Additional Grant Resources

Where can I find more information on potential funders?

The Foundation Center maintains collections in libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers around the country. These six sites in Massachusettes provide free access to Foundation Center publications and, in some cases, installed copies of the "FC Search" database. To find a location near you, visit http://foundationcenter.org/collections/ccma.html

 

Another place to find more information on potential funders is through Federal 990 tax forms. These forms provide information on funder assets, expenditures, grantmaking, and board members. The following websites have online archives of 990 forms and offer tutorials to help you understand the 990 format:

 

You can also search for information on the web. Use quotation marks to search for phrases that must be found in an exact word order (“charter school grants”), plus signs for words that must be contained on retrieved pages (+Massachusettes), and asterisks for word stems (grant*) to help refine your search.

 

Are there other sites with information on grant writing?

Grants.gov is a centralized, online process to find, and apply for, over 900 grant programs from the 26 federal grant-making agencies.

http://www.grants.gov

 

GrantsAlert is a database of currently available grants in the education sector.

http://www.grantsalert.com/

 

Similarly, Grants Wrangler is a grants and awards-listing service with tips on the grant-writing process.

http://www.grantwrangler.com/index.html

 

SchoolGrants aims to provide schools with the knowledge and resources to write successful grant proposals. The site offers grant writing tips, sample proposals, grant opportunities, and other relevant information. You can also subscribe to a newsletter for $45 annually with current information on resources and deadlines.

http://www.k12grants.org/

 

The homepage for funding at the US Department of Education is the federal resource for government grants and contracts. You can navigate from this site to the list of eligibility requirements and open discretionary grant competitions, as well as the list of opportunities forecasted to come available in the near future.

http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt

 

The Guide to US Department of Education Programs is a printable PDF with an overview of the federally funded programs administered by the Department of Education.

http://www.ed.gov/programs/gtep/gtep.pdf

 

About.com offers a variety of tools and tips on different types of fundraising for nonprofits

http://nonprofit.about.com/od/fundraising/Fundraising_Tips_and_Tools.htm

 

The Granstmanship Center trains nonprofits to gain skills to compete for funding opportunities. They provide information on top grantmaking foundations, community foundations, and corporate giving programs by state and area of geographic focus within the state .

http://www.tgci.com/

 

 

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