Small Business and Non-Profit / Grants Collection

Pee Dee Partnership for Small Business and Nonprofit Resources

This collaborative effort of the Pee Dee Partnership for Small Business and Nonprofit Organizations supports and encourages small business and nonprofit organizations in the Pee Dee region. The partnership enhances community and economic development through the promotion of resources to meet the educational, technical, and information needs of small business and nonprofit organizations. Members of the partnership are:

Florence County Library System
Doctors Bruce & Lee Foundation
Donald E. Kelly Small Business Institute at Francis Marion University
Florence area Frank L. Roddey Small Business Development Center
Eastern Carolina Community Foundation

The Foundation Center Grants & Nonprofit Collection

Nonprofit organizations and other grantseekers in Florence county and the Pee Dee looking for funding sources now have a valuable new collection of resources at the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library, which is the home of a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center of New York.

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(Core Collection Provided by the Foundation Center)

Board Member's Book (2003)
The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing (2007)
The Foundation Center’s Guide to Winning Proposals (2003)
The Grantseeker’s Guide to Winning Proposals (2008)
The Foundation Directory (2008)
The Foundation Directory, Part 2 (2008)
The Foundation Directory, Part 3 (2008)
The Foundation Directory Supplement (2008)Foundation Fundamentals (2008)
Foundation Grants to Individuals (2008)
Foundations Today Series (2008)
Guía para Escribir Propuestas (2008)
Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs (2008)
International Grantmaking IV (2008)
Philanthropy Annual (2008)
Securing Your Organization’s Future (2001)
Social Justice Grantmaking II (2008)

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(Available within the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library Only)

The Foundation Directory Online Professional

Updated weekly to keep you current, Foundation Directory Online provides the most comprehensive and accurate information on U.S. grantmakers and their funding activities.Top-tier intelligence on grantmakers and their grants.

more than 92,000 foundations, corporate donors, and grantmaking public charities
Over 1.3 million recent grants
More than 400,000 trustees, officers, and donors
Over 441,000 IRS 990s--all keyword-searchable
39 search fields plus keyword search

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

An online database of more than 6,500 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. It provides online access to accurate, up-to-date information on foundations that fund:

Educational support – scholarships, fellowships, loans, and internships
Students and graduates of specific schools
Arts and cultural support
Awards, prizes, and grants by nomination
International applicants
Employees/families of employees at specific companies
Research and professional support
General welfare and special needs

RECOMMENDED WEB SITES

There are thousands of Web sites that the small business person or entrepreneur could go to for information. Which ones are best? We provide a list of high-quality sites with reliable, accurate information for particular needs.

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Contains information on all federal assistance programs.
Florence County Charities and Nonprofits: List provided by the South Carolina Information Highway (SCIway.net). Allows you to add your organization to the list.
Foundation Center: Information about grants and grant making foundations. “Find Funders” search tool is simple and effective. Very helpful information on the “Gain Knowledge” page.
GPO Access: Learn about federal funding opportunities as soon as they are announced.
Grants.gov: Helps identify the over 1,000 grant programs offered by all federal grant-making agencies. Users may also apply for grants electronically.
Guidestar: "Connecting people with non-profit information.” Free registration allows access to information on more than 1.7 million nonprofits. Reports include mission, programs, leaders, financials, contacts and more.
South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations: “SCANPO serves as the statewide network, information center and advocate for the charitable nonprofit sector in South Carolina.” Site provides template for searching membership database.
South Carolina Foundation Directory 8th Edition 2006: Listing of active private foundations, community foundations and grant-making public charities located or registered in South Carolina that also provide funding in the state.
South Carolina State Library: See “Additional Resources” farther down the page.

Small Business Collection

Our special collection of material for small businesses and entrepreneurs was developed in cooperation with our Pee Dee partners. Located in the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library, it consists of books, databases, periodicals, and recommended Web sites. We have two computers in the SBC area dedicated for online SBC resources.

PRINT TITLES

We have nearly one hundred books in the print collection. They include core small business titles on accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, and business law, as well as numerous books on how to start and run a particular type of business.

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Accounting and Finance for Small Business Made Easy (2004)
Attracting & rewarding outstanding employees (2001)
Business Plans that Work : A Guide for Small Business (2004)
The Complete Guide to Buying a Business (2007)
Entrepreneur Magazine's Ultimate Book of Low-cost Franchises (2005)
Financing Your Small Business: From SBA Loans and Credit Cards to Common Stock and Partnership Interests (2006)
Getting Started in Entrepreneurship (2001)
Guerrilla Marketing (2007)
The Home-Based Business Kit : From Hobby to Profit (2005)
HR for Small Business : From Hiring to Firing and Everything in Between (2005)
The Law (in plain English) for Small Business (2007)
Managing a Small Business Made Easy (2005)
Marketing in a Nutshell : Key Concepts for Non-Specialists (2007)
Tax Smarts for Small Business (2006)
Ultimate Book of Franchises (2007)

DATABASES

Would you like an overview of a particular of industry? Do you need a list of potential competitors within a particular zip code or city? Our databases can help. They provide and an enormous amount of content for business oriented questions.

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Business and Company Resource Center: For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
Comprehensive periodical and reference resource for business, management and investment topics, with Newsletters ASAP and Predicast’s PROMT databases

Articles from academic and general business, industry and management periodicals, newsletters, newspapers and newswires (4,000+ indexed titles; 2,900+ full-text)

Investment and broker research reports

Company and association directory listings from a number of sources

Additional content from reference sources covering industries, company histories, associations, brands, market share and more

Twenty-minute delayed stock quotes
General Business File ASAP: For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
Comprehensive periodical resource for business, management and investment topics

Articles from academic and general business, industry and management periodicals, newspapers and newswires (3,300+ indexed titles; 2,600+ full-text)

Investment and broker research reports

Company directory listings
Hoover's Online Business Information: Hoover's, Inc., delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Our database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises, is at the core of our business tools and services that customers find vital to their business operations. Hoover's editorial staff of some 80 editors and researchers brings vital business information and knowledge to its coverage, updating the site daily to bring our visitors and subscribers the most up-to-date business information in the industry.
Reference USA: ReferenceUSA compiles the most accurate database of nearly 13 million U.S. businesses, churches, associations, schools, physicians, government organizations, and corporations.
Small Business Resource Center: When starting a new business, entrepreneurs need all the help they can get. Access to Small Business Resource Center is like having experts on call 24 hours a day. Created by subject experts and a librarian advisory board and designed for success, nothing has been overlooked.
Small Business Resource Center -- perfect for public and academic libraries, chambers of commerce and small business development centers -- covers all major areas of starting and operating a business including financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting and taxes. Startup and established businesses alike can find the answers they're looking for from an easy-to-use interface that includes a "How To" menu that tackles the most-frequently asked new business questions -- including "How to start a small business."
Whether the aspiring businessperson searches by existing business topics, types, sample business plans or creating their own, search results will be returned quickly and are designed for easy readability and use.

RECOMMENDED WEB SITES

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Doing Business with the State of South Carolina: The Official Web Site of the State of South Carolina has plenty of information and helpful links to aid businesses in doing business with the state of South Carolina.
Entrepreneur.com: Plenty of free content, including inspirational articles from the magazine of the same name. Contains pages on marketing, franchises, human resources, technology, and more.
FindLaw for Small Business: Well established legal site provides legal information on wide range of small business topics, including incorporation & legal structures, forms & contracts, and worker’s compensation.
Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce: Presents benefits of membership and other information, such as chamber programs and event calendar.
South Carolina Business Opportunities: Advertisement of all State solicitations above $10,000, from the S.C. Budget and Control Board.
SCBO Online: South Carolina Business Opportunities (SCBO) Online contains a multitude of SCBO Issues (all in .PDF format).
SC Business One Stop (SCBOS): Excellent for understanding and meeting our state government’s requirements for doing business in South Carolina. The place to go for registrations, licenses, permits, and paying state taxes. Also has plenty of other helpful information about doing business in SC.
South Carolina Department of Commerce: Click on either "Business and Entrepreneurial Support" or "Small Business Resources."
SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business: SCORE Volunteers are working or retired business owners, executives and corporate leaders who share their wisdom and lessons learned in business. Info and tools on everything from human resources management to financial planning.
Small Business Development Center of South Carolina: The center provides management and technical assistance to small business owners and managers within a 15 county region, Florence county being one of them. They have an office at Florence-Darlington Technical College.
U.S. Census Bureau: Very useful demographic information for market research. “Your Gateway to Census 2000” contains an enormous amount of data collected from the year 2000, while Economic Census provides industry/sector info within specific geographic areas.
Wall Street Journal Small Business: Voice of business provides site worth going to. Be sure to click on “Small Business Link” for the monthly focus on a particular topic – previous months’ included.
Yahoo Trade Associations: Trade associations often provide valuable market research that pertains to their trade or industry. This site listed 175 associations.