NAME OF DESTINATION

LOCATION

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Washington, DC

"Foundations with few or no staff provide half of the total foundation funding in the U.S., giving essential financial support to hospitals, libraries, youth programs, senior programs, education, historic preservation, the arts, social services, and other important activities in thousands of communities across the country. The ASF was set up to help these foundations."

National Headquarters: 733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: 202-393-4433
Toll free: 888-212-9922
Fax: 202-393-4474
E-mail: asf@erols.com

Dallas, TX

Shortly after the end of World War II, when Texas foundation philanthropy was in the first generation, Dr. Robert Sutherland, director of the Hogg Foundation, University of Texas at Austin, suggested that a meeting of Texas foundations might be mutually benefical. Ms. Lemuel Scarbrough and Ms. H. E. Butt, who had family foundations of their own, enthusiastically agreed. An invitation list was assembled and the first meeting was held in Austin on April 8, 1949, hosted by these three foundations. It was the beginning of the organization known as the Conference of Southwest Foundations(CSF).

Lucille DiDomenico
Executive Director
3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 260 Dallas, TX 75201
214/489-7307 Fax: 214/489-7320

http://www.c-s-f.org

COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS

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Washington, DC

A nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations. Our mission is to promote responsible and effective philanthropy by assisting existing and future grantmakers.

1828 L Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
202/466-6512 - webmaster@cof.org

THE FOUNDATION CENTER

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Atlanta

Cleveland

New York, NY

San Francisco

Washington, DC

An invaluable resourse for any grantseeker, with ample information on practically all US foundations, plus files on grantwriting and other important topics.

79 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 620-4230 Fax: (212) 691-1828

GUIDESTAR.ORG

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Williamsburg, VA

The GuideStar Web site is produced by Philanthropic Research, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 1994. GuideStar's mission is to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice with information. GuideStar envisions the evolution of an increasingly efficient nonprofit marketplace where * information about the operations and finances of nonprofit organizations is readily accessible and actively utilized by decision makers throughout the nonprofit sector, * donors seek out and compare charities, monitor their performances, and give with greater confidence, * nonprofit organizations pursue more effective operating practices, embrace greater accountability, and enjoy lower fund-raising costs, * society benefits from a more efficient, generous, and well-targeted allocation of resources to the nonprofit sector. Guidestar.org contains a database of reports (including 990 PFs) on more than 35,000 nonprofit organizations classified as "public charities" under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Each report is coded with respect to that organization's field of operation, program activity type, and beneficiaries.