Nonprofits
Nonprofits
Library resources can help you build your expertise in nonprofit fundraising, proposal writing, and making an impact. Whether you are a staff member, board member or volunteer, learn how to research foundation donors for potential grants to 501c3 organizations and tell your organization’s story effectively.
As a Candid community partner, we offer access within the library building to Candid and nonprofit fundraising resources for free.
Candid’s mission as a nonprofit is to get you the information you need to do good.
Candid Tools
Candid is a nonprofit that connects those searching for nonprofits and nonprofits looking for support from funders. By offering our trusted tools at community locations, patrons can easily identify nonprofits to support, locate vital services, get the information they need to find grants and connect with funders to make a difference in their community.
Candid search is the most comprehensive source of nonprofit information, combining decades of trusted data from Foundation Directory and GuideStar.
Access data on 1.9 million+ nonprofits and 304,000 grantmakers to:
- Find organizations where you can donate, volunteer, or work
- Seek out local resources and services, like food banks or shelters
- Easily find and connect with funders for your nonprofit or project
Additional Local Resources for NonProfits, Grants and Fundraising
- Linkedin Learning through the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library includes these courses
- The Association of Fundraising Professionals Topeka Area Chapter (AFP Topeka) is your link to professional networking and educational programs for advanced executives, mid-career professionals, and those new to the field. Professional development programs are offered for their members including webinars, discussion panels and extended length skill building sessions
- Community Resources Council (CRC) brings people, organizations, and information together to strengthen Topeka and Shawnee County, working alongside collaborative partners to identify needs, share resources, and develop community-wide initiatives that make a measurable difference. CRC Care Centers include many Nonprofit Tenants, and the CRC Resource Directory lists local nonprofit agencies and programs.
- K-State Extension Empower Communities: Grant Support Programs Our Community Vitality team offers grant writing classes, specific grant searches, access to professional grant writing tools and personal coaching for people who write grants for Kansas communities.
- Topeka Community Foundation Grant Resources including viewing current opportunities and applying
- City of Topeka Social Service Grants and opportunities for funding through United Way of Kaw Valley
- ArtsConnect TopArts Grant Program which offers funding to increase access to the arts for Topekans of all ages and abilities.
- Grant programs administered by the Kansas Governor's Grants Program
- Topeka and Shawnee County Small Business Incentives Program
- Washburn University Division of Continuing Education Online Instrucion Center offers a diverse array of noncredit professional development programs in many career areas including a Grant Writing Suite of online options.
- Certificate in Grant Writing and Program Evaluation offered online by Fort Hays State University
