Grant Connect (formerly Canadian Directory to Foundations & Corporations) is a bilingual database that provides detailed information on all Canadian grant-making foundations, hundreds of corporate community investment programs, as well as government funding programs and American foundations that will fund Canadian charities.
Features:
- Updated daily with information from multiple data sources
- Financial history of the funder
- Giving history of the funder
- Application guidelines, including deadlines, evaluation criteria, and application turnaround time
Four Ways to Search:
- Quick Look-up by name or charitable business number to find a specific funder
- Funder Search to identify which funders are most likely to support your organization or project
- Gift Explorer to look for organizations like yours that have received gifts or to find a funder that has made grants to organizations in your field
- People Seeker to look for a particular individual associated with a funder (e.g. an officer, board member, or staff person)
Learn more…
Register for 2 free webinars to learn how Grant Connect can help your organization achieve its fundraising goals:
- Grant Connect 101: An Introduction to Grant Connect designed for those who have little-to-no experience with Grant Connect or similar tools. Topics include the following:
- Understanding Prospects: An overview of the funding available to Canadian charities
- Grantseeking Basics: A look at best practises in grant solicitation
- Effective Searching: How to find great prospects using our Grant Connect Funder Search
- Managing Prospects: Perform successful funder management with the MyPipeline report
- Our Methodology: An interesting look at the data that drives Grant Connect
- Advanced Searching: Learn to maximize your results in all four Grant Connect searches
- Evaluating Prospects: How to distinguish between decent prospects and great ones
- Networking with Grant Connect: Using the power of LinkedIN to uncover connections
Imagine Canada is a national charity whose mission is to advance knowledge and relationships to foster effective and sustainable charitable and non-profit organizations. Grant Connect is Imagine Canada’s social enterprise, driven by social good above profit, with decades of success in the Canadian charitable sector.
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