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Business and Investment Resources

Business & Investment Programs
State of the Library Address - Presented by the Director of Westlake Porter Public Library
Sun, Feb 09, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Thomas A. Fox Board Room
This presentation will discuss the library's current status, achievements, challenges, and future plans.
Tax Planning for Retirement - Dave Herwerden of WestPoint Wealth Management, LLC
Mon, Feb 10, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Dover Room
How Tax Planning Changes Through the Four Stages of Retirement Learn the critical tax question you must answer BEFORE retiring.
Fraud Awareness: Be Alert to Financial Fraud - Presented by Dan Trotter of Edward Jones
Mon, Feb 17, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Porter Room
Fighting financial fraud starts with education as well as communication between family members and their financial professionals.
Advanced Grantseeking with Foundation Directory - Presented by David Holmes of Candid
Thu, Feb 20, 10:00am - 11:30am
Dover Room
In this hands-on workshop, learn how to find those hard-to-locate grant opportunities with creative and unusual approaches to Foundation Directory searching.
Registration opens Monday, January 20 2025 at 9:00am
Estate Planning  - Dave Herwerden of WestPoint Wealth Management, LLC 
Mon, Mar 10, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Dover Room
Have you created an estate plan for your family? An estate plan is a map of how you want your personal and financial affairs to be handled in the future.  
Registration opens Monday, February 10 2025 at 12:00am
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The Wall Street Journal is available from WPPL on the Download & Stream page

Now available with your Westlake Porter Public Library card—The Wall Street Journal Online. Enjoy award-winning business journalism and unrivaled coverage of global markets, politics, world news, tech, arts and life, accessible anywhere.

Sign up to learn about the latest Business and Investing titles in the collection.

Resources for Nonprofits and Grantseekers

You can access Candid's databases for free using the computers in the library. One-on-one tutorial sessions are available; please contact Adult Services to schedule an appointment.

Foundation Center Online by Candid

Foundation Directory Online Professional is the most comprehensive prospect research tool for fundraisers, with over 224,000+ grantmaker profiles, 900,000+ recipient profiles, and data on 17+ million grants.

Foundation Grants to Individuals offers information on almost 10,000 funders that provide scholarships, grants, and other types of funding to students, artists, and researchers.

GuideStar is the world's largest source of information about U.S. nonprofit organizations, collecting and distributing data to encourage organizational transparency and charitable giving.