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Sooner or later, many grant seekers visit a location in the Foundation Center Funding Information Network to do online prospect research. After spending an hour or less, they often leave smiling broadly, having just sent long lists of leads to their e-mail accounts. But what do they do next?

 

This post introduces 10 questions that have proven useful for analyzing foundation directory profiles while doing prospect research. It is the first of a series.

 

Prospect Research Graphic

 

Key Questions

 

How do productive grant seekers use their sometimes-lengthy prospect lists? How do they decide which leads are worth pursuing and which ones are dead-ends?

 

As productive grant seekers study each grant maker profile drawn from their lists, they pose and answer key questions. The table captures some of what they ask:

 

Physical Location: Is the foundation local? How near is the foundation to the applicant?

 

Website: Is there a website for this grant maker?

 

Limitations: Does the applicant fall within any one or more limitations?

 

Type of Grant Maker: Is the grant maker an independent foundation? Is the grant maker a family foundation? Is the grant maker a corporate charitable giving program?

 

IRS 990-PF Forms: What years are available for review? What is the most current year available?

 

Deadline(s): Is there a deadline? When is it?

 

Purposes/Activities: Do the funder’s purposes/intended activities match the applicant’s?

 

Fields of Interest: Do the funder’s fields of interest match the applicant’s?

 

Trustees/Directors: Does the applicant have a connection to any trustees/directors?

 

Financial Data: Are the funder’s asset amounts more than $100,000? Is the funder’s total giving more than $50,000?

 

Selected Grants: Does the grant maker profile list any grant award selections? If so, for what amounts were they? If so, to what kinds of organizations were they made?

 

Other posts explore how and why answers to these specific questions will help potential applicants to sort the stronger leads from among the weaker ones.

 

 

 

This post explores directories of foundations as grant makers in Puerto Rico and in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). Compared to their counterparts in the fifty states and in Washington, DC, nonprofits and other grant seekers operating in Puerto Rico and in the USVI appear to have relatively limited options among local grant makers.

 

Foundations in Puerto Rico

The Flamboyan Foundation publishes the Directorio de Fundaciones de Puerto Rico 2015 (in Spanish only), which is available online as a free PDF file. It lists 106 entities that engage in philanthropic activity in Puerto Rico – including 14 family foundations, 32 operating foundations, six independent foundations, eight corporate foundations, 18 public foundations, four corporate giving programs, and one community foundation with 23 active funds.

 

Foundations in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)

The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands publishes the Directory of Community Organizations Serving the U.S. Virgin Islands 2016-2017, which is available online as a free PDF file. Among the many providers of community services active in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the current Directory identifies six foundations. Its contents describe each foundation’s purposes, programs, and types of support, and they provide detailed contact information, as well as websites (where available).

 

Puerto Rico + USVI Map

 

Of the foundations described in the Directory of Community Organizations:

  • Six are based in the USVI, one in Florida
  • Four make grants and two award scholarships
  • One provides technical assistance and one makes donations only
  • One makes neither grants nor donations

 

Foundation Name Location Type of Support
Bennie and Martha Benjamin Foundation Florida Scholarships and grants
Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas USVI Scholarships and grants
Foundation for Development Planning Inc. St. Thomas USVI Technical assistance
Island Resources Foundation St. Thomas USVI Donations only
St. Croix Foundation for Community Development St. Croix USVI Grants
VI Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. St. Croix USVI Grants

 

Request

If visitors to this blog know of other foundations operating or making grants in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) or in Puerto Rico, please post a comment here with the grant makers’ names and locations.

 

Compared to their counterparts in the fifty states, nonprofits and other grant seekers operating in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) appear to have limited options among local grant makers.

 

This post explores private foundations as grant makers in the USVI. Later posts will explore grant makers and grant making in other parts of the world.

 

USVI Map

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Foundations in the US Virgin Islands

The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands publishes a Community Services Directory, which is available online as a free PDF file. Among the many providers of community services active in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the Directory identifies 18 foundations. Its contents describe each foundation’s purposes, programs, and types of support, and they provide detailed contact information, as well as websites (where available).

 

Of the foundations described in the Directory:

  • 16 are based in the USVI, two in Florida
  • Seven make grants, three award scholarships, and six make donations
  • Four make neither grants nor donations

 

Foundation Name Location Type of Support
Bennie and Martha Benjamin Foundation Florida Scholarships and grants
Beyond Visions Foundation St. Thomas USVI Grants
Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas USVI Scholarships and grants
Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital Foundation St. Croix USVI Grants
History, Culture, and Tradition Foundation, Inc. St. Croix USVI No grants. No donations.
Island Resources Foundation St. Thomas USVI Donations only.
Miracle Babies Support Foundation St. Thomas USVI No grants
Make a Wish Foundation – VI Chapter Florida Grants
Partners for Health St. Thomas USVI Donations only.
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation St. Thomas USVI Donations only.
St. Croix Foundation for Community Development St. Croix USVI Grants
St. Croix Tennis Foundation St. Croix USVI No grants. No donations.
St. John Community Foundation St. John USVI Grants and scholarships
Sunshine Foundation St. Croix USVI No grants. No donations.
Tillett Foundation, Inc. St. Thomas USVI Donations only.
USVI Coalition for Sustainable Economic Development, Inc. St. Croix USVI No grants. No donations.
United Way of St. Croix St. Croix USVI Donations only.
United Way of St. Thomas/St. John St. Thomas USVI Donations only.

 

If visitors to this blog know of other foundations operating or making grants in the United States Virgin Islands, please post a comment here with their names and locations.

Directories are great tools for finding new funding sources. Nonprofits and other grant seekers can find state and local foundation directories for 41 of the 50 states and for Washington, DC. As of late 2012, the nine states that do not have current or recent state-specific foundation directories are: Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Hawaii (HI), Mississippi (MS), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Rhode Island (RI), and West Virginia (WV).

 

The directories vary greatly in their coverage and content. Some are available in multiple formats; most, in one only. Out of 73 identified directories, 8 are PDF files, 19 are CD-ROMs, 29 are print compilations, and 17 are online databases.

 

This post covers the New England States of Connecticut (CT), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), Rhode Island (RI,) and Vermont (VT). It is the last post in the series. Earlier posts have covered other regions in the United States of America.

 

New England

 

The New England States

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut Grantmakers Online. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, 2012. This subscription-based, online database profiles more than 2,200 grant-making foundations and corporations either located in Connecticut or giving in Connecticut.

 

Directory of Community Foundations Serving Connecticut. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, 2012. This free online directory provides extensive contact information for 18 community foundations giving in Connecticut.

 

MAINE

Directory of Maine Grantmakers. 8th Ed. Portland, ME: Maine Philanthropy Center, 2011. This print and subscription-based online directory profiles more than 475 foundations and corporations either located in Maine or giving in Maine.

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Grant Makers Directory. Boston, MA: Associated Grant Makers, 2011. This online database describes more than 300 grant makers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Directory of Charitable Funds in New Hampshire. Concord, NH: New Hampshire Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, 2012. This free PDF file, available online, lists more than 400 grant-making organizations registered with the New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General and having assets of more than $25,000. A notice at CPG Fundraising indicates that it no longer publishes The Directory of New Hampshire Foundations.

 

RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island has no state directory of grant makers.

 

VERMONT

Vermont Directory of Foundations. Middlebury VT and New York, NY: The Vermont Community Foundation and the Foundation Center, 2009.  This free print and online directory profiles 334 grant-making foundations located in Vermont and 287 other foundations located elsewhere but giving in Vermont.

Directories are great tools for finding new funding sources. Nonprofits and other grant seekers can find state and local foundation directories for 41 of the 50 states and for Washington, DC. As of late 2012, the nine states that do not have current or recent state-specific foundation directories are: Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Hawaii (HI), Mississippi (MS), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Rhode Island (RI), and West Virginia (WV).

 

The directories vary greatly in their coverage and content. Some are available in multiple formats; most, in one only. Out of 73 identified directories, 8 are PDF files, 19 are CD-ROMs, 29 are print compilations, and 17 are online databases.

 

Southeast

 

This post covers the Southeastern States of Alabama (AL), Arkansas (AR), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Louisiana (LA), Mississippi (MS), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Tennessee (TN), and Virginia (VA). Later posts will cover other regions in the United States of America.

 

The Southeastern States

ALABAMA

Guide to Alabama Grantmakers. Birmingham, AL: Alabama Giving, 2011. This CD-ROM directory for Alabama profiles more than 1,000 funders and describes more than 6,000 recent grants.

 

ARKANSAS

Arkansas has no state directory of grant makers.

 

FLORIDA

The Complete Guide to Florida Foundations. Miami, FL: Florida Funding Publications, 2013. This print directory profiles more than 5,000 corporations and foundations that make grants in Florida.

 

Profiles of South Florida Funders Online. Miami, FL: Donors Forum of South Florida, 2012. This subscription-based, online database profiles almost 200 foundations and corporations that either make grants in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, or Monroe counties or are based in these counties.

 

GEORGIA

Guide to Georgia Grantmakers on CD-ROM. New York, NY: The Foundation Center, 2008. This CD-based directory profiles more than 2,300 foundations, corporate giving programs, and public charities giving in Georgia and describes nearly 20,000 grants made in Georgia.

 

LOUISIANA

The Louisiana Foundation DataBook and CD. 4th Ed. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2012. This print and CD-based directory profiles more than 1,100 foundations in Louisiana, and provides detailed descriptions of the largest grant makers.

 

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi has no state directory of grant makers.

 

NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina has no state directory of grant makers.

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina Foundation Directory. Mullin, Dawn, ed. 9th Ed. Columbia, SC: South Carolina State Library, 2010. This free PDF file is available online; it profiles more than 160 foundations and public charities that make grants in South Carolina.

 

TENNESSEE

The Tennessee Foundation DataBook and CD. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2011. This print directory lists 1,519 foundations either located in Tennessee or giving in Tennessee, and includes profiles of the largest foundations.

 

VIRGINIA

Directory of Virginia Foundations. Richmond, VA: The Grants Connection, 2012.  This subscription-based, online database profiles more than 1,000 private, corporate, and community foundations located in Virginia, as well as other foundations giving in Virginia.

 

Directories are great tools for finding new funding sources. Nonprofits and other grant seekers can find state and local foundation directories for 41 of the 50 states and for Washington, DC. As of late 2012, the nine states that do not have current or recent state-specific foundation directories are: Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Hawaii (HI), Mississippi (MS), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Rhode Island (RI), and West Virginia (WV).

 

The directories vary greatly in their coverage and content. Some are available in multiple formats; most, in one only. Out of 73 identified directories, 8 are PDF files, 19 are CD-ROMs, 29 are print compilations, and 17 are online databases.

 

Great Plains

 

This post covers the Great Plains States of Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Minnesota (MN), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), North Dakota (ND), Oklahoma (OK), South Dakota (SD), and Wisconsin (WI). Later posts will cover other regions in the United States of America.

 

The Great Plains States

IOWA

The Iowa Foundation DataBook and CD. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2010. This print and CD-based directory profiles more than 1,200 foundations in Iowa and provides in-depth descriptions of the largest grant makers.

 

KANSAS

The Kansas Foundation DataBook and CD. 1st Ed.Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2008.This print and CD-based directory profiles more than 500 foundations in Kansas and provides in-depth descriptions of the largest grant makers.

 

MINNESOTA

2013 Minnesota Grants Directory. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, 2012. This print directory profiles more than 100 community foundations, corporate giving programs, and private foundations giving in Minnesota.

 

Minnesota Grantmakers Online Deluxe. Minneapolis, MN: Regents of the University of Minnesota, 2011. This restricted-access online database profiles more than 1,300 foundations and corporations making grants in Minnesota.

 

MISSOURI

Directory of Missouri Grantmakers on CD-ROM. 7th Ed. New York, NY: The Foundation Center, 2007. This CD-based directory profiles more than 2,100 grant makers located in Missouri and nearly 450 other grant makers giving in Missouri.

 

NEBRASKA

Foundation Resource Directory: A Guide to Grants for Nebraska Children, Youth, Families, and Communities. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Department of Economic Development, 2012. This free PDF file, available online, profiles more than 40 foundations and corporations either located in Nebraska or giving in Nebraska.

 

The Nebraska Foundation DataBook and CD. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2012. This print and CD-based directory lists more than 930 foundations either located in Nebraska or giving in Nebraska, and includes profiles of the 230 largest foundations.

 

NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota has no state directory of grant makers.

 

OKLAHOMA

The Oklahoma Foundation DataBook and CD. 4th Ed. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2011. This print and CD-based directory lists more than 1,330 foundations either located in Oklahoma or giving in Oklahoma, and includes profiles of the 304 largest foundations.

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota Grant Directory. Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Library, 2012. This online database profiles more than 400 foundations either located in South Dakota or giving in South Dakota.

 

WISCONSIN

Foundations in Wisconsin. 31st Ed. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Funding Information Center, 2012. This print and subscription-based online directory profiles more than 1,300 foundations in Wisconsin.

 

Directories are great tools for finding new funding sources. Nonprofits and other grant seekers can find state and local foundation directories for 41 of the 50 states and for Washington, DC. As of late 2012, the nine states that do not have current or recent state-specific foundation directories are: Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Hawaii (HI), Mississippi (MS), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Rhode Island (RI), and West Virginia (WV).

 

The directories vary greatly in their coverage and content. Some are available in multiple formats; most, in one only. Out of 73 identified directories, 8 are PDF files, 19 are CD-ROMs, 29 are print compilations, and 17 are online databases.

 

Midwest

 

This post covers the Midwestern States of Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Kentucky (KY), Michigan (MI), and Ohio (OH). Later posts will cover other regions in the United States of America.

 

The Midwest

ILLINOIS

Directory of Funding in Illinois. 11th Ed. Chicago, IL: Donors Forum of Chicago, 2012. This print directory profiles more than 5,500 foundations and corporations giving in Illinois.

 

INDIANA

Directory of Indiana Grantmakers. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, 2008. This print directory profiles more than 1,400 foundations, trusts, and scholarship programs that make grants in Indiana.

 

KENTUCKY

The Kentucky Foundation DataBook and CD. 5th Ed. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2012. This print and CD-based directory profiles more than 400 foundations in Kentucky and provides in-depth descriptions of the largest grant makers.

 

MIGHIGAN

Michigan Foundation Directory. 17th Ed. Grand Haven, MI: Council of Michigan Foundations, 2011. This print directory profiles more than 1,500 foundations that make grants in Michigan.

 

OHIO

2012-13 Cincinnati Area Foundation Directory. Cincinnati, OH: MR & Company, 2012. This print directory profiles more than 115 foundations and charitable trusts located in the four Ohio counties and three Kentucky counties that comprise the Metropolitan Cincinnati area.

 

Funding Directory of Ohio. Hamilton, OH: Community Development Professionals, LLC, 2012. This print and CD-based directory profiles more than 800 funders that are either located in Ohio or giving in Ohio.

 

Guide to Ohio Grantmakers on CD-ROM. 5th Ed. New York, NY: The Foundation Center, 2008. This CD-based directory profiles nearly 4,000 grant makers located in Ohio, and more than 400 more grant makers giving in Ohio.

 

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Directories are great tools for finding new funding sources. Nonprofits and other grant seekers can find state and local foundation directories for 41 of the 50 states and for Washington, DC. As of late 2012, the nine states that do not have current or recent state-specific foundation directories are: Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Hawaii (HI), Mississippi (MS), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Rhode Island (RI), and West Virginia (WV).

 

The directories vary greatly in their coverage and content. Some are available in multiple formats; most, in one only. Out of 73 identified directories, 8 are PDF files, 19 are CD-ROMs, 29 are print compilations, and 17 are online databases.

 

Northwest

 

This post covers the Northwestern States of Alaska (AK), Idaho (ID), Montana (MT), Oregon (OR), Washington (WA), and Wyoming (WY). Later posts will cover other regions in the United States of America.

 

The Northwest

ALASKA

Alaska Funding Guide. Anchorage, AK: The Foraker Group, 2012. This subscription-based, online database profiles more than 200 foundations and corporations either located in Alaska or giving in Alaska.

 

Northwest Funders Directory. Seattle, WA: Philanthropy Northwest, 2012. This online directory profiles more than 150 foundations and corporations that are members of Philanthropy Northwest and make grants in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

IDAHO

Directory of Idaho Foundations. 12th ed. Leppert, Elaine C., ed. Caldwell, ID: Caldwell Public Library, 2008. This print directory profiles more than 350 foundations and corporations either located in Idaho or giving in Idaho.

 

Northwest Funders Directory. Seattle, WA: Philanthropy Northwest, 2012. This online directory profiles more than 150 foundations and corporations that are members of Philanthropy Northwest and make grants in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

MONTANA

Montana Foundation Directory 2012-13. Billings, MT: Montana State University-Billings Library, 2012. This print directory profiles more than 70 foundations and corporations either located in Montana or giving in Montana.

 

Northwest Funders Directory. Seattle, WA: Philanthropy Northwest, 2012. This online directory profiles more than 150 foundations and corporations that are members of Philanthropy Northwest and make grants in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

OREGON

Northwest Funders Directory. Seattle, WA: Philanthropy Northwest, 2012. This online directory profiles more than 150 foundations and corporations that are members of Philanthropy Northwest and make grants in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

The Oregon Foundation DataBook and CD. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2012. This print and CD-based directory lists more than 1,440 foundations either located in Oregon or giving in Oregon, and includes profiles of the 298 largest foundations.

 

WASHINGTON

Charitable Trust Directory Washington State. Olympia, WA: Office of the Secretary of State, 2012. This free PDF file, available online, profiles 58 grant-making charitable organizations registered with the Secretary of State in Washington State.

 

Northwest Funders Directory. Seattle, WA: Philanthropy Northwest, 2012. This online directory profiles more than 150 foundations and corporations that are members of Philanthropy Northwest and make grants in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

The Washington Foundation DataBook and CD. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2011. This print and CD-based directory lists 2,311 foundations either located in Tennessee or giving in Tennessee, and includes profiles of the 488 largest foundations.

 

WYOMING

Northwest Funders Directory. Seattle, WA: Philanthropy Northwest, 2012. This online directory has profiles of more than 150 foundations and corporations that are members of Philanthropy Northwest and make grants in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

Wyoming Foundation Directory. Laramie, WY: Wyoming Community Foundation, 2011. This free PDF file, available online, profiles more than 200 grant-making foundations either located in Wyoming or giving in Wyoming.

Directories are great tools for finding new funding sources. Nonprofits and other grant seekers can find state and local foundation directories for 41 of the 50 states and for Washington, DC. As of late 2012, the nine states that do not have current or recent state-specific foundation directories are: Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Hawaii (HI), Mississippi (MS), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Rhode Island (RI), and West Virginia (WV).

 

The directories vary greatly in their coverage and content. Some are available in multiple formats; most in one only. Out of 73 identified directories, 8 are PDF files, 19 are CD-ROMs, 29 are print compilations, and 17 are online databases.

 

Southwest

 

This post covers the Southwestern states of Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Hawaii (HI), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), Texas (TX), and Utah (UT). Later posts will cover other regions in the United States of America.

 

The Southwest

ARIZONA

Arizona Guide to Grants Online. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Alliance of Nonprofits, 2013.This subscription-based, online, searchable database profiles more than 2,300 corporations and foundations making grants in Arizona.

 

Guide to Arizona Grantmakers. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Alliance of Nonprofits, 2013.This print directory profiles almost 800 corporations and foundations either located in Arizona or giving in Arizona.

 

CALIFORNIA

California has no current or recently published state directory of grant makers. Northern California Grantmakers has ceased publication of its Guide to California Foundations; it refers researchers to the Foundation Center.

 

The California Foundation DataBook and CD. 1st Ed. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2000. This obsolete print and CD-based directory profiles the largest foundations either located in California or giving in California. It is still listed and sold on the publisher’s website.

 

COLORADO

Colorado Grants Guide. Denver, CO: Community Resource Center, 2012. This subscription-based, online database profiles more than 750 local foundations, corporations, government agencies, and other entities that make grants to nonprofit organizations in Colorado.

 

HAWAII

Hawaii has no state directory of grant makers.

 

NEVADA

The Nevada Foundation DataBook and CD. 1st Ed. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2006. This print and CD-based directory lists 695 foundations either located in Nevada or giving in Nevada, and includes profiles of the largest foundations.

 

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico Grantmakers Directory. Santa Fe, NM: New Mexico Association of Grantmakers, 2012.  This free and searchable database, available online, profiles 415 foundations and corporations that are either located in New Mexico or giving in New Mexico.

 

OKLAHOMA

The Oklahoma Foundation DataBook and CD. 4th Ed. Portland, OR: C&D Publishing, 2011. This print and CD-based directory lists more than 1,330 foundations either located in Oklahoma or giving in Oklahoma, and includes profiles of the 304 largest foundations.

 

TEXAS

2011 Directory of Texas Foundations. 30th Ed. San Antonio, TX: Nonprofit Resource Center of Texas, 2011. This print directory profiles more than 3,700 foundations and public charities either located in Texas or giving in Texas.

 

Texas Directory of Grantmakers Online. Fort Worth, TX: Funding Information Center, 2012.  This online directory profiles the philanthropic activity of more than 230 grant makers in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise counties in Texas.

 

UTAH

Philanthropic Foundations of Utah Directory 2012. American Fork, UT: Henry Dean Publishing, 2012. This print and CD-based directory profiles more than 500 foundations located in Utah and making grants in Utah.