Dear Diane,
I have the professional edition and we do use it quite a bit because in
addition to sponsored research, we also share the cost with the
development office who uses it a lot to look up potential foundation gift
prospects. it is helpful to get the giving history off the 990's and to do
customized search.  While i like having it for project,program grants, it
is not very useful for research grants.  At my last institutions, I used
the free aspects of the site (RFP Bulletin, and free access to 990 when
you already know what foundation you are looking for).  I couldn't justify
the costs at the last place, but here given we are a completely
soft-funded research center who also seek restricted gifts, it makes more
sense.
Kris

I have a multiple user (3) license.  When it was a singular license, all
the searching fell on me, while now with the extrra license, i share the
password with researchers and enncourgae them to do some of their own
searching.

Kris

Kris A. Monahan
Director of Pre-Award Services
Wellesley Centers for Women
www.wcwonline.org
e-mail: xxxxxx@wellesley.edu  Phone: 781 283-2508
Wellesley College 106 Central Street Wellesley, MA 02481-8203

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