Grantwriting
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Tools
- AAGP Consultants Directory
Directory of grantwriting consultants.
Sponsoring organization: American Association of Grants Professionals
- AFP Consultants Directory
Serves as a database of fundraising consultants. Services covered include grantwriting, board and staff training, database and web site development and much more. Searchable by consultant specialty and state.
Sponsoring organization: Association of Fundraising Professionals
- Art of Grantsmanship
Grantwriting guidelines. Produced by Dr. Jacob Kraicer.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
Contains information on all available federal programs including grant eligibility, application procedures, selection criteria, and program deadlines.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. General Services Administration
- Foundation Finder
Provide contact information and basic fiscal profiles for 70,000+ U.S. private and community foundations.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation Center
- Funding Sources for Rural Microenterprise Development Programs
Lists funding sources for rural microenterprise projects, including federal government programs, national foundations, and a searchable databases of funding sources. Published in December 2003.
Sponsoring organization: Association for Enterprise Opportunity
- Grants for Nonprofits
Contains private funding sources directed primarily to nonprofit organizations, although some topics are of interest to individuals, such as academic support. Funding sources are arranged by topic. This tool is produced by Jon Harrison at the Michigan State University Libraries.
- Grants.gov
Serves as a single, comprehensive web site with information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs.
- GrantsNet
Includes an introduction to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grants, with information about policies governing the award and administration of grant activities.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Health Funding Watch
Newsletter covering news, resources, funding opportunities for individuals and organizations, and job listings focused on health topics.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation Center
- HRSA Grants
Provides details on HRSA's competitive grant offerings for the current fiscal year. Also known as the HRSA Preview.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- NACCHO's Foundation Funding Guide
Lists national and state funding sources on a specific public health topic. Updated monthly, with topics including, but not limited to Adolescent Health, Tobacco, Access to Health Care and Reproductive Health.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
- NOZA's 990-PF Database
Searchable database, by GrantSmart, of federal tax returns filed by non-profit organizations such as private foundations and charitable trusts.
- Proposal Budgeting Basics
Offers an online course covering the basics of developing a project budget. Most appropriate for those who have general knowledge of proposal development.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation Center
- Proposal Writing Short Course
Online course introducing the proposal writing process.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation Center
- Prospect Worksheet
Contains worksheets grantseekers can use to focus on funders whose priorities match their projects. Available in a variety of formats, including Word and PDF.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation Center
- RAC Funding Search
Offers a searchable database for funding opportunities, updated daily from the Federal Register and other sources.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
- RAC Maps
Provides national maps on a variety of rural health and human services topics. Maps can be customized to focus on a specified state or county and to show additional labels, boundaries and data, for use in grant applications, reports and other publications.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
- Reference Guides for Proposal Writers
Offers resources on grantwriting, including links to web sites and recommended books on topics like finding a consultant, approaching a foundation, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation Center
Publications
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Find Your Funding: A Catalogue for Rural Health Network Resources
Provides funding information on rural health topics, including information on grantwriting, sources of funding information, and information on health professional scholarships.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
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Grantee Sustainability in the Rural Health Outreach Grant Program
Describes a study of the post-grant experiences of 99 Rural Health Outreach Grant recipients. Focuses on the extent to which programs were able to maintain or expand services after their grants ended and characteristics that helped programs succeed in the post-grant period.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Astrid Knott, Ira Moscovice
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 12 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Putting Rural Services on the Map
Discusses the benefits of maps, particularly visual data, and mapping technology. Includes information on RUPRI/CARES, GIS, and map projects that other states are undertaking.
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Date: 09 / 2004
Format: HTML
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Rural Health Services Funding: A Resource Guide
Contains information on rural health grantsmanship, federal and state funding sources, publications, agencies, foundations, corporations, directories, guides, and glossary. Updated December 2005.
Author(s): Beth Blevins, Susan Marder
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Stats for Scaredy-Cats: A How-To Guide for Rural Data Users
Discusses basic statistical techniques for use in writing grant proposals, analyzing reports, and evaluating programs.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Journals
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Chronicle of Philanthropy
Intended for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. Some newspaper articles are available free online, but the grants database and other tools require a subscription.
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Federal Register
Official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. Among its numerous notices are notices of funding availability.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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Internet Prospector
Includes reviews of web sites and other resources related to funding. Online newsletter for the nonprofit fundraising community.
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NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Contains notices for new grant announcements, availability of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and Requests for Applications (RFAs), as well as ongoing program announcements.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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Philanthropy News Digest
Newsletter on philanthropy, including the RFP Bulletin covering new funding opportunities, and Connections, a review of new web sites related to philanthropy.
Sponsoring organization: Foundation Center
Organizations
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American Association of Grants Professionals
Builds and supports an international community of grant professionals. Acts as a resource for the practice of grantsmanship in all sectors of the field.
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Association of Fundraising Professionals
Works to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification programs.
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Foundation Center
Collects, organizes, and communicates information on U.S. philanthropy. Provides education and training on the grantseeking process. Provides free and fee-based information on grantseeking and foundation giving.
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