Corporate Funding Sources

How do we know who to ask?

While there are a variety of methods used to uncover possible funding sources there is no one clearinghouse for all of this information. Some of this information is available to you as you consider various projects for funding. Some of those sources are:

1. Advancement Research (Do not contact this office directly. Work with Corporate Relations.)
Fairfield’s Office of Advancement Research will conduct comprehensive prospect identification for interested faculty once a project is submitted to Development through Foundation and Corporate Relations.

2. Online Resources

Guidestar - A useful guide to finding the recent tax returns (IRS Form 990) of private foundations and other private grant-making non-profits. Of particular interest are the lists of grants made during the tax year by an organization.

Securities and Exchange Commission - Used mostly by the financial and investor community, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, Retrieval system (EDGAR) database has the most recent financial information about publicly traded U.S. companies. This free service usually posts data within 24-hours of submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Chronicle of Philanthropy

GrantAlert.com - This site was developed by three people whose main work involves helping people and organizations find the funds they need to make good things happen for the benefit of others. Most of their work is in the area of improving education and helping our children become more successful students and people. This website leans heavily in favor of helping those involved in fundraising for education causes.

Internet-Prospector (Corporate Infomation) - This site represents links to free major corporate databases on the web relevant to researching a corporation. It is useful for finding other types of information about potential corporate sponsors from press releases to websites to corporate profiles.

Internet-Prospector (Corporate Giving Information) - Although the narratives associated with this website are very dated, the links are still valid connections to many corporate sites.