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| Virtual library of successful proposals. Exemplary grants which can be obtained on the Internet. | GollyGrantsOnline.com | A free service. Requires an Internet connection and Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer. No fax or printing-mailing available. Don’t even ask. A free service. |
| Free searches in a database that contains keyword searchable grant opportunities. We average 75 such searches a year and the request rate is steadily increasing | Phone Professor Mendell at home, at
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On grant writing.
- See the Foundation Center's sensational on-line course on proposal writing, plus several examples of grant application forms.
- Here is a condensed version of Oryx Press' Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing by Miner and Miner.
- Here is a tutorial from the United Nations.
To download our flyer on grant writing lectures and workshops in December 2000, please click here with your right mouse button. If the download does not work, please send e-mail to MendellJay@gmail.com, and request the December 2000 flyer.
To download our flyer on grant writing lectures and workshops in December 2000, please click here with your right mouse button. If the download does not work, send e-mail to MendellJay@gmail.com and request the Spring 2001 flyer.- If you have a question about grant writing, go
to Google's Advanced
Search. In "pages from the site or domain," enter "www.tgci.com".
Then, under "search for," enter a word or phrase. If the
Grantsmanship Center, Inc., has published an article, this trick may find it
for you. (Further hint: "Exclude any pages that contain" the word
"fedrgtxt".)
Try the same trick in the "Giving Forum," http://mcf.org/mcf/forum/articles.htm
Where to look for funding opportunities.
- Consult Florida Administrative Weekly
for Tallahassee's listing of grants and procurements.
Download the 6-OCT-2000 issue, by right-clicking on this link. Or click here to read it on screen. - For federal grants: Visit Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance at http://www.cfda.gov. Enter the search term "transportation," or whatever you are interested in. This will give you an overview of what is available in your field. Contact the federal agency of interest or visit their Web page.
- For federal grants: Visit Federal Register at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html. Enter the search term "grant*" (yes, the asterisk belong there!), select the time range that covers the last week, set the number of hits at 200, and see what grant programs have been announced in the last week. Do this every week to avoid missing the deadline for an important grant. Or read the Federal Funding Reports every week.
- Super-quick access to several dozen federal, Florida, and county sites on
grants.
a. For pending federal grants: Go to http://http://GollyGrantsOnline.com/environmental-scanning.htmGollyGrantsOnline.comhttp://GollyGrantsOnline.com/environmental-scanning.htmGollyGrantsOnline.com - Do your own keyword searches for grants through the Foundation Center's online search engine. (But expect to spend some time learning the keyword list.)
- Foundations Online, dmoz on Grant-Making Foundations and Snap.com on Foundations (follow the links to charitable, corporate, and private foundations). And here are Foundation Search Tools and Philanthropy Search.. These have probably been obsoleted by the item directly above.
- It will be a gigantic pain in the neck, but you can
monitor developments in foundation and corporate giving by regularly visiting these sites:
Philanthropy News Digest
Nonprofit Online News
News Updates From Around the World (A slow link)
Philanthropy News Network Online (This page may pose a security risk.)
Welfare Information Network (item 7, below. is an alternate interface) - A very nice, though not exhaustive list, from the Welfare Information Network, of grants for social services.
- Here is a secret method I developed myself for locating state, county, and city grants: Go to http://www.northernlight.com/power.html and under "Words in URL" search in the domain .fl.us (Florida), .ga.us (Georgia), and so forth. (Notice that there is a period before FL, GA, etc..) This trick will turn up not only state agencies, but counties and cities, as well as odd governmental entities, such as taxing districts. This trick is for highly motivated patient users, only.
- Try this. Go to Google, and enter "foundations grants yourkeyword"
- Top U. S. grantgivers in various categories. Top South Florida grantgivers.
- Special funding for community organizing and social justice.
- Here is a new service, Federal Funding Reports, that periodically reviews the content of Federal Register.
- Examine the form 990PF of a foundation (report to IRS).
Here are several of our favorite WWW search engines.
- Google is the fastest and in many ways the best. Ask me why.
- Northern Light's power search, and Northern Light's search tips.
- Overwhelmingly comprehensive search aid. Suggested by Robert Higdon.
- Reach Lexibot, an outstanding search engine that runs on your home computer and searches for hours on end.
Data and Maps.
- If you plan to send your proposal to an out-of-area granting agency which does not know your local geography, consider including a map in your proposal. You can impose demographic overlays on the census Tiger maps to reveal pockets of poverty, ethnic segregation, etc. Here is a link to the census bureau's Tiger maps service, which will prepare maps free on demand.
- And here is an interesting non-governmental free mapping service. MapQuest! Welcome!
Evaluation and measurable objectives.
- Please note that the words "evaluation" and "measurable objectives," above, are clickable links.
- If you need an independent university evaluation of your demonstration program, call Jay Mendell, 954.762-5644 for a quote on FAU consulting services. Don't wait until the proposal is due.
My outasight workshop on public affairs information on the Internet. And here is the new and improved version.
Not directly related to grant writing, but a valuable advanced tool.
To download our flyer on grant writing lectures and workshops in December 2000, please click here with your right mouse button. If the download does not work, please send e-mail to MendellJay@gmail.com, and request the December 2000 flyer.
To download our flyer on grant writing lectures and workshops in December 2000, please click here with your right mouse button. If the download does not work, send e-mail to MendellJay@gmail.com and request the Spring 2001 flyer.