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The Grants Research and Training Center (GRTC) is a partnership between the Office of Public Private Partnerships and the Fairfax County Public Library. The Center is a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center and provides access to databases that help nonprofit grant seekers identify grant opportunities. The GRTC also offers workshops and resources on how to use Foundation Center tools and apply for grants.
Location
Grants Research & Training Center
Fairfax County Public Library
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 329
Fairfax, Virginia 22035-0012
Directions
Contact Information
Phone: 703-324-8343
For reasonable ADA accommodations, call 703-324-8343.
E-mail
Hours of Operation
Monday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.*
Friday – closed
*GRTC is open the THIRD Thursday of every month until 7 p.m. by appointment only. Please schedule an appointment ahead if you need to visit the GRTC during this period. Call 703-324-8343 if you need more information or to schedule an appointment.
Online Resources
Foundation Directory Online Professional is the nation's leading
online funding research tool. Updated weekly, it provides the most
accurate details available on over 100,000 U.S. funders and corporate
donors and their grants.
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online consists of over 8,500 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers and other individual grant seekers.
Philanthropy In/Sight® is an interactive mapping tool that combines the Foundation Center’s data on grant makers and their grants with familiar Google maps to reveal patterns of giving and funding relationships. Plus, users can overlay grant data with their choice of over 150 demographic, socio-economic, and other data sets to create compelling visual portraits showing where philanthropy has made an impact and where opportunities exist to fill critical needs.
Other Resources
Foundation Center
GrantSpace
Resources
for Starting or Growing a Small Business in Virginia
Resources
for Starting a Nonprofit Organization
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