--Last Updated 1/19/2007
Steps for Grant Seekers:
1. Is a Grant Right for your organization?
First, decide if your organization is ready for a grant and learn more about the grant making process:Foundation Center: Grant Orientation Tutorial
(Learn about the grant making process, who gives to Nonprofits, what is their selection criteria, and how to create a prospecting list. Also learn more about Foundation Center's publications, many of which the library owns.)
http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/gfr/initial.html
Tucson-Pima Public Library (Arizona): "Grants: Find the Right Funder"
http://www.lib.ci.tucson.az.us/research/guides/grantsfindfunders.cfm
Article: "Grant seeker, Know Thy Self"
2. Decide on the approach:
The next step is to decide where you should go to get the funding, for what programs, and how to find out about funding opportunities. There are many different types of grants: Federal, State, Foundation, and Corporate: follow the links below to explore the similarities, differences between them and where to go to search for the funding opportunities.
Federal State Foundations Corporations
3. Do your Homework!:In order to approach grant makers you need to develop your case to show your need for funding. If you need help on finding statistics and research information, try the links in the community analysis section.
-- see Community Analysis.
Then develop a list of possible funders by searching business and grant making databases.
-- see Creating a List
Finally, when you compile a list of funders that match your organization's criteria, continue with further research on your prospect to make sure your organization and theirs is a match.
-- see Prospecting
4. Writing the Grant Proposal:
There are many sites and books that show how to write a grant proposal. If you have already developed your case, then putting a proposal together is much easier. Just a note, writing and sending a proposal will still not guarantee a grant. Successful grant writers network and have contact with their intended funders, so pick up the phone and call them!
Foundation Center: (Course on Proposal Writing)
http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html
Economic Research Institute: (990 access)http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com
Environmental Protection Agency:
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm
National Institutes of Health and Extramural Research:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm
Nonprofit Guides:
http://www.npguides.org/
University of California Santa Barbara:
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/rfps.html
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