Free instructional workshops are offered regularly covering the use and interpretation of the CINRC databases and other materials.

The Foundation Center's databases offer a wealth of information on over 88,000 grantmakers. Search for grantmakers, company sponsored grants, grants received or 990 forms.

provides detailed descriptions of more than 6,000 foundation programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.

Two powerful tools for determining who is getting grants in Illinois:

 FunderSource, a searchable directory of 2800+ Illinois Foundations; and who is receiving Illinois funding

 GrantSource, an essential research database that indexes over $3.2 billion in grants dollars awarded by local funders.

Grants and funding database maintained by UIUC, need NetID to login.

Collection of books, handbooks, and manuals on foundations and grantwriting. Many materials can be checked out of the library, and these materials are available all hours Brookens Library is open.