How can I exclude foundations that say they don accept applications or only give to pre-selected organizations?
To eliminate foundations that do not accept applications and/or only give to pre-selected organizations from your search results list, enter the term in question into the Text Search field, preceded by the word NOT. This is a Boolean search. Entering NOT “applications not accepted” (include the quotation marks in your entry) into Text Search tells the search engine NOT to include any foundation profiles that contain that phrase in the search results list. Entering NOT “pre-selected organizations” will accomplish the same goal for foundation records that include this specification. For more information on Boolean searching, please refer to the Help file and our Search Tutorials. Note: Even when a funder says it does not accept applications or gives only to pre-selected organizations, grantseekers should not completely disregard it as a prospect. For such grantmakers a different approach is necessary. You must cultivate a relationship with these grantmakers, and this takes time, effort,
