Thank you for your interest in the European Foundation Centre (EFC). The Centre is a membership association of foundations and corporate funders that supports the work of its members.

• The EFC does not give grants or any kind of financial support
• The EFC does not provide services directly to grantseekers

Grantseekers might find the following resources useful.

EFC Advice for Grantseekers

In an effort to assist its members in receiving more targeted, relevant applications for grants, the EFC has produced this brief guide for grantseekers on how to approach foundations and corporate funders for support.
Download EFC Advice to Grantseekers (127kb)

EFC Resources

• To browse profiles of EFC member organisations, visit our membership pages

• Download a list of funding directories held in the EFC Bibliographical Database (193kb)
  Download a list of books on fundraising held in the EFC Bibliographical Database (168kb)  

Other Resources

Currently hosted by EFC, the Global Fund for Community Foundations is a specific Fund that makes small grants to develop the capacities of community foundations and other local philanthropic institutions worldwide.

Websites on Fundraising

• The Resource Alliance (formerly known as The International Fund Raising Group)
• UK Fundraising
• Funding Digest UK
• The Grantsmanship Center
• Tactical Technology Collective
• Foundation Center
      -Individual grantseekers
      -FAQ for individual grantseekers
      -Non-U.S. grantseekers
• Global Development Network
• Social Development Civil Society Fund (formerly known as the Small Grants Program, and, one of the few global programs of the World Bank that directly funds civil society organizations)

European Resources

• European Citizen Action Service 

Foundations and Corporate Funders: Sources of Lists & Directories

• Admical (website on philanthropy in France)
• Asociación Española de Fundaciones
• Charitynet.org - Information for and about the non-profit world (Charities Aid Foundation)
• Centre Français des Fondations
• The Corporate Community Investment site of CAF (Charities Aid Foundation)
• The Council on Foundations: Affinity Group Network: Current Members
• Directory of Foundations from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
• Directory of Private Foundations in Catalonia
• Finnish Council on Foundations
• Fundsnet Services
• GuideStar UK
• Human Rights Internet (HRI) - Organizations Database
• Index Deutscher Stiftungen / German Foundations Online
• IHRFG: Funders Database
• Latin America Donor Index
• Philanthropy Ireland 
• Portail des Fondations et du Mécénat
• Social Edge (A Program of the Skoll Foundation)
• Terra Viva Grants (Funding in the field of environment)
• The Foundation Center: Finding Funders
• Vereniging van Fondsen in Nederland (FIN)
• Worldwide NGO directory

Guidedance for non-profits

• QuickGuidesOnline
• Resources for Civil Society Organizations (The World Bank)

Resources for students

• Foundation Center
• International Student Exchange and Study Abroad Resource Center
• The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
• Useful bibliographic references:
  
  Study abroad 2000+. - Paris : UNESCO, 1999. - 628 p. ISBN: 9230036064

  This directory of educational exchange opportunities contains 2,659 opportunities for post-secondary studies in all academic and professional fields, in 129 countries and territories, for the years 2000 and 2001. Programmes are indexed both geographically and by speciality areas of study. Trilingual in English, French and Spanish. For the latest version of this directory or for more information, go to Unesco Education Study Abroad website

  
  
  The Educational Grants Directory 2006/07 / Alan French, Tom Traynor. - 9 ed. - London : Directory of Social Change, 2006. - 320 p. ISBN: 1903991757

  English reference for educational social workers, student welfare officers, teachers and advice agencies as well as the individuals themselves and their families, this directory details a wide range of funds and other support available for schoolchildren and students in need. It constitutes an useful tool for students as it provides essential advices on how to make applications for grants and how to determine the most appropriate source of of funding.