The Rochester Public Library maintains a Grants Information Center in the Social Sciences Division on the 4th floor of the Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building.

As an affiliate of the Foundation Center, the Rochester Public Library provides a core collection of the Foundation’s publications. Also available at the library is Foundation Directory Online Professional. This database provides access to information on more than 80,000 foundations, corporate givers and grantmaking public charities, half a million recently awarded grants and 360,000 trustee, officer and donor names.

Supplementary materials useful to grantseekers, such as Guide To Grantmakers In The Rochester Area from the Rochester Grantmakers Forum, are also available in the Grants Information Center.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance – a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public.

• Chronicle of Philanthropy – The Newspaper of the Nonprofit World.

• Council on Foundations

• Foundation Center Online- Available on the 4th floor of the Rochester Public Library downtown.

• Guidestar - The Donor’s Guide To Charities and Nonprofits.

• Idealist - offers an online directory of international charity web pages.

• IRS Information for Tax-Exempt Organizations

• National Charities Information Bureau

• National Network of Grantmakers - A resource for social change funders and grantseekers.

• Nonprofit FAQ - Good layperson’s introduction to the nonprofit world.