For Jay Mendell's book on overcoming stigma in fund raising, please surf to http://black-sheep-library.com That's Black Sheep Fundraising: Obtaining Dollars Despite Stigma and Prejudice toward Abortion, AIDS, Alcoholism, Birth Control, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Eating Disorders, Gambling, Homelessness, Homosexuality, Mental Disorders, Partner Violence, Sex Education, Teenage Pregnancy, the Unemployed, the Ex-Offenders, the Illegal Immigrants, the Juvenile Offenders, the Elderly, and Other Outcast Causes .
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Internet for Grantswriters.
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Take advantage of us (if you live or work in the service area of Florida Atlantic University, area codes 954 and 561).
| CURE's Grantswriting Services. | Address, Location | Requirements. |
| Internet pages on grantswriting. A free site on the Internet's World Wide Web which provides easy access to tutorials on grants writing, maps and statistics for use in needs analysis, and many other Internet-based services. | GollyGrantsOnline.com Gems from grants-central-station: |
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. |
| Internet pages on evaluation, measurable objectives, and other advanced topics for grantswriters. (Sponsored by the House of Hope, Inc.) | 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. |
| 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
954.597-0574. Or send e-mail to mendell at bellsouth dot net. Be sure Jay knows your name, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and street address. Explain in one paragraph what your organization does and what it needs money for. |
Free for persons and organizations in the FAU service area. A thank-you note is requested by e-mail.. |
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.
- Click here to add your name to our electronic mailing list for the latest Florida grants information or to request our flyer of coming grants workshops and tutorials.
- 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 - To become an instant expert in your subject area, visit the Welfare Information Network.
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. This is for very patient persons only. All other should ask for a free subscription to our weekly review of the Register: Click here to add your name to our electronic mailing list for the latest Federal Register grants information or to request our flyer of coming grants workshops and tutorials.
- 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 (follow the links to charitable, corporate, and private foundations). And here are Foundation Search Tools and Philanthropy Search.. These have probably been made obsolete by the item directly above.
- 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.
- Use the form 990 PF database to locate private foundations in your geographic area.
- The Foundation Center monitors late-breaking requests for proposals.
Here are several of our favorite WWW search engines.
- Google is the fastest and in many ways the best.
- I just discovered a sensational meta=search engine called IXQuick. (The more I use it, the more I like it.(
- Northern Light's power search, and Northern Light's search tips. (No longer the best.)
- 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. (I don't use it much anymore.)
Tiger Census 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. Year 2001 data are scheduled to come on line in October 2001.
- Tiger maps have been made obsolete by American FactFinder maps. Year 2001 data are scheduled to come on line in October 2001.
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.
Not directly related to grant writing, but a valuable advanced tool.
