Nonprofit & Volunteering Resources  

Nonprofit Calendar 

   This calendar includes brief information about known events of interest to nonprofit organizations, whether about classes,    workshops, meetings, conferences or fundraising events. The intent is both to give the event visibility and to provide enough information for someone to learn more about the event and/or register for it. No effort is made to evaluate the event and listing does not indicate endorsement of the event. To have your event included here, please send as much information as possible to Jeannette Privat. (jeanpriv@kcls.org)

Recommended websites

Wednesday, May 23rd, 7:00 - 8:30 pm at the Redmond Library

Learn how to search for grants from foundations and corporations and then how to write an effective proposal to them. Identify the important information that needs to be included in your request. Program will conclude with a raffle for a day's free access to premiere grants database Foundation Directory Online Professional.   Presenters: Librarian Jeannette Privat, who supervises the Nonprofit & Philanthropy Resource Center and Joyce Mork-O'Brien, Past President of the Puget Sound Grantwriters Association (PSGA) and a grantwriter for more than 25 years.

Please register online or call the Redmond Library, 425.885.1861.

Illustrating Impact Workshop with Peter Drury
Redmond Library, November 2011

This is a Windows Media Video and can only be viewed on a Windows machine.

Did you know . . . 

that you can check out DVDs about helping your Board be involved with fundraising?

A Nonprofit & Philanthropy Resource Center that serves the entire King County Library System is located at the Redmond Library. This collection is comprised of information on such topics as nonprofit organizations and all aspects of fundraising and philanthropy.

The Foundation Center has granted the King County Library System status as a “Cooperating Collection” in their national “Cooperating Collections Network.” This Network includes organizations in every state that provide information on private philanthropic giving to the grantseeking public. We provide free access to their database, Foundation Directory Online Professional (FDO Professional),  on three computers designated for those doing grant research. The database includes nearly 100,000 foundations and corporate giving programs, 650,000 IRS 990s that are fully searchable and more than 2 million grants.  The database is updated weekly.   Results can be printed, saved to disk, flash drive or zip disk (provided by the user) or, in many cases e-mailed.  In addition to providing free access to that database, we also provide free access to several other databases:  Philanthropy Northwest's Northwest Funders Directory, GrantStation, NOZA and The Foundation Center's Celebrity Foundation Directory.  Appointments can be made to learn how to use the grants databases.

This Web site offers more than 200 links to Web sites dealing with nonprofit and fundraising topics  In addition, the Nonprofit Calendar posts meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences on any nonprofit or fundraising topic that takes place in Western Washington and is worth monitoring.

The Redmond Library provides study areas and 62 PC workstations that have Internet connections, Microsoft Office software and the King County Library System catalog. The KCLS catalog provides access to more than 2.4 million items in the System. The Redmond Library has information to help you research projects of interest to nonprofit organizations.

The Library also has a meeting room that holds twelve people and another that holds 130 people or can be divided into two rooms holding 65 people each. Meeting rooms are free of charge for noncommercial use. Two small study rooms can be reserved. Parking at the Library is free.

Nonprofit & Philanthropy Resource Center
Redmond Library
15990 NE 85th St.
Redmond, WA 98052
425-885-1861

Fund Raising DVDs

Social Entrepreneurship

Nonprofit Management

Nonprofit Marketing

Getting Funded: The Complete Guide to Writing Grant Proposals by Susan Howlett and Renee Bourque.  5th Edition, completely revised & updated.  Seattle: Word & Raby Publisher,  2011.

Resources in the book are updated at Getting Funded Updates.

Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in An Era of Scarcity by Mario Morino.  Washington, DC: Venture Philanthropy Partners, 2011.