Robert Hilbert Nonprofit Resource Center

Here you will find links to several guides that contain resources for conducting nonprofit grant research, how to start a nonprofit, information on becoming a CFRE, social impact, plus others.

The Robert Hilbert Nonprofit Resource Center (NRC) is located in the Carnegie Library at Penrose Library. Funding for the NRC is provided by the Pikes Peak Library District and a grant from the El Pomar Foundation. The NRC is a Funding Information Network partner of Candid, previously known as the Foundation Center. The Funding Information Network is comprised of libraries, community foundations, NGOs, and nonprofit resource centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, plus a dozen other countries.

On the left, you can access our Nonprofit Reference databases, information about our collection, local nonprofit sources, and mo

Below, you will find links to several guides that contain resources for conducting nonprofit grant research, how to start a nonprofit, information on becoming a CFRE, social impact, plus others.

Nonprofit Office Hours Cancelled from March 19th - March 27th

Please note that we will not hold our regularly scheduled live Nonprofit Librarian Office Hours during the time period listed above. 

The Robert Hilbert Nonprofit Resource (RHNRC) Center will remain open to the public during this time, so you may visit during our open hours and conduct independent research.

Our RHRNC Nonprofit Center operating hours are as follows: 

Tuesday - Saturday, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Make sure to visit the Robert Hilbert Nonprofit Resource Center (RHNRC) at Penrose Library. Located in the Regional History & Genealogy Center (the original Carnegie Section of the library), the RHNRC provides a quiet space for you to search for grants on our databases as well as peruse our Nonprofit Reference Collection of books and periodicals.

Hours:

Tuesday through Friday - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.)

Reservations not required. 

If desired, staff from the Robert Hilbert Nonprofit Resource Center are available to assist you with your funding research needs remotely. Please email BBruch@ppld.org for more information. 

Nonprofit Reference Service Policy - Library staff may assist patrons to locate legal materials and may show patrons how to use the legal books and databases. However, according to Colorado State Statutes, only attorneys licensed to practice by the Colorado Supreme Court may interpret the law (statutes, regulations, or cases) or offer opinions as to how someone’s specific legal problem should be handled. Library staff may not interpret the law or offer opinions about a patron’s legal problem. To do so would constitute the unauthorized practice of law and could subject the staff member and Pikes Peak Library District to prosecution.

Our full Legal Reference Service Policy can be viewed here.