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FoundationSearch provides North America's leading source of funding information for non-profits and charities. Our online resource includes more than 120,000 foundations, representing billions of dollars in annual granting, and includes tools to locate grants by type, value, year, recipient, donor and historical giving trends, and much more. Along with BIG Online, FoundationSearch is a key resource for the non-profit sector, and an integral part of Metasoft's mission to help non-profits efficiently identify, attract, and manage the relationships and resources vital to the fulfillment of their philanthropic missions.

Uncover Funding Opportunities: Navigate Form 990 Searches with Foundation Search

Foundation Search20 Jul, 2023Technology

Foundation Search offers a seamless experience for nonprofits seeking funding. Explore Form 990, Form 990PF, and access PF-990 instructions effortlessly. Empower your nonprofit's financial management and discover a world of funding possibilities with Foundation Search.

Youth For Christ Success Stories at Foundation Search

Foundation Search06 Mar, 2023Finance

Fundraising success stories for faith-based organizations. Learn how Foundation Search supports non-profit organizations with fundraising campaigns. Read more. When Pam Hart started as the Development Director at Metropolitan Pittsburgh Youth for Christ (MPYFC), the organization had never received any grants from public or private foundations despite its extensive programming focused on nurturing a healthy spiritual life, alongside emotional and physical development, for youth 11 to 19 years old; the teens meet at MP YFC facilities, schools and homes across the greater Pittsburgh area for structured conversations and just chilling out.

Pandemic Fundraising Strategies by Foundation Search

Foundation Search01 Mar, 2023Finance

How has the pandemic affected foundation funding? Learn about the key insights of non-profit fundraising strategies during the pandemic. Our Foundationsearch support teams speak with over 10,000 non-profits and foundations each month. Over the course of these conversations, we have learned that many of the tried and true strategies charities have relied on to guide their fundraising efforts in 2020 have proven inadequate. Worst hit has been events based fundraising, which, by some estimates, has shrunk in terms of proceeds by over 70% since March, 2020. Corporate giving is flat in the financial and tech sectors, and down significantly in most other sectors, notably energy, resources, retail, travel and hospitality.

Funder’s Granting History | Learn More | Foundation Search

Foundation Search28 Feb, 2023Business

In analyzing foundation funding for nonprofits prospects, our experience shows that a review of foundation funding history is everything. Although many foundations publish detailed funding guidelines, actual funding history gives the truest picture of a foundation’s giving interests and patterns. Based on our analysis of fifteen years of granting and an analysis of almost ten million grants made by US foundations, we have determined that most foundations can be quite predictable in their granting behavior.

BIG Online | Top fundraising Information Opportunities

Foundation Search24 Feb, 2023Education

Funding Resources: a comprehensive, keyword, and field searchable database with detailed information and profiles on 25,000 foundations, corporate donors, matching gift programs, in kind donations, and government grant makers. Writing Tools: a step-by-step guide and award-winning templates for the writing of highly professional funding proposals and letters of inquiry. Also includes the World Proposal Championships! Client Support: product training sessions and guidance for maximizing the usage of the BIG Online database.

Foundation Giving In Canada

Foundation Search22 Feb, 2023News

foundation giving in Canada has shown a similar path of growth and expansion when compared to its nearby neighbor, the United States. Although the total size of the foundation giving category is much smaller, Canada has a healthy non-profit sector, supported by government and public bodies funding a broad range of activities from social services, to health and education, to the arts and Aboriginal organizations. Because of its proximity to and close association with the US, many of the broad demographic and technological trends happening across the border also hold true for Canadians. The overall number of Foundations within Canada has been steadily increasing over the last five years, topping 11,000 in 2017 with total combined assets of over $59 billion.

7 Reasons Why Foundation Fundraising Should be Focused

Foundation Search21 Feb, 2023Finance

In the course of speaking with almost 20,000 non-profits each month about their nonprofit fundraising needs and plans, we sometimes hear that “foundation funding is not part of our focus”. We believe that there are some very compelling reasons to introduce or re-visit foundations as a potential source of funding for your organization. Those reasons are:

Our Services | FoundationSearch | My Foundation Manager

Foundation Search18 Feb, 2023Finance

Metasoft is pleased to announce the release of My Foundation Manager, a suite of new features in FoundationSearch, designed to help our members become even more successful in their critical fundraising efforts. My Foundation Manager includes: My Best Prospects - a powerful and revolutionary prospect research solution that applies members' defined project funding needs to our database of over 110,000 funders and generates a list of "best prospects" for a project; My Prospect Manager - a new and easy to use Donor Prospect Management system that allows members to add prospects they have found in FoundationSearch, and to effectively manage fundraising progress with them;

Growing Non-Profit Foundations By Metasoft Systems Support

Foundation Search17 Feb, 2023Finance

We enable trade, professional, educational, charitable, and cause-specific associations and non-profits to realize the benefits of modern cloud-based architecture and mobile applications, without compromising industry-specific functionality. With SilkStart, non-profits and associations don't need to piece together several applications. Instead, SilkStart creates a seamless integration between all components of your software needs in one platform. Say goodbye to servers, downloads, hidden fees, and unnecessary costs. With SilkStart, you always have the latest version, operating costs are low and predictable, and the user experience is superior.

Increase Your Funding Opportunities With Metasoft Course

Foundation Search15 Feb, 2023Finance

The Case for Support is the key document that tells funders why your organization deserves to be supported. Comprising six distinct sections and concluding with the 'Case Statement', the Case for Support should be put together before you start the grant writing process. The lessons in this module will guide you through the major steps of gathering information for each section and creating a persuasive document.