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Business Library: Reference Materials: Loans & Capital: Grants

Common Types of Grants
Categorization and definition of grants

Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities
National Endowment for the Arts online resource of federal funding available for arts initiatives through national, state and local funding programs

Elements of a Grant Proposal - new
Outline from the Center for Nonprofit Management

Foundation Center's User-Friendly Guide to Funding Research & Resources - new
Online guide intended both as a basic primer on the grantseeking process and as an introduction to the resources available; covers foundations in detail, plus corporate, government and individual funding sources

Foundations.org
Directory of online foundations and grantmakers

Fundsnet - new
Portal to sources for grants and fundraising opportunities; includes grantsmanship centers, grantwriting resources and technology assistance

GrantMatch
Online service matching grantseekers and grantmakers (registration and fee required)

Grants Directories and Resources
Few grants are available to businesses and virtually none are available to finance a start-up. This document lists publications that explain the requirements of funding agencies for specific grants.

Illinois Researcher Information Service - new
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana's searchable database of funding opportunities, includes federal and non-federal sources

NEH Grants & Applications - new
National Endowment for the Humanities online resource of grants programs, instructions for recipients and initiatives for providing resources for teaching, scholarship and preservation efforts

Nonprofits
Link to the Nonprofits section in the Legal, Regulatory & Taxes area of the Business Library

The Chronical of Philanthropy
The newspaper of the nonprofit world (includes Guide to Grants - requires subscription)

The Foundation Center
Munich cheap hotels Analyzes and disseminates information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects; includes Orientation to the Grantseeking Process, links to private foundations and links to corporate sources

The Grantsmanship Center
Offers low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies; includes links to federal, state, community and international funding sources

The Myth About Grants for Businesses - new
Grants sounds like "free money," but in most cases, an enormous amount of work must go into finding a suitable match and writing a grant proposal.

What Grantmakers Want Applicants to Know - new
Alojamiento descontado Besenova When grantmakers were asked what advice they'd like to tell applicants to increase their chances of success, this is what they recommended

What to do Before you Write a Grant Proposal - new
Useful document describing eight steps to take before beginning to write a grant


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