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Christian Funding
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Christian Funding Directory Tutorial
Contents
Contents ............................................................................................................... i
Christian Funding Directory Quick Start Guide ............................................... 1
Christian Funding Directory Tutorial ................................................................ 2
To use the CFD to search for Funding Sources: .......................................................... 2
Search Fields: ............................................................................................................. 4
Advanced Searching Techniques ................................................................................ 9
Boolean Search ........................................................................................................... 9
AND Operator (a AND b) ......................................................................................... 9
OR Operator (a OR b) ........................................................................................... 10
NOT Operator (NOT a) .......................................................................................... 10
Points to remember while using Boolean Operators .............................................. 11
Some examples of using Boolean search .............................................................. 12
Using the 990 Finder Tool ......................................................................................... 12
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Christian Funding Directory Quick Start Guide
The Christian Funding Directory (CFD) is an exclusive resource available to
members of the Here-4-You Consulting website who have purchased this
service. You can use the CFD to search for funding sources that offer funding or
grants to Christians.
To use the CFD to search for Funding Sources:
1. In your web browser, go to the Here-4-You Christian Grant Consulting
website at https://www.npfunds.com/.
2. Scroll down the page to the Login: form at the bottom right of the screen.
3. Type in your Username and Password and click on the Login button to
log into your account.
4. Scroll down until you come to the Christian Funding Directory Search
Tool or click on the Enter CFD option (in the menu at the left of the
screen).
5. In the Christian Funding Directory Search Tool, fill in what you are
looking for in the relevant fields.
Note: It is not necessary to fill up the entire form. Fill only those fields that
are of relevance to you. For example, if you are interested in finding all
funding sources in Georgia that focus on children only, then select
„Georgia‟ from the State drop-down list and only fill in the Funding
Interests field.
Tip: You can use „AND‟, „OR‟ or „NOT‟ within any field to either expand or
restrict your search. For example, if you want to find Grants for children
who play football, you can enter „children AND football‟ in the Funding
Interests field.
6. Click on the Search Funding Sources button.
The search results will be displayed.
7. To view the details of any entry, click on the name of the funding source
for that entry.
8. Finally, click on the Logout link at the bottom right of the screen.
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Christian Funding Directory Tutorial
The Christian Funding Directory (CFD) is an exclusive resource available to
members of the Here-4-You Consulting website who have purchased this
service. You can use the CFD to search for funding sources that offer funding or
grants to Christians.
To use the CFD to search for Funding Sources:
1. In your web browser, go to the Here-4-You Christian Grant Consulting
website at https://www.npfunds.com/.
2. Scroll down the page to the Login: form at the bottom right of the screen.
Type your username
and password and
click on the Login
button to log in.
If you select this checkbox,
the system will remember
your username and
password and
automatically fill it in the
next time you visit this site.
Click on this link if you
have forgotten your
password. The system will
then send you an email
with your password.
Once you log in, the Christian Funding Directory page will be displayed.
3. Scroll down till you come to the Christian Funding Directory Search
Tool.
Tip: You can also access the Christian Funding Directory Search Tool
by clicking on the Enter CFD option in the menu at the left.
Note: Other than the Christian Funding Directory Search Tool, there
are links to additional resources and services at the bottom of the
Christian Funding Directory page.
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See Below for Login Location:
Click here if you
wish to log out.
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The following is a screenshot of the Christian Funding Directory Search
Tool:
Fill in one or more of these fields and
then click on the Search Funding
Sources button.
It is not necessary to fill up the entire
form. For example, if you are interested
in finding all funding sources in Georgia
that focus on children, select „Georgia‟
from the State drop-down list and only
fill in the Funding Interests field.
You can use „AND‟, „OR‟ or „NOT‟
within any field to either expand or
restrict your search. E.g., if you want to
find Grants for children who play
football, you can enter „children AND
football‟ in the Funding Interests
field.
Tip: To get the complete list of all funding sources listed in the directory,
leave all the fields blank and simply click on the Search Funding
Sources button.
Search Fields:
The following table provides more information about the fields of the Christian
Funding Directory Search Tool:
Field
Funding
Source
City
Notes
If you know the name of a funding source or even part of the name, you can
type it in this field. You can either type the full name or a part of the name.
For example, if you are looking for „Chatlos Foundation, Inc.‟, you can just
type „Chatlos‟.
Type the name of your city to search for funding sources located in your
city.
Geographic proximity is one of the most important factors in
determining if a funding source is a good fit. In other words, the nearer
the funding source, the better will be your chances of receiving funds.
State
EIN
Select your State from this drop-down list, to find sources from your State.
Type the Employee Identification Number (EIN) of the funding source.
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Field
Notes
Tip: If you know the EIN of a funding source, this is the
quickest way of finding the entry for that organization.
Geographic
Areas
Supported
Type your location (town or county) to search for funding sources that
award funding in your area.
Though a few funding sources award grants at a national or international
level, most sources award funds in a pre-determined geographic area.
Tip: Start narrow by searching for funding options in your
county, town or city first. If you do not find any suitable
source here, then search at the state and national levels.
Funding
Interests
Type what you do or your area of interest to find sources that will provide
funding in that area.
Most funding sources provide funding in only certain areas that are of
interest to them, such as, children, churches, Methodists, Arts, etc. There
will be a better chance of the grant being awarded to you if your area
of interest matches with that of the funding source.
Grant
Recipients
If you know of an organization which is similar to your organization that has
received funding, type the name of that organization here, to find its funding
source.
Since the funding source has already provided funds to a similar
organization, it is likely that they would be interested in funding your
organization as well.
Note: We list only a representative sample of grant
recipients, not a full listing of all grants that have been
awarded.
Donors/Direc
tors
Specific
Funding
Programs
Type the name of an individual to find all funding sources where that
individual is a donor or a director or founder.
Type keywords here, to find funding sources that have funding programs
related to the keywords you have typed. This is useful for finding funding
sources based on the funding programs that they offer, such as the Clergy
Renewal program of the Lilly Foundation.
Tip: You can also use general terms in this field to find
specific funding programs. For example, entering “Children”
will return funding sources with programs that are related to
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Field
Notes
Search
Fields
All
children.
The system will look for the text you type here and return those entries
where the text appears in any of the fields.
For example, if you type „children‟ in the Specific Funding Programs
field, the system will return only those entries that have the word „children‟
as part of the funding program name. However, if you type „children‟ in the
Search All Fields field, the system will return all entries that have the
word „children‟ in any field. This would not only include entries that have
„children‟ as part of the funding program name, but it would also include
entries that have the word „children‟ in the Funding Interest field, or the
Funding Source field.
Thus, you can use this field to broaden your search. For example, if you
type “Texas” in the Geographic Area Supported field and type
“National” in Search All Fields, the system will return all entries that
provide funding in Texas as well as all entries that contain the word
„National‟ in the Funding Source Name, Geographic Area Supported,
Funding Interests, Grant Recipients or Specific Funding Programs fields
(irrespective of whether the organization provides funding in Texas or not).
Last Updated
Use this field to find entries that were updated before or after a particular
date.
Select one of the two radio buttons—Before: or After: and then type a
date in yyyy-mm-dd format. (Eg: 2009-10-24).
Instead of typing the date, you can alternatively click on the
calendar will pop up as follows:
button. A
Click on the blue arrows to go to the previous or following month. Click on a
date to select it.
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4. Once you click on the Search Funding Sources button, the system will
display the list of matching entries.
The number of entries that
match your search criteria.
Click here to show the
Search form and refine
or change your search
condition.
Click on the name of a
funding source to view its
details.
5. Click on the name of a funding source to view its details.
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After viewing the
details, click here to
return to the Search
Results.
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Advanced Searching Techniques
Depending on what you have entered into the Search tool, at times you may
either end up with thousands of entries or the Search tool may not be able to find
any appropriate funding source entry that matches your search criteria.
We have therefore provided the following tips and advanced search techniques
to help you locate the appropriate funding entry:
It is not necessary to type in an entire name. If you are not sure of the
name, type in only part of the name. For example, if you are not sure
whether the funding source you are interested in is called “Adobe Systems
Foundation” or “Adobe Foundation”, type only “Adobe” in the Search form.
Always start narrow by searching by city, town, or county and then expand
your search by searching at the state- and then national-level.
Most funding sources determine interest areas they wish to fund. You can use
the Funding Interests field to search for grants that focus on what you do.
Sometimes, the Search All Fields field becomes most useful. Entering your
keywords in this field will allow you to find any mention of that keyword in any
of the other fields. Use this field in conjunction with other fields to maximize
results.
Finally, make use of the Boolean Search capabilities of the Search tool
to narrow down your search.
Boolean Search
The CFD Search tool now allows you to make use of Boolean operators (AND,
OR and NOT) to expand or restrict your search. You can combine search terms
in a field using Boolean operators. This can help you quickly locate a suitable
funding source entry.
AND Operator (a AND b)
Use the AND operator when you want to find entries that have both values „a‟
and „b‟.
For example, to find sources that provide funding to homeless children
specifically, type „homeless AND children‟ in the Funding Interests field. This
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will find all entries that contain both the words „homeless‟ and „children‟ in the
Funding Interests field.
OR Operator (a OR b)
Use the OR operator to find entries that have either „a‟ or „b‟.
For example, to find all funding sources in San Francisco or Los Angeles, type
„San Francisco OR Los Angeles‟ in the City field.
Note: Notice that though in English we may say, “Look for sources in San
Francisco and Los Angeles”, we have to use OR to find entries from both
the cities. This is because when we use the OR operator, it means find
entries where the field contains „a‟ or the field contains „b‟.
On the other hand, when we use the AND operator, it means find entries
where the field contains both „a‟ as well as „b‟. For every entry, the City
field can contain only one value. So, if we look for „San Francisco AND
Los Angeles‟, it means look for entries where the City field contains „San
Francisco‟ as well as „Los Angeles‟. However, for each entry, the City
field can contain only one value. Therefore, we have to look for „San
Francisco OR Los Angeles‟.
NOT Operator (NOT a)
Use the NOT operator to exclude certain entries.
For example, if you want to find sources that provide funding for homeless
people but not for people from the Engineering field, you would type „homeless
NOT engineering‟ in the Funding Interests field.
Note: While using NOT, the search results may vary depending on which
term you use first and which term, later.
For example, when you type „homeless NOT engineering‟ in the
Funding Interests field, the system will first select all entries where
the word „homeless‟ appears in the Funding Interest field. From this
selection, the system will then discard those entries that also have the
word „engineering‟ in the Funding Interests field, and display the rest on
the screen.
On the other hand, when you type „engineering NOT homeless‟ in the
Funding Interests field, the system will first select all entries where
the word „engineering‟ appears in the Funding Interest field. From this
selection, the system will then discard those entries that also have the
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word „homeless‟ in the Funding Interests field, and display the rest on the
screen.
The following illustration will help you understand this concept more
clearly:
„a‟ NOT „b‟
All Entries
„a‟, „b‟, „c‟
„a‟, „c‟, „b‟
„a‟, „b‟
„a‟, „c‟
„b‟, „a‟
„b‟, „c‟
„b‟
„a‟
„c‟, „b‟
„c‟, „a‟, „b‟
First, all
entries that
contain „a‟
are selected.
Entries
containing
„a‟
„a‟, „b‟, „c‟
„a‟, „c‟, „b‟
„a‟, „b‟
„a‟, „c‟
„b‟, „a‟
„a‟
„c‟, „a‟, „b‟
Entries that
contain „b‟
are then
dropped.
Entries
containing
„a‟ but not „b‟
„a‟, „c‟
„a‟
„b‟ NOT „a‟
All Entries
„a‟, „b‟, „c‟
„a‟, „c‟, „b‟
„a‟, „b‟
„a‟, „c‟
„b‟, „a‟
„b‟, „c‟
„b‟
„a‟
„c‟, „b‟
„c‟, „a‟, „b‟
First, all
entries that
contain „b‟
are selected.
Entries
containing
„b‟
„a‟, „b‟, „c‟
„a‟, „c‟, „b‟
„a‟, „b‟
„b‟, „a‟
„b‟, „c‟
„b‟
„c‟, „b‟
„c‟, „a‟, „b‟
Entries that
contain „a‟
are then
dropped.
Entries
containing
„b‟ but not „a‟
„b‟, „c‟
„b‟
„c‟, „b‟
Points to remember while using Boolean Operators
Searches with AND & NOT restrict the scope of your search, whereas
searches with OR expand the scope of your search.
The words AND, OR & NOT must be typed in all capital letters.
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Including terms in multiple fields functions as an AND search and will identify
a smaller number of funding sources as the search will include ONLY funding
sources matching all the values that you have typed.
Some examples of using Boolean search
To Find…
All funding sources in Georgia that
provide funding for children.
All funding sources in Augusta and
Columbus with listings that have
been added or updated since 1-
Jan-09 that provide funding for
children.
All entries related to schools.
Grants awarded to only Baptist
churches.
Grants awarded only to Catholic
schools and not Catholic churches.
Entries that have been added or
updated since your last search.
Enter this in the Search Form…
Select „Georgia‟ from the State drop-down list
and type „children‟ in the Funding Interests
field.
Type „augusta OR columbus‟ in the City field;
type „children‟ in the Funding Interests field;
click on the After radio button and type 2009-11-
01 in the Last Updated field.
Type „School OR Education‟ in the Funding
Interests field.
Type „Church AND Baptist‟ in the Grant
Recipients field.
Type „Catholic NOT Church‟ in the Grant
Recipients field.
Type your search criteria in the other fields and
type the date of your last search in the Last
Updated field.
Using the 990 Finder Tool
Once you have located an appropriate Grant Funding source, you can use the
990 Finder Tool to locate and download the IRS Form 990 filed by that
organization. The IRS Form 990 is a tax document that all non-profit
organizations have to file with the IRS each year. You can use the IRS Form 990
to find out how the organization is managing its funds.
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To use the 990 Finder Tool:
1. Use the Christian Funding Directory Search Tool to look for Grant
Funding organizations.
2. In the search results, click on the name of a funding source to view its
details.
3. Note down the EIN of the organization
Tip: Highlight and copy the number and paste it into the correct field.
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on the 990 Finder Tool.
The 990 Finder Tool will open in a new page.
Type the EIN of the
organization.
Optionally, you can also type
the name of the organization
or select the State from this
drop-down list.
5. Click on Go. The search results will be displayed in a new window.
Click on a name in this
column to view the Form 990
for a specific year.
Note: The Form 990 files are Adobe ® PDF files. You will need a copy of
the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your system, to view these files.
Tip: For a cheat sheet on how to read the Form 990 details, click on the
How to Read an IRS Form 990 page link at the bottom of the main CFD
Client Access Page (https://www.npfunds.com/master-cfd).
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