Foundation Fundamentals: A Guide for Grantseekers, Sixth Edition / Pattie J. Johnson, Editor; Margaret Morth, Assistant Editor.  The Foundation Center. New York, 1999. 259 pp.
Abridged versions of chapters 1, 2, and 3 on the Web at http://fdncenter.org/learn/bookshelf/ff/text.aspx

Foundation Yearbook: Facts and Figures in Private and Community Foundations. The Foundation Center. New York.  Annual.
2002 Highlights

How Foundations Work: What Grantseekers Need to Know About the Many Faces of Foundations / Dennis P. McIlnay. Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, 1998. 204 pp.

Philanthropic Foundations in the United States: An Introduction / Elizabeth Boris. Council on Foundations. Washington, 2000. 61 pp.

"Introduction: Giving By Industry" / Curt Weeden. Iin Giving By Industry: A Reference Guide to the New Corporate Philanthropy. Aspen. Gaithersburg, MD 2003

"The State of Corporate Philanthropy" / Michael Abshire.  In Corporate Philanthropy Report, February 2003.

The Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web / Kief Schladweiler, Editor. The Foundation Center. New York, 2001. 764 pp.
Abridged versions of chapters 2, 4, 6, and 10 on the Web at http://fdncenter.org/learn/bookshelf/grantseek/text.aspx