Catholic Funding Guide Online Tutorial: Searching CFGO

The basics of searching:

• Go to the Search page. You'll see several data entry boxes in which you can enter search criteria.
• Fill as many or as few boxes as you like.
• Click the Search button in the bottom center of the page.
• Once you click the Search button, you will see a list of funders whose profiles match your criteria.  Each grantmaker's name is a link to the complete profile.

Tips:

• Generally, the more information you put in, the fewer results a search returns.
• You can print your search results and individual profiles through your web browser.

Source:  CFGO

The CFG Online's search screen is fairly straighforward. 

Grantmaker: Limits the results to only those grantmakers that have the specified text in their name.

City/County: Limit the results to the grantmakers with a mailing address in the given city.

State: Limit the results to the grantmakers with a mailing address in the given state.  Use the state's two character abbreviation.

Zip Code: Limit the results to the grantmakers with a mailing address in the given zip code. 

Special Interest: Limits the results to only those grantmakers that have the specified special interest areas.

Geography: Limits the results to only those grantmakers that serve the specified geographic area.

Total Giving: The minimum and maximum amounts of total giving to include in the results.

Total Assets: The minimum and maximum amounts of total assets to include in the results.