What support resources exist?

  • SCCOE Grant Resources — Reference library of funding sources, fundraising strategies, and books on writing grants
     
  • Foundation Center — Online gateway to the world of foundation grants
     
    • Comprehensive FAQs on a wide range of nonprofit topics
       
    • Foundation Finder – free basic info on U.S. grantmakers
       
    • Foundation Directory Online — searchable database of 91,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors (subscription)
       
    • Excellent publications (also available for use at locations across the country)
       
    • Workshops on a variety of fundraising topics
       
    • Short Course on Proposal Writing
       
  • CompassPoint
     
    • Workshops on writing grants, developing budgets, etc.
       
    • Nonprofit Development Library: publications and FAQs for grantseekers
       
    • Consulting services for Northern California nonprofits
       
    • Nonprofit Genie offers free FAQs written by leading experts from around the country, on topics ranging from fundraising to strategic planning to starting your own nonprofit
       
  • Grassroots Fundraising Journal
     
    • Each issue offers practical, how-to instruction on fundraising strategies such as direct mail, special events, major gift campaigns, and online fundraising. Published bimonthly (subscription; sliding scale).
       
    • Free monthly e-newsletter, downloadable articles, and other resources
       
    • Consultant Directory
       
  • The Grantsmanship Center
     
    • Downloadable publications (most $3-$5)
       
    • Grantsmanship training
       
    • Daily federal grant announcements
       
    • Indexes of funding sources
       
    • GrantDomain: government, foundation and corporate funding sources
       
  • FREE (Federal Resources of Educational Excellence)
     
    • Teaching and Learning Resources from federal agencies
       
    • Subjects include: arts & music; health and physical education; history and social studies; language arts; math; science; and special collections
       
    • Resources from the Library of Congress, National Archives, Smithsonian, NSF, NASA, the National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts, and dozens of other federal agencies.

 

Date last updated: September 22, 2010

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