Donor Guides in the MSU Libraries
Approximately 90 percent of the philanthropic dollar actually comes from individuals. Attached is a list of possible sources of information on individual donors, including guides to some of the nation's wealthiest individuals as well as persons in foundation and corporate positions who have influence on who gets funded in their organizations. Also don't forget to check whether the names of specific individuals appear in the standard directories mentioned elsewhere in this guide. For instance, The Foundation Directory contains an index to donors, officers, and trustees related to the foundations it covers; the Corporate Giving Directory does as well. And finally, if you are looking for more detailed biographical information, don't forget to consult the many biographical and professional directories and newspaper indexes found the in the Main Library Reference unit.
D & B REFERENCE BOOK OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENTS. New York, N.Y. : Dun and Bradstreet Corporation, annual. Gast Business Library HD2745 .D8
Provides biographical profiles of the principal officers and directors of more than 12,000 leading U.S. companies. Useful for locating alumni, possible members for your non-profit board of directors, as well as possible donors.
FUNDING DECISION MAKERS : A GUIDE TO PHILANTHROPIC CONNECTIONS. Rockville, Md. : Taft Group, 1992. 1st edition, 920pp. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center HV85 .F8 1992
Lists more than 15,000 officers, directors, and trustees from approximately 4000 grant-making organizations. They support a wide range of activities, from arts and humanities to social services, from the environment to volunteerism. Through their funding affiliations, they make decisions on various types of charitable contributions, from cash grants to nonmonetary donations to planned giving. Each individual affiliation of an individual is provided. Five indexes are also provided to ease access, including a Nonprofit Affiliations Index, a Place of Birth Index, a College/University Index, a Corporate Affiliations Index, and a Funding Affiliations Index.
GUIDE TO PRIVATE FORTUNES. Washington, D.C. : The Taft Group, 1995. 1995 edition, 619pp. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center HV27 .F86 1995
Provides detailed profiles of individuals with a minimum net worth of $25 million and an established history of charitable giving--either directly or through private foundations. In some cases, individuals have been included whose net worth is less than $25 million, or whose wealth cannot be accurately described, but who have strong connections to philanthropic institutions in the U.S.
Individuals as well as wealthy and philanthropic families are represented, as are non-U.S. millionaires and billionaires who have charitable and/or corporate ties to this country.
GUIDE TO U.S. FOUNDATIONS, THEIR TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND DONORS, VOLUME II. New York, N.Y. : Foundation Center, annual. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center AS911 .A2 F645
A powerful new fundraising reference tool, formerly called the National Data Book of Foundations, provides fundraisers with current, accurate information on all 34,000+ active grantmaking foundations in the U.S. Volume two provides a master list of the names of the people who establish, oversee, and manage those institutions. With access to this information, fundraisers can facilitate their funding prospect research by discovering the philanthropic connections of their current donors, board members, volunteers, and prominent families in their geographic area.
MAJOR DONORS. Rockville, Md. : The Taft Group, 1993. 1993 edition, 528pp. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center HV97 .A3 M35 1993
Lists more than 8,000 individuals who have recently donated major gifts to America's largest nonprofit organizations.
PEOPLE IN PHILANTHROPY: A GUIDE TO PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS, MAJOR DONORS, AND FUNDING CONNECTIONS.
Washington, D.C. : The Taft Group, 1986. 7th edition, 1986-1987, 511pp. Oversize Collection HV97 .A3 P46
Lists America's wealthiest philanthropists, donors who have created large charitable foundations, and thousands of foundation trustees and corporate personalities who direct the giving of America's largest philanthropies. Has numerous indexes, such as the Index to Corporate Philanthropic Affiliation, Index to Alma Mater, and Index to Philanthropic Affiliations by State, to allow easier identification of those with possible connections to your own organization.
PEOPLE, PROPERTY, PROSPECTS : WHO'S LIVING IN AMERICA'S HIGH-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. Rockville, Md. : Taft Group, 1992. 1542pp. Main Library Stacks HD257 .P4 1992
Based on data from the 1990 Census, property tax records, and county assessment records, this tool identifies owners of the highest-priced residential properties within the 120 wealthiest zip codes in the country, including some in Michigan.
STANDARD AND POOR'S REGISTER OF CORPORATIONS, DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVES. New York, N.Y. : Standard and Poor's Corporation, annual. Gast Business Library HG4057 .A4
This three volume set is one of the best references on corporations, who runs them, what they do, and how much money they have. Volume 1 provides in straight alphabetical sequence the business name of over 50,000 corporations including zip
codes; telephone numbers; names, titles, and functions of approximately 450,000 officers, directors, and other principals, etc. Volume 2 provides a straight alphabetical list of nearly 70,000 individuals serving as officers, directors, trustees, partners, etc., including principal business affiliations with official titles, business addresses, residence addresses and where obtainable year and place of birth, college and year of graduation and fraternal memberships. Volume 3 provides additional indexes for location purposes.
WHERE THE MONEY IS : A FUND RAISER'S GUIDE TO THE RICH. Alexandria, Va. : BioGuide Press, 1992. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, 257pp. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center HG177 .B48 1992
A definitive guide to prospect and donor research, including information on how to locate wealthy individuals, how to use over 200 biographical reference sources, how to find a person's financial net worth, how to research corporations and their executives, how politicians raise funds through networking, how to solicit large contributions from the rich, and how to use computer technology for
prospect research.
WHO KNOWS WHO : NETWORKING THROUGH CORPORATE BOARDS. Berkeley, CA : Who Knows Who Publishers, 1993.
HD2745 .W539
The latest edition is located in the Business Library.
Traces the networks among the most influential people in America--the boards of directors of the Fortune 1000 companies, the Forbes 500, and the largest 107 foundations--so that fundraisers can take practical action in approaching executives.
WHO'S WEALTHY IN AMERICA, 1990. Rockville, Md. : The Taft Group, 1990. 2 volumes, 2079pp. HG172 .A2 W47 1990
Latest edition located in the Reference Funding Center.
A directory of the 50,000 richest people in America, who have a net worth of over $1 million, including information such as phone numbers, addresses, age, educational background, personal interests, stock holdings, political contributions, and references to additional sources of information. Company name, geographic area, alma mater, and political contribution indexes are also
provided.
The MSU Libraries also provide access to an online tool called the BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc.
Restricted to MSU faculty, staff, and students. Available for use in the Main Library.
A comprehensive index to more than 11 million biographical sketches in over 3000 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. The basic starting place for uncovering additional information about individuals. Each citation provides the biographee's name, birth and death dates (if available and applicable), the source publication, publisher, published year, the volume/edition number, if applicable, and miscellaneous notes.
Although not a donor guide as such, it can be used to find out information about individuals.
(Last checked 03/23/07)
Those interested in tracking down donors, may also want to take a look at the
PROSPECT RESEARCH web page.
(Last checked 03/23/07)
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