The Foundation Center's Online Grant Search Database Established in 1956, and today supported by more than 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. "The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy." The Center maintains the most comprehensive online grant search database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants — a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level. Contact John Robbins if your organization is interested in using the online grant search database.  Appointments are not necessary, but are helpful for first time users.  The database is available standard business days: Monday - Friday 8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m and is housed in the McCarthy Center for Nonprofits at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.