The Foundation Center's Funding Information Network (FIN), a component of CANDID, helps non-profits and individuals find funding opportunities, improve their grant-seeking skills, and grow their impact and reach. The Foundation Directory is a database of more than 240,000 U.S. grantmakers and their grants. The Foundation Center also provides grant writing resources, tools, tutorials, webinars, and sample documents on grant writing and nonprofit management so that grant seekers are more successful in their search for and attaining of grants.

Connect with 242,000+ grantmakers and the curated information on which funders are more likely to provide support, to key decision makers through LinkedIn integration, and with other nonprofits with potential for collaboration.

This resource is for nonprofit organizations seeking grants, grant writers and development officers, students and researchers, artists and creatives looking for funding, social entrepreneurs, and librarians and educators supporting community-based nonprofit work.

While, Guidestar (another part of CANDID), provides information about IRS-registered nonprofit organizations and serves as a key resource for donors, funders, researchers, journalists, and the general public who want to learn more about the nonprofit organization's missions, finances, legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs, transparency and governance..