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Grant Writing and Program Development

Grant Writing and Program Development is an integral part of community planning. During the community planning process, many of the outcomes result in the need to search for grants to fund new programs. The TJPDC has developed this list of resources to assist in getting started on Grant Writing and Program Development.



Grant Writing & Organizational Development

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Ten Commandments of Private Foundation Grant Proposals

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:grant writing tutorial

Corporation for Public Broadcasting:Basic Elements of Grant Writing to assist applicants to CPB and other funding sources. It offers guideposts to help you through each stage of the process

Environmental Protection Agency: extensive grant writing tutorial

The Foundation Center

Fundsnet: -philanthropy gateway that allows you to search for available funding by category

Grant Proposal.com

Grant Writers.com

Grantsmanship Center

IdeaList: -Action Without Borders connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.

Non Profit Guides: grant writing tools for non-profit organizations

Paladin Group: Elements of a Grant Proposal

ProposalWriter.com:Proposal Pointers and Pitfalls

Seattle Community Network:Proposals for Funding

Seliger and Associates: -Grant Writing Services and Funding Report

Society of Nonprofit Organizations

University of Massachusetts Proposal Writing & Research Development: tools and links

University of Michigan Resources for Grant Writers

University of Wisconsin-Madison: excellent guidelines for proposal writing, with advice and samples

Grants Management

MicroEdge: Library with articles and links related to various aspects of grants management



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Funding Sources

Catalogs & Collections

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) -A government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. (see the CFDA grant writing tutorial)

Federal Business Opportunities -links to Federal contract opportunities

Federal Grants Research -from all agencies, sign up for email notification of grant announcements

Grants catalog -a consolidated listing of Federal grant opportunities

Find Funding Opportunities at HUD Find grants & donors for your organization

HUD Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Administration for Children & Families

Fundsnet: -philanthropy gateway that allows you to search for available funding by category

Grantsmanship Center: -provides training and a funding resource on-line directory

Philanthropic organizations

Aspen Institute

Council on Foundations

The Enterprise Foundation

Fannie Mae Foundation

The Foundation Center

Foundations On-line

IBM International Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

Melville Charitable Trust

The Pew Charitable Trusts

United Way of America

Central Virginia United Way

Philanthropy Journal On-line

Teacher/Pathfinder Home: Homeless Students



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Statistics / Research Resources

Robert Niles: a guide for finding statistical data on the internet, easy to understand definitions of statistical terms and measurements

US Census Bureau

US Census State Data Center Program

Fedstats - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

The State of the Nation's Housing 2004, Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University

Education Trust

National Association of Counties

University of Michigan Statistical Resources on the Web

Infoplease

Economic Development Data Guide to regional economic data on the web

Population Reference Bureau Informing people about the population dimensions of important social, economic, and political issues





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