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• Community Organizing Toolbox:  A Funder's Guide to Community Organizing by Larry Parachini and Sally Covington for the Neighborhood Funder's Group

• More than Money focuses on helping people in the wealthiest five percent act on their love for the world in effective partnerships with others.

• Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Excellent source of information on current research and sources of funding for research on the non-profit sector, with much of the research relevant to community organizing and community-based development, especially in low-income communities.

• The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops.

• The Council on Foundations is a general resource site for those seeking funds and those seeking to distribute funds.

• eGrants.org is an online nonprofit foundation dedicated to positive social change.

• The Foundation Center--a full service information resource for all kinds of grant making.

• The French American Charitable Trust funds organizing, but only by invitation in California, the Southern United States, and France.

• The Funding Exchange--a network of community-based foundations committed to change not charity, with regional funders in Knoxville, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Madison, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara.

• Fundraising on the Web, a site of resources provided by Neighborhoods Online

• Interfaith Funders is a network of faith-based and secular grantmakers committed to social change and economic justice.

• Linchpin Campaign, by the Center for Community Change, focuses on fundraising for community organizing

• The Needmor Fund A foundation that specializes in funding community organizing.

• Neighborhood Funders Group is a national network of grantmakers working to expand support for organizations that help low-income people improve their communities.

• New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is a small grants program designed to foster and give voice to grassroots environmental initiatives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

• ProgressivePubs.Com has a searchable database of progressive foundations

• Public Welfare Foundation pursues a strategy of "service, advocacy, and empowerment" for meeting basic human needs and promoting democratic participation for people around the globe.

• Resist Inc., funds activist organizing and educational work within movements for social change.

• The Sociological Initiatives Foundation funds the integration of research and social action.

• Sparkplug Foundation supports start-up projects and innovations in music, education and community organizing.

• Third Wave funds organizations across the nation in two areas: The organizing and Advocacy Fund, and the Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative.

• Tides actively promotes social justice through grantmaking and other activities.

• The Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program gives stipends  of $15,000 to organizers of color for sabbaticals of three months or more.

• Gleitsman Foundation is a non-profit foundation that recognizes and encourages leadership in social activism worldwide.

• Leadership for a Changing World seeks to recognize, strengthen and support leaders and to highlight the importance of community leadership in improving people’s lives.

• The Windcall Resident Program  is a unique retreat program for social change activists and organizers.