Resources for Grantees

Regional Foundation Center 

The Regional Foundation Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia informs the local nonprofit sector through research, resources, and workshops. The RFC houses Philadelphia's largest publicly accessible collection of print and electronic resources on fundraising, nonprofit management, general philanthropy, and institutional advancement. The RFC also provides free access to the Foundation Directory Online—the most comprehensive database of U.S. grantmakers and their grants. Through its comprehensive collection and professionally certified staff librarians, the RFC promotes responsible nonprofit management and successful fundraising by nonprofit groups at all levels—from grassroots startups to established institutions.

Compass

Compass provides highly personalized strategic consulting projects to nonprofits by recruiting, training, and supporting teams of volunteer business professionals. Our consulting projects help our clients address key strategic challenges and opportunities. For more information, review our Nonprofit FAQs.

Catchafire 

Catchafire strengthens the social good sector by matching professionals who want to donate their time with nonprofits who need their skills. Please let the Patricia Kind Family Foundation know if you are utilizing them.

Securing the Roots

Securing the Roots is a 6-month fellowship to expand the fundraising capacity for community-based organizations in and around Philadelphia with budgets up to $1 million.

GuideStar by Candid 

Updating your GuideStar Nonprofit Profile ensures that prospective donors and funders will find the accurate, timely information about your organization. Your information will be seen by the 7 million users who visit GuideStar each year and millions more who visit the 190 charitable applications and websites that are powered by GuideStar.

Generocity

Generocity is a local social impact news and events group with a mission of building better communities through smarter impact. We do this through news, events and services. The focus of our reporting and convening is on how nonprofit, social enterprise and other mission groups can maximize their impact. Our audience are funders and leaders of mission organizations who care about maximizing impact.

PHLConnectED

The program, which focuses on School District of Philadelphia and charter school students, will connect  student households with internet service, laptops and provide digital skills training and support. 

The Nonprofit Center

At The Nonprofit Center, our mission is to strengthen nonprofit organizations through capacity building. That means building the competency, the capability, the bandwidth of organizations and their staffs. Through all of our programs – from consulting to board training – our focus is on teaching, skills-transference, supporting, leadership development, resources, and coaching, to ensure that you have the capabilities, knowledge and resources needed to successfully fulfill your mission.