1959 Highlander Way · New Market, TN 37820 · phone: (865) 933-3443 · fax: (865) 933-3424
e-mail: hrec@highlandercenter.org

Foundation Center
http://www.foundationcenter.org

The Foundation Center is an excellent source of online Information for foundation grants, fundraising and philanthropy. Through the Foundation’s website, you can find the sites of foundations around the country, often in local public libraries, that can provide information on funding for local organizations.

Funders Network on Trade and Globalization
http://www.fntg.org

The FNTG website has links to organizations working on globalization, educational materials about globalization, and funders supporting global justice work. An excellent publication for grantmakers, “Demystifying the Issues: Actors and Funding Opportunities” by Carolyn Deere, can be ordered or downloaded from the site.

Grassroots Fundraising Journal
www.grassrootsfundraising.org

This is a bi-monthly magazine, along with a web site, with “practical tips and tools to help you raise money for your organization.”

Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training
http://www.grassrootsinstitute.org
3035 Vallejo Street #4
Denver, CO 80211
Phone: (303) 455-6361
E-mail: generalinfo@grassrootsinstitute.org

This organization develops and strengthens grassroots fundraising skills for social justice organizers. The institute provides training and skill building along with six-month internship placements for people of color as a direct response to racial inequality. The Institute also provides two-day Fundraising Action Trainings around the country.

Groundsprings
www.groundsrpings.org

Groundsrpings provides services for mall to medium-sized non-profit organizations to help them use internet technology in their fundraising.

Jossey-Bass Chardon Press Series
www.josseybass.com/go/chardonpress

This is an excellent source for fundraising books for small and large organizations.

Southern Empowerment Project
www.southernempowerment.org
343 Ellis Ave.
Maryville, TN 37804
(865) - 984 - 6500

The Southern Empowerment Project hosts summer trainings on community organizing and grassroots fundraising in Maryville, TN. They also distribute the book “You Can Do It!” by Vicki Quatmann, a book on grassroots fundraising for community groups that came out of years of training groups in developing fundraising programs.

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