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Annual Directories

	PURPOSE	KEY FACTS	COVERS	FORMAT
Foundation Directory (FD)	for larger foundations by name, state, subject interest, geographic focus, or type of support	detailed information on giving interests and restrictions, application guidelines, names of officers and directors, and selected grants (when available)	the 10,000 largest U.S. foundations based on total giving	by state, then alphabetical by name
Foundation Directory Part 2 (FD2)	for mid-sized foundations by name, state, subject interest, geographic focus, or type of support	detailed information on giving interests and restrictions, application guidelines, names of officers and directors, and selected grants (when available)	the second 10,000 largest U.S. foundations based on total giving	by state, then alphabetical by name
Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors (GUS)	for foundations in a particular state, in a certain giving range, or that have recently been established or have recently terminated; foundation affiliations of trustees, officers, and donors; cross-references to other Foundation Center publications	main address and telephone number; application address(es) and contact person(s); establishment data; basic financial information; geographic limitations; printed material available from the foundation; application information; donors, officers, trustees, or other governing bodies; type of foundation; grantmaking status (if applicable); Employer Identification Number	U.S. grantmaking independent foundations (54,824), community foundations (708), corporate foundations (2,642), and grantmaking operating foundations (6,335). Total: 68,261. Appendix B lists 4,770 additional foundations giving only to specified beneficiaries.	Volumes one and two by state, then in descending order by grants paid; operating foundations, by state, then in descending order by total assets. Volume three contains the trustees, officers, and donor index alphabetically listing more than 350,000 names.

Foundation 1000 (F1000)	for largest foundations by name, subject interest, geographic focus, or type of support	most detailed information on giving interests; restrictions; background; application procedures; names of officers, directors, and program staff; and grants analyses by subject area, recipient type, type of support, population group, and geographic distribution	the 1,000 largest U.S. foundations based on total giving	alphabetical by name

National Directory of Corporate Giving (CORP)	for company-sponsored foundations and direct corporate giving programs by name, location, funding interests, types of support, geographic focus, and business activity of sponsoring company, its parent, and subsidiaries	detailed information on companies and their giving interests and restrictions, application guidelines, and names of program administrators	corporate charitable activities, including 1,273 direct corporate giving programs and 2,633 corporate foundations	alphabetical by company name


Grant Guides (GG)	for foundations by specific subject areas, types of recipients, and geographic areas where they have made grants; also, nonprofit organizations receiving grants in a particular subject or geographic area	grant lists that reflect current funding interests of particular foundations	grants of $10,000 or more awarded by major U.S. foundations (approx. 1,000)	each of 12 subject volumes by foundation state, then alphabetical by foundation name

Information on foundations, corporate givers, and grants is also included in The Foundation Directory Online. For more information on these visit www.fdncenter.org/marketplace.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, & Donors is the most comprehensive list of foundations published by the Foundation Center. Volumes One and Two assist grantseekers in targeting local funding prospects, identifying newly established foundations, and locating the many large and small foun- dations in a particular geographic area. Volume Three provides a comprehensive name index of trustees, officers, and donors, enabling grantseekers to determine if an individual has affiliations with one or more foundations. Within each entry in Volumes One andTwo, and in the index and foundation lo – cator in Volume Three, codes identify other Center publications in which an entry appears.

The Foundation 1000 contains sponsoring company information where appropriate, a description of current programs, and a grants analysis section. Also, in most cases, it provides more in-depth information on establishment data and application information than the Center’s other directories.

Each volume of the Grant Guides provides a list of grants of $10,000 or more in a specific subject area for each foundation listed; each volume also contains a recipient name index, subject index, geographic index, and an alphabetical list of all foundations included in the volume with their complete addresses and limitations statements.

National Directory of Corporate Giving provides detailed information on the sponsoring company, including a financial profile, as well as extensive information on direct corporate giving programs.