Here are some links to online resources for programs seeking funding. Please note that some of these services do require a subscription. American City Business Journals. http://www.bizjournals.com. Provides access to 55 regional business papers published by American City Business Journals, Inc. Key business. Annual Reports Library. http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl. Provides information about corporate and nonprofit annual reports. Collection of 1.5 million reports from corporations, foundations, banks, mutual funds, and public institutions. Key business, annual reports. APRA Home Page. http://www.aprahome.org. Provides links to Internet pages created by and for advancement researchers or their peers. Contains information about the Association for Professional Researchers for Advancement, including a job posting board. Key research resources, associations. Barna Research Group, Ltd. 5528 Everglades Street, Ventura, CA 93003. Phone (805) 658-8885. Fax (805) 658-7298. http://www.barna.org. Provides news releases, research data, and trends impacting culture and the Christian church. Key faith-based, Christian, church. Bio-Base 2000 Master Cumulation. The Gale Group, P0 Box 9187, Farmington Hills, MI 48333-9187. Phone (800) 877-GALE. Fax (800) 414-5043. http://www.galegroup.com. $1,095. Bio-Base 2000 Master Cumulation provides more than 12.7 million citations, from more than 1,250 biographical dictionaries and who’s who, in a single, easy-to-use source. Key biographical, who’s who. Biography Resource Center. The Gale Group, P0 Box 9187, Farmington Hills, MI 48333-9187. Phone (800) 877-GALE. Fax (800) 414-5043. http://www.galegroup.com. Call for pricing. Combines more than 50 of the most frequently consulted Gale biographical databases with more than 250 full-text periodicals. It is a comprehensive online biographical reference database designed to meet the needs of public and academic libraries in the areas of literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts, and newsmakers. Key biographical, who’s who. CEOExpress. http://www.ceoexpress.com. Provides links to business and personal resources. Key business, profiles, CEO. The Chronicle of Philanthropy. http://www.philanthropy.com. Newspaper for the nonprofit world. Subscribers receive free access to this Web site and news updates by e-mail. The Chronicle contains information on gifts and grants, fundraising, managing nonprofit groups, technology, and jobs. Key philanthropy, nonprofits. Corporate Information. http://www.corporateinformation.com. Provides information on U.S. public and private companies, as well as international firms. Key companies, public companies, private companies, international, United States. Daily Stocks. http://www.dailystocks.com. Stock research site. Key stocks. DataQuick. 9620 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA 92121. Phone (888) 604-3282. http://www.dataquick.com. Call for pricing. Provides property and land data, including title, mortgage, insurance, real estate, appraisal, investigative, and receivables management information. Key public data, property, online service. Dialog. The Dialog Corporation, 11000 Regency Parkway, Suite 10, Cary, NC 27511. Phone (800) 334-2564 or (919) 462-8600. Fax (919) 468-9890. http://www.dialog.com. Provides online-based information, services to organizations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance, and law. Products and services offer organizations the ability to 2 retrieve data from more than 800 million records of information, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise Intranets. Key online service. Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database (Internet). Dun & Bradstreet, Three Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Phone (800) 526-0651. Fax (973) 605-6911. http://www.dnb.com. Call for pricing. An Internet tool, which combines three D&B directories: D&B Million Dollar Directory, D&B Reference Book of Corporate Managements, and D&B Business Rankings. Offers comprehensive marketing information on leading companies in the U.S., particularly those that are privately held. Key private companies, public companies. eLibrary. http://www.elibrary.com. Provides searchable access to articles from newspapers, magazines and transcripts. Includes research access to books, pictures and maps. Key search engine. Federal Government Information on the Internet. http://library.nevada.edu/govpub/index.html. Lists hundreds of Web sites for all branches of the federal government. Key search engine, federal. FedWorld. www.fedworld.gov. Offers a comprehensive central access point to locate government information. Key federal. First American Real Estate Solutions. 5601 East La Palma Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92807. Phone (800) 426-1466. Fax (714) 701-0952. http://www.firstamres.com. Call for pricing. Collects and provides real estate data on 100 million properties annually and on two million property and mortgage transactions each month. National coverage extends to 85 percent of the entire real estate activity in the U.S., reporting on 1,385 counties. Key public records, property, online service. Forbes World’s Richest People. 2001. http://www.forbes.com/worldsrichest. Profiles the world’s richest people. Key wealth, profiles, who’s who. The Foundation Center Home Page. http://www.fdncenter.org. Contains a directory to the center’s libraries and cooperating collections, a catalog of publications, and links to Philanthropy News Digest and grantmaker information. Key online service, foundations, grants. The Gathering. 601 Shelly Drive, Suite 201, Tyler, TX 75701. Phone (903) 509-9911. Fax (903) 509-1909. http://www.gatheringweb.com. A site for individuals, families and foundations that share a common interest in Christian stewardship. A newsletter article archive and links to other Christian philanthropy sites that may help charities understand more of their donors. Key Christian, philanthropy. Global Access. Thomson Financial, 1455 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850. Phone (800) 638-8241. Fax (800) 579-2598. www.tfibcm.com. Contact company for information and pricing. Source of financial and business information of U.S. and international companies with access to SEC filings, annual reports, earnings, estimates, online articles, and insider trading analysis. Key securities, stocks, financial. Grant Select. Greenwood Heineman, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881-5007. Phone (800) 225-5800. Fax (203) 750-9790. http://www.gem.greenwood.com. Call for pricing. A comprehensive source of information on funding programs for biomedical, healthcare and humanities subjects. Contains research grants; award competitions; scholarships; art contests; internships; visiting professorships; large and small foundations; government awards and grants; private, corporate and individual grants, and more. Key biomedical, foundations, grants, healthcare. The GRANTS Database. 1996. Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881-5007. Phone (800) 225-5800. Fax (203) 759-9790. http://www.oryxpress.com. Call for pricing. A comprehensive database containing more than 10,000 funding opportunities provided by more than 4,000 sponsoring organizations in the U.S. and Canada. The database is updated daily. Funding opportunity ranges from pure research grants to arts programs, biomedical and health care research, community services programs, children and youth programs, and K-12 educational funding. Recent additions include international programs and operating grants. GrantSelect (www.grantselect.com) is the web version of the GRANTS database. Key grants, healthcare, biomedical. GrantScape: Electronic Fundraising Database. Aspen Publishers, Inc., P0 Box 911, Frederick, MD 21704. Phone (800) 234-1660. Fax (800) 901-9075. http://www.aspenpub.com. $715:CD-ROM, updated monthly. GrantScape database provides lists of funders that support programs like yours. Key grants. GuideStar. http://www.guidestar.org. Provides free information on more than 850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations. Key foundations, nonprofits. Hoover’s Online. http://www.hoovers.com. Provides brief profiles on more than 18,000 companies worldwide, links to other corporate sources online, and a site dedicated to initial public offerings (IPOs). More detailed profiles are available to paid subscribers. These in-depth profiles provide information on the operations, strategies, histories, financial performance, and products of major U.S. and global public and private companies. Key profiles, companies. Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury. http://www.irs.ustreas.gov. Contains tax information for individuals, businesses, charities and nonprofits, government entities, tax professionals, and information on employee retirement plans. Provides tax statistics about the financial composition of individuals, business taxpayers, tax-exempt organizations, and more. Key Internal Revenue Service, taxes. Internet Millionaires Page. http://www.pulver.com/million. Lists Internet-related companies and their major shareholders. Key wealth, technology, business. Internet Prospector. http://www.internet-prospector.org. Provides prospect research data. Searchable by topic. Distributed each month over PRSPCT-L listserv. Key newsletter, research resources. Lamb Research. http://www.lambresearch.com. Provides information on prospect research resources. Key research resources. LexisNexis. LexisNexis Group, P0 Box 933, Dayton, OH 45401-0933. Phone (800) 227-4908. http://www.Iexis-nexis.com. Call for pricing. Provides information to legal, corporate, government, and academic markets, and publishes legal, tax and regulatory information via online, hardcopy print and CD-ROM. Key online service, public data, property. Mother Jones. http://www.mojones.com. Provides profiles on the top 400 contributors to political campaigns. Key profiles, political. Nonprofit Genie. http://www.search.genie.org/genie/cmap.lasso. Provides information and resources for the nonprofit community. C-MAP, the California Management Assistance Partnership, is a consortium of 14 regional, nonprofit support organizations providing training and technical assistance to local nonprofits. C-MAP maintains the Nonprofit Genie Web site as a free service to help nonprofit staff and board members manage more successfully. Key nonprofits, training. OPENonline. P0 Box 69174, Portland, OR 97201-0174. Phone (800) 454-6575. Fax (503) 222-7405. http://www.openonline.com. Provides online public record and proprietary information on corporations and consumers from around the nation. Key public records, companies. PC Quote. http://www.pcquote.com. Provides real-time securities quotations, news and investment tools. Key securities, stock quotes. Prospect Research Online. http://iwave.com. Fee-based service. Provides information on corporate profiles, foundations and major donors. Key profiles, corporations, foundations, prospect research. Rand Genealogy Club. http://www.rand.org/contact/personal/genea. Provides information about genealogical resources. Key genealogy. Switchboard. http://www.switchboard.com. Provides White Pages and Yellow Pages searches on telephone numbers, individuals and businesses. Search by name or business, city, state, or any combination thereof. Also features e-mail searches and map creations, Key phone look-ups, address look-ups, directions. Telephone Directories on the Web. http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/. Complete index of online phone books with more than 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, business directories, e-mail addresses and fax listings from more than 170 countries around the world. Key phone look-ups, address look-ups. U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov. Provides timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. Key census, data, federal. The Ultimates. http://www.theultimates.com. Provides both White and Yellow Pages phone directory information as well as Trip Planner and E-mail Directory. Key phone look-ups. The Wall Street Research Net. http://www.wsrn.com. Provides access to financial reports, business profiles and more. Key profiles, financial. West Legal Directory. http://www.lawoffice.com. Provides an easy-to-use template for searching profiles of lawyers and law firms. Key attorneys. WhoWhere? http://www.whowhere.lycos.com. Provides a variety of directory services, including e-mail address look-up, phone and address look-up, people in U.S. Government, and more. Key phone look-ups, address look-ups. Women’s Philanthropy Institute. http://www.women-philanthropy.org. Contains news and information regarding women’s giving. Key women, philanthropy.