LOUISVILLE, Ky. (July 21, 2008) – Nonprofit organizations and other grantseekers in the Louisville area looking for funding sources now have access to a valuable new collection of resources at Bellarmine University’s W.L. Lyons Brown Library, which has become a “Cooperating Collection” of the Foundation Center of New York.

“The Foundation Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U. S. Grantmakers and their grants,” said John Stemmer, Bellarmine’s library director. “This collection greatly expands our access to foundation information for academic grants and, under the agreement, is to be made available to anyone in the library building.”

Cooperating Collections provide under-resourced and underserved populations in need of vital information and training with tools they can use to become successful grantseekers. At locations throughout the country, Cooperating Collections offer access free of charge to the Center’s detailed information on grantmakers and how to apply for grants. The Foundation Center’s core collection includes The Foundation Directory Online, profiling more than 91,000 U.S. grantmakers, Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, print directories, and proposal writing guides. Debi Griffin, the Cooperating Collection Supervisor, will also hold training sessions on how to effectively use these resources and identify potential funders.

Established in 1956, the Foundation Center is the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. Thousands of people visit the Center’s web site each day and are served in its five regional learning centers and its national network of Cooperating Collections.

For more information about using the new collection at Bellarmine, call the library at 502-452-8317, and for more information on Foundation Center resources, visit their website.