The ability for non-profits to research the types of projects foundations are supporting just got a little easier recently. NOZA, Inc. which maintains the largest database of charitable gifts recently made their foundation records available for free. Data on individual donors does cost a little extra. However, even with the abbreviated version there is enough information to decide if you want to view the full record. Having credits while viewing the free content has an added benefit of providing a link directly to the foundation webpage from NOZA’s site.
During your search, you can select those who gave in a certain giving range; what the nature of the gift was (annual, scholarship, in-kind, endowment, bequest), where the recipient is located, what their service area is and what services they offer. If you want to know more, you can view the full record.
The pricing looks fairly reasonable. $25 allows you to view up to 200 full records and the price per record drops as you buy more viewing credits-$250 gets you 4,175 views.
I am occasionally surprised to learn some foundations support the programs at certain organizations because their programs don’t seem to jibe with the areas foundations express an interest in funding. Websites like NOZA’s reveal not only who is supporting programs like yours but also what a foundation’s true interests might be.
