Foundation Center Cooperating Collection

Foundation Center Cooperating Collection at the Gulf Coast Libraries (Long Beach Campus only)

Location: Second floor library

Phone: 228-214-3451

Email: peter.dean@usm.edu

What is the Cooperating Collection? The Gulf Coast Libraries at the Long Beach Campus is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center. The Foundation Center’s mission is to gather, analyze, and disseminate information about grants and philanthropic activities to organizations and individuals looking for grants.

As a member of this nationwide network of libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit organizations, Gulf Coast Libraries offers visitors with free public onsite access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, plus access to the Foundation Centers electronic databases, the Foundation Directory Online, Foundation Grants to Individuals and Philanthropy In/Sight. These databases contain information on more than 92,000 Grantmakers across the United States.

Where is the Collection located?

The collection is located on the Second floor at computers specifically designated for grant research. Visitors can access the online databases on any of the library’s public access computers. For a passcode for the databases, please see any member of the Reference Staff.