Forefront Library

The Library’s doors may be physically closed, but our team is still here to support your work. Access the Library website and reach our team via email.

The Forefront Library is a unique, philanthropy-focused space, open to the public and staffed by a small team dedicated to helping and teaching visitors how to do research and access information. The Library provides free, public access to prospect research databases, including ResearchPoint for individual prospects, and Foundation Directory Online for foundation and corporate grantmaker profiles connected to your organization’s work. It also holds more than 3,000 volumes on grantmaking, fundraising, nonprofit management, and governance.

You can contact the Library team at library@myforefront.org or 312-578-0175.

Library Resources

RESEARCH SERVICES FOR MEMBERS

Our librarians also assist Members with a variety of research, including prospect research on foundations and individuals; samples and templates of requests for proposals, grant applications, budgets, and other aspects of the grantseeking/grantmaking process; salary surveys and job descriptions; and general research on philanthropic nonprofit topics. To take advantage of this Member benefit, email Member411@myforefront.org.

LIBGUIDES AND EBSCO

The Library offers online LibGuides on a variety of topics, including nonprofit careers and prospect research. You can also access a variety of databases as well as search books in the catalog through LibGuides. Public access to our journal and newspaper databases is available in the Library, but remote access to those databases is available only to our Members. Learn more about how to use our databases!

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