Prospect Research

• APRA, Assn.  of Professional Researchers for Advancement Missouri-Kansas Chapter Research links, include excellent database recommendations, and tips.

•  Grantspace.org gathers several Foundation Center recommended sites, databases, books, online articles and podcasts  about prospect research on a national level. Please note, access to databases "available at  some Foundation Center libraries," means the FC only original libraries  located  in NYC, Washington DC, Atlanta, Cleveland and San Francisco. Contact the G&FC to find out if they are available here.

• Donors Forum library in Chicago also offers a free Introduction to Prospect Research class as part of the library's orientation every other Tuesday. 

G&FC books available for check-out:
Donor Cultivation and the Donor Lifecycle Map by Deorah Polivy, 2014
Prospect Research for Fundraisers by Jennifer J. Filla & Helen E. Brown, 2013
Prospect Research Fundamentals, 4th edition, 2012
Major Donors Finding Big Gifts in Your Database & Online by Ted Hart
Developing Major Gifts by Laura Fredricks
Prospect Research: A Primer for Growing Nonprofits 2nd ed. by Cecilia Hogan