Databases

Associations Unlimited
Custom Search offers the most guidance to this large database

Reference Books

Annual Register of Grant Support: a Directory of Funding Source 378.303 A615

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance  330.973 U571
The most comprehensive source to grants from the federal government. 
It is also available on the Internet at http://www.cfda.gov/.

Federal Grants Management Handbook   361.973 F2935-2
Loose-leaf service on how to manage grants from federal agencies.

Foundation Directory  061.01 F771

Foundation Grants to Individuals  361.97303 F7695-3

Free Money to Change Your Life  330.97303 F7695-4

Fundraising for Social Change 361.73 K64 2001

Giving USA  361.973 G539
Standard statistical source on philanthropic giving in the U.S.

Government Assistance Almanac   330.973 G721-1
More user-friendly guide to federal grants than the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

Grants Register: the Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide        378.3 G764

Grassroots Grants: an Activist's Guide to Proposal Writing  361.73 R658

Guide to U.S. Foundations, their Trustees, Officers, and Donors  361.97303 F7695-4

How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California   347.173 M269

Nonprofit Sector Yellow Book 361.97303 N8145

Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations   658 B279

For more books, search the LAPL Catalog with a SUBJECT BROWSE using the following phrases:

Economic assistance Domestic United States Directories
Endowments United States Directories
Fund raising
Grants-in-aid
Proposal writing for grants

Periodicals

(AIP) Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report
Published by the American Institute of Philanthropy.  Large public interest charities are graded on the basis of their openness, amount spent on services, and their cost of raising funds.  Charities are listed under their area of interest.

Chronicle of Philanthropy, the Newspaper of the NonProfit World
Articles about grant-makers, fund raising, managing nonprofits. Lists of workshops and seminars, deadlines for open grants, directory of services, job openings in the nonprofit area. Visit the website.

Grassroots Fundraising Journal
Articles of interest to small and medium nonprofits on fundraising within the community.

Nonprofit Directions
Job openings of all types in the nonprofit sector in Southern California.