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RMP/SW 924 - Philanthropy, Grants and Fund Development Resources (UNH Durham): Books

In support of RMP/SW 924. this guide points to some high-quality resources about philanthropy, grants, donor relations, funding sources, and sources for evaluating charities.

Catalog Search Terms & Browsing for Books

Useful keywords for searching include

  • philanthropy, philanthropists
  • charities, charity organizations
  • endowments, foundations
  • proposal writing for grants, grant writing
  • fund raising, fund development, nonprofit organizations finance
  • giving, charitable contributions
  • humanitarianism, third sector

Books are arranged by subject so browse for related books next to the title you are looking for.

Finding Books

The pulldown menu can be set to search UNH Libraries only or broadened to search Boston Library Consortium (BLC) holdings or libraries worldwide (mostly in the US and Canada).

Items not available at the UNH Libraries usually can be requested from BLC or other libraries by using the Request option located on the right side of an item record.


The above is a keyword search of titles, authors, subjects, and content notes.

Results are ranked by relevance within each location category. Further refining by date, format, language, and other fields is possible.


You may also use the UNH Library Catalog to search only the UNH Library Catalog for a specific title, author, subject, call number, ISBN, etc.

If Not at UNH

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Key Reference Books

Selected Books

A sampling of books in the UNH collection: