with nearly 90,000 detailed funder profiles and more than 900,000 recently awarded grants, this powerful tool enables you to be a savvy and proactive competitor in your search for funding.; Updated quarterly, this efficient database allows you to search detailed descriptions of more than 6,100 foundations that fund students, artists, researchers and other individuals. Available at Main Library only at http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/ipl.php
Guide to Ohio Grantmakers: This CD-ROM offers profiles of more than 4,000 funders in Ohio, including over 400 out-of-state grantmakers that fund Ohio nonprofits. It also features a searchable grants database of more than 30,000 summaries of grants awarded to Ohio nonprofits or from Ohio funders. Find out who’s giving support to organizations like yours.

Selected Print Resources:


Foundation Directory: For those more comfortable with print, this annual two-volume publication offers information on 10,000 of the nation’s largest foundations by total giving dollars. For ease of use, it includes geographic, subject and type of support indexes.
Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers and Donors: This 3-volume set includes a master list of the people who establish, oversee and manage nearly 70,000 foundations – a powerful tool to assist in the necessary relationship-building that comes with successful proposals.
National Directory of Corporate Giving: A directory that provides the most current information available in print, this volume offers background on more than 4,000 company-sponsored foundations and corporate direct giving programs as well as more than 7,800 recently awarded grants.

These are just a few of the sources available at the Grant Center in the History & Humanities Division, on the third floor of Main Library. A trained staff is available to assist you. Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.: Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call 330-643-9040.