FDO Essential is currently unavailable. For questions or assistance, please contact the Reference Desk at 978-623-8430 or rdesk@mhl.org.
Search for grants from home with Foundation Directory Online Essential. Search profiles of over 100,000 private and independent foundations. 990-PF forms are keyword searchable. Unlike Foundation Directory Online Professional, FDO Essential can be accessed from home. Note that this resource is available through December 31, 2021.
Starting March 25, 2021, when you access FDO Essential, you will be asked to create an account and sign up for a day pass. The day pass allows you to use FDO Essential remotely in a 24-hour window. There is a clock at the top of the screen that will tell you how much time remains in the pass. After the 24 hours, the clock will show the next date on which you can activate a new pass (every 30 days).
Since you will be able to create an individual account in FDO Essential, you will have access to the MyFDO features that were not previously available. You’ll be able to create dashboards, tag favorite grantmakers, and save searches, and return to these each time you activate a new pass.