Other Funding Sources

The Foundation Center

Gateway to information about private funding sources, the grant seeking process, guidelines on writing a grant proposal, addresses of state libraries with grants reference collections, and links to other useful Internet websites. The Center maintains a comprehensive database on foundations; produces print and electronic directories and guides; conducts research and publishes studies in the field; and offers a variety of training and educational seminars.

• Guide to Funding Research:  An overview of the funding research process for those seeking grants from foundations, corporations, and grantmaking public charities.
• Proposal Writing Short Course
• Foundation Finder:  Search for information about more than 70,000 private and community foundations.
• Requests for Proposals:  Daily postings of requests for proposals (RFPs) from private funding sources by broad subject category.
• Foundation Center Cooperating Collections:  Free funding information available in libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit centers nationwide.

Grant Resources by State  (Grantsmanship Center)

Click on the state map to find links to information about a state's foundations, community foundations, corporate giving programs and the state's home page.

Community Foundation Locator  (Council on Foundations)

Community foundations have special interest in funding local and community projects.