It appears that the Foundation Center has improved its free tools.
Today, I found the new improved Foundation Finder
Which according to the literature, provides basic information on more than 86,000 grantmakers in the U.S.-Âincluding private foundations.
They seem to have also improved their 990 search, which provided four years of 990s for a small Portland Foundation. Guidestar Basic only provides three years of 990s.
In addition, I found this alphabetical list of foundations, officers, and donors. I find this very helpful. I usually use Wealth Engine for this information, but I have found foundations and officers on this list that aren’t listed in the Wealth Engine database, so I have started using this to double check.
These will in no way replace a good Foundation Center/Big Online product, but can be very helpful for researchers with limited resources.