Best Foundation Research Tool I've Found Yet
April 13, 2021
Foundation Directory Online is used to research prospective funders for our organization. It has great search features and recommendations …
Foundation Directory Online (FDO)
Foundation Directory Online (FDO)
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What is Foundation Directory Online (FDO)?
The Foundation Directory Online (FDO) is an online database of donations, donors, and grantmakers, from the Foundation Center non-profit headquartered in New York.
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What is Foundation Directory Online (FDO)?
The Foundation Directory Online (FDO) is an online database of donations, donors, and grantmakers, from the Foundation Center non-profit headquartered in New York.
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April 13, 2021
Best Foundation Research Tool I've Found Yet
- Summarizing foundation information (contact info, funding priorities, geographic priorities, etc.) in a user-friendly format
- Recommending similar foundations based on certain criteria, this is helpful when looking for new funding opportunities
- Being able to search through organization's 990s using crtl + F
- While FDO has an advanced search feature, I've found that sometimes it tries to be too smart for its own good. For example, if I'm looking for the Virginia Smith Foundation it will pull all foundations located in the state of Virginia with some sort of affiliated Smith and not the Virginia Smith Foundation that I'm actually looking for.
- I'm uncertain as to how often the information is updated on FDO.
- Grant research (best online database of grantmakers and grants).
- Grant management for nonprofits (you can track your progress and documents).
- Need more staff (they do a ton of input from 990s and such, need more people to help them).
- No integration with major CRMs (for Christodora, an integration with Salesforce would eliminate several steps in our prospecting).
August 16, 2018
Easy to use
- Search is easy and allows for looking at key areas.
- As this platform grows, more data will be available and I'm looking forward to even further narrowed search results.