The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has developed a Grant Seekers Resource Library to provide local non-profit organizations with free and easy access to information on management, grant seeking, fund development and proposal writing.

The library provides journals, books, periodicals and on-line resources to serve all you research needs.

The library is located at the Foundation office: 152 East High St., Suite 500, Pottstown.

Hours of operation are Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Other dates and times are available by appointment only. Please call Nancy Mitchell, Porgram Assistant, for more details (610-323-2006 x30).

A computer and printer are available in the Foundation’s Resource Library for your convenience to access the on-line resources.

Below is a complete list of material currently available.

ON-LINE RESOURCES

FOUNDATION DIRECTORY ONLINE (Foundation Center) – www.fconline.fdncenter.org (password accessible through Foundation)

• Search foundations, grants, 990’s
• Comprehensive database of 92,000 grantmakers and and coprporate donars and $1.3 million in grants.
• Search database of over 400,000 IRS 990’s of private foundations, community foundations, and grantmaking public charities
• Data updated continuously

PENNSYLVANIA NON-PROFIT REPORT - www.panonprofitreport.com

• Delivers monthly state and national news impacting the non-profit sector
• Original, unbiased regular columns and features by non-profit experts in their fields

GRASS ROOTS FUNDRAISING JOURNAL - www.grassrootsfundraising.org

• Practical tips and tools to help raise money for organization

NON PROFIT ISSUES - www.nonprofitissues.com (password accessible through Foundation)

• Electronic newsletter of “Non Profit Law You Need to Know”
• Examples: lessons from litigation, employment law, tax matters, accounting rules for non-profits

SOCIETY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS - www.snpo.org (password accessible through Foundation)

• Products and services to help non-profits accomplish their missions more effectively
• Has over 3,500 members
• Magazine, current issue and archives available online

DIRECTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDATIONS ONLINE – www.pafoundations.net (password accessible through Foundation)

• Resources for PA grantseekers
• Majority of website is under construction

NONPROFIT NEXUS by the Nonprofit Center at LaSalle

BOOKS

The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing – in English and Spanish
The Foundation Center’s Guide to Winning Proposals
The Foundation Center’s Guide to Winning Proposals II
The Foundation Directory
The Foundation Directory, Part 2
Foundation Fundamentals
A Nonprofit Organization Operating Manual
National Guide to Funding in Health
The Foundation Center’s Guide to Grantseeking on the Web
National Directory of Corporate Giving, 11th edition
Grant Writing for Dummies
Nonprofit Kit for Dummies
Grant Seekers Guide
How to Grants Manual
The Best of Board Café
DeMystifying Grant Seeking
Fund Raising Basics: A Complete Guide

PERIODICALS AND JOURNALS

Local Newspapers
Alternative & Complementary Therapies
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
American Journal of Public Health
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Delaware Valley Grantmakers
Eating Well
Grantmakers in Health Bulletin
GrassRoots Fundraising Journal (also online)
Institutional Investor
Intergrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal
Natural Solutions
Non-Profit World
Nutrition Action Health Letter
Pennsylvania Nonprofit Report (also online)
Prevention
Townsend Letter