The 7th Edition is now out of print, as of August 2007.

All 2,500 copies have been sold to nonprofit organizations, libraries, consultants and others throughout Pennsylvania, and we hope you may be able to locate a copy for reference purposes. At this time we do NOT anticipate publishing an 8th Edition, as all efforts are directed toward updating, expanding and maintaining PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDATIONS ONLINE with current data to profiles.

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For a restrospective . . . the 7th Edition's jam-packed 648 pages provided grantseekers with detailed, comprehensive profiles of Pennsylvania's 1,600+ grantmaking foundations holding nearly $25 BILLION in aggregated assets. These foundations each year awarded grants exceeding $1.5 BILLION, supporting many thousands of Pennsylvania nonprofit organizations.

Each of the directory's 1,600+ Pennsylvania foundation profiles covered the following:

All Grants of $1,000 or Greater Awarded to Pennsylvania Organizations, listed in descending size (with purpose of grant, when reported) — and major out-of-state grants          Click on the Book Cover (right) to view foundation       profiles for each of the five PA regions     Every Profiled Foundation awards at least $10,000 in grants annually and has assets exceeding $250,000 Up to 24 Major Giving Interest categories are coded for each foundation and fully indexed Complete Fiscal data – Assets at Market Value, Fiscal Year, Gifts Received, Number of Grants Awarded and their Total Name of Contact Person – with telephone, fax, and e-mail address (when reported) All Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Donors, including out-of-state residents, altogether 6,000+ individuals, and fully indexed Corporate Affiliations identified — nearly 400 — and fully indexed Any existing Website Address, published Annual Report, or other publications Grant Application Guidelines including deadlines, and required background documentation, when established policies or procedures are available Year created and Federal ID number

 • Review Pennsylvania's Foundation Universe in  PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDATIONS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW 

 • And, for "directions" on using the directory, take a look at the USERS' GUIDE

Compiling the 7th Edition's detailed and comprehensive information required "mining data" from thousands of IRS Forms 990-PF, the annual "tax return" filed by foundations, and several thousand hours of research and editing time. About 98% of the fiscal/grants data is 2001 or 2000, as well as some 2002. Over 75% of profiles include information about giving priorities/policies and application guidelines which was provided directly by the foundations and often not available in other publications.
 

For last minute corrections or updates, nearly all draft profile-entries were reviewed prior to publication by foundation administrators. Since 1978, when the 1st Edition was published, the Directory of Pennsylvania Foundations has been researched, compiled and edited by S. Damon Kletzien. Throughout these 25 years, the directory has been widely praised as Pennsylvania's "foundation bible," the premier reference publication for foundation grantseekers in the Commonwealth.