The Foundation Center, a New York nonprofit organization that aids grant seekers nationwide, has started GrantSpace, a new site filled with educational content, videos, and podcasts. The new online resource is designed to make it easier for nonprofit workers to get information on financing their operations, getting grants, and operating effectively.

“We built out GrantSpace to be that one-stop shop for grant seekers worldwide to get information they need to advance their work,” says Cynthia Bailie, director of the Foundation Center’s Cleveland office and of Special Information Initiatives.

She says the Web site took a year to construct and came about after listening to grant seekers and “recognizing that they want to make the best use of their time.” The Foundation Center’s own Web site had grant-seeking “content segmented in a way that made it more time-consuming for someone who’s really busy.”

New features on GrantSpace include a live-chat service with a Foundation Center staff member during business hours; job listings; new grant opportunities; sample documents; published reports; and multimedia resources. Grant seekers can also find a schedule of classes, both online and in cities across the country, to hone skills in proposal writing or corporate fund raising.

With registration, GrantSpace visitors receive a free 24-hour subscription for access to the Foundation Center’s searchable database of 100,000 grant-making organizations and more than 2 million grants. 

See this article from The Chronicle’s archive about the steps the Foundation Center is taking to modernize its tools.