Foundations Grants
Foundations Grants
Though the foundations listed here are few -- only four -- this network
promises to be the European counterpart to the Foundation Center. Moreover,
ARIES plans to develop another web site to put grantmaker information online.
An ambitious task! According to ARIES, 80,000 foundations dot the new European
landscape.
http://www.poptel.org.uk/aries/founds.html
If you want to know more about ARIES, click on the home page link or
type:
http://www.poptel.org.uk/aries/start.html#top
AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION
Internet Prospector September '97
Established in 1910 and based in New York, this foundation seeks to
enrich cultural understanding between the US and the countries of Iceland,
Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The foundation provides grants for
academic fellowships and grants, public program awards (arts & culture),
a translation prize and an opera competition.
http://www.amscan.org/
THE BETTER HONG KONG FOUNDATION
Internet Prospector July '97
USA Today (6/18/97) reported that the Better Hong Kong Foundation is
a private organization, endowed by the territory's wealthiest tycoons (who)
raised $13 million” to pay for an hour-long procession to celebrate the
return of Hong Kong to China on July 1. Learn more about the
Better Hong Kong Foundation at:
http://www.bhkf.com/index.shtml
The foundation's board of directors, advisory council and executive
committee can be found at:
http://www.bhkf.com/bhk_foundation/trustees.html
ROBERT BOSCH FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
Internet Prospector September '97
The Bosch Foundation is Germany's largest corporate philanthropy and
a leader in the automotive industry with interests in television, telecommunications
and traffic information systems. The fellowship is the only opportunity
open to Americans and provides fellows with "executive level internships
in the federal government and private sectors in Germany." Fellowships
consist of three months language training followed by a nine-month internship.
For details and application, visit:
http://www.cdsintl.org/rbffprogram.html
THE CHIANG CHING-KUO FOUNDATION
FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE
Internet Prospector August '97
This Foundation is a familiar name to universities and colleges with
a strong Asian studies emphasis in the humanities or the social sciences.
With good reason. Based in Taiwan, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation's
mission is to advance studies in Chinese culture and society. Their
web literature states:
The Foundation's principal work is to award grants, as approved by the
Board of Directors, to specific institutions and individuals. Grants are
available under such categories as institutional enhancement, research,
conference and seminars, and subsidies for publication. There are also
fellowships available for graduate students, and post-doctoral research.
Since its establishment, the Foundation has aided research institutes and
university presses, as well as national museums all over the world. Their
broad program guidelines make this foundation a strong prospect for support
at the departmental, school or institutional level. For more details, visit:
http://www.cckf.org/
EUROPEAN FOUNDATION CENTER (EFC): FUNDERS ONLINE
Europe's counterpart to the Foundation Center has debuted a new service,
Funders Online. The service is positioning itself as a one-stop resource
for "philanthropic information online."
http://www.fundersonline.org/
You may also want to stop by the EFC Web site.
http://www.efc.be/
JAPAN FOUNDATION
Internet Prospector August '97
Like the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the Japan Foundation seeks to
promote cultural understanding, principally through exchange programs.
As with the Taiwanese philanthropy, the Japan Foundation offers broad programmatic
support for:
grant programs relating to the exchange of persons, support of Japanese
studies, support for Japanese-language instruction, exchanges in the arts,
and assistance for media related projects such as publications, translation,
and film or video production.
Details on each program, plus links to Awards, Publications and to "colleague
institutions" are available at:
http://www.jfny.org/jfny/index.html
KOREA FOUNDATION
Internet Prospector August '97
The third philanthropy in this Asian Foundation Trilogy is the Korea
Foundation. Here again, similarities abound in their programs emphasizing
cultural exchanges, support for Korean studies programs in this country
and opportunities for study in Korea. They will also send Korean
citizens to the US.
http://korea.emb.washington.dc.us/kfound.htm
CAF'S CORP. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT RESOURCE CENTRE
Internet Prospector July '96
Tired of scrolling through a company's Web site to uncover info on its philanthropic
activities? The corporate links on this page take you directly to the philanthropy
section of each company's site.
http://www.ccinet.org/search.cfm
CHARITY VILLAGE
Internet Prospector December '95
Hilborn, a leading Canadian provider of resources for nonprofits provides
this site. There are links to Canadian colleges here and a directory of
nonprofits. The site links visitors to news, career opportunities, listservs,
newsgroups and other resources. The list of foundations located in Canada
even includes some family foundations.
http://www.charityvillage.com/cvhome.html
THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION
Internet Prospector April '96
It's appropriate that the Commonwealth Foundation should launch itself
on the World Wide Web. This British foundation based in London serves as
an umbrella to nongovernmental organizations in 51 Commonwealth countries,
from Antigua and Canada to Zimbabwe. The Foundation's special interests
include: the eradication of poverty, rural development, health, non-formal
education, community enterprise, women in development, disability and the
arts and culture. Emphasis is on supporting non-governmental organizations,
professional associations, arts and culture, and travel grants.
To learn more about this multi-national foundation, jump to:
http://www.oneworld.org/com_fnd/
GERMAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL MARKETING
Internet Prospector February '96
Speaking of World Wide, here's info on the Third German Fund Raising
Convention, April 24-26, 1996. Examine ethical issues and fund raising
policies in the Federal Republic of Germany.
http://www.dsk.de/bsm/bsm_engl.htm
UK EQUITIES DIRECT & CHARITIES DIRECT
Internet Prospector June '96
Hemmington Scott Publishing's homepage provides two searchable databases.
UK Equities Direct reports on equities listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Categories include mergers & acquisitions, companies removed, new issues,
traded options and name changes. A new and developing feature is annual
reports for companies listed.
Charities
Direct is a source of information on over 5,000 UK charities. Find
news about charities and campaigns, the top 1,500 charities in the UK,
and links to profiles on each charity, which include application procedures,
trustees, and brief financial summaries.
http://www.worldserver.pipex.com/hemscott/
THE UK FUNDRAISING PAGE
Internet Prospector, December '95
This page for United Kingdom nonprofit fundraisers offers links to
upcoming seminars, courses as well as to grants, resource organizations,
books, magazines and more.
http://www.fundraising.co.uk
UNITED KINGDOM: REGISTRY OF CHARITIES
Internet Prospector, May '98
This searchable database includes charities registered in England or
Wales whose majority of directors or trustees are residents of one of these
two countries and whose assets are primarily held in these countries. You
may search by charity name or by locality. A search will return the purpose
of the charity, the year it was established, contact information and area
of operation. The Registry of Charities was established in late 1997, and
during 1998, the overseers plan to add income information to the records.
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/index.htm
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