San Joaquin Valley Regional Resource Center

Related Web Links
- Grant Resources

American Philanthropy Review
www.charitychannel.com
Best known for its discussion forums and GuestShare, a way for forum participants to post articles and documents online.
BoardSource
www.boardsource.org
An online resource for building strong and effective nonprofit boards.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
www.cfda.gov
Lists federal programs and projects that provide assistance, grants or loans. Information is often incomplete or outdated, but there are usually government contacts listed for each program that you can call to verify information.
Community Foundation Locator
www.communityfoundationlocator.org
A U.S. directory of community foundations. Sponsored by the Council on Foundations.
Company Locator
www.whowhere.com
Provides a simple way to find companies by name and location. This is a good place to go when you know that a particular company has a grant program that matches your project, but you don't know how to find its Web site.
Council of Philanthropy
www.philanthropy.com
Online edition is published every week and is an excellent news source. Some material is available only to subscribers.
Educational Cyber Playground
www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/grants.html
Government funding resources for education grants, scholarships & loans; state agency phone numbers for student financial aid; business plan resources for women; grants for women, grants and girls.
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
www.whitehouse.gov/
This is a new White House web site with one of the largest and most comprehensive listings of federal funding streams. Once on the site, click on the topic/area you want more information on, and you are referred directly to this funding stream.
Foundation Center
www.fdncenter.org
One of the most widely used resources for information about foundations. A searchable database is available via an online subscription. Also contains extensive information and examples on many grant related topics, including a short course on proposal writing.
Foundations On-Line
www.foundations.org
Contains links to foundations with Web sites and also provides information on government funding, nonprofits and fund-raising issues.
Free Management Library
www.mapnp.org/library
Developed by Authenticity Consulting, LLC, hosted by the Management Assistance Program. A comprehensive online library for nonprofits and for-profits that contains free information broken down by 72 popular topics.
GrantSelect
www.grantselect.com
This site lists a variety of funding sources and grant opportunities for many different types of projects and organizations.
GuideStar
www.guidestar.org
Information of the activities and finances of nonprofits and foundations nationwide. There is no charge to list your organization or foundation.
Hoover's Online
www.hoovers.com
This site provides information on thousands of companies throughout the United States.
Nonprofit Genie
www.genie.org
Valuable information on a variety of topics, including fund raising.
Nonprofit Works
www.nonprofitworks.com
Information about company services services, courses and workshops. Includes a "downloads" section that contains free documents and templates related to grant research and writing, planning, Web development, and boards of directors.
Northwestern University
pubweb.northwestern.edu/~cap440/bookmark
An extensive online directory of research topics, including grants, foundations, corporations, government, philanthropy, and research Web pages.
Rochester Grantmakers Forum
www.grantmakers.org
The Forum is a professional association of grantmakers from the Rochester, NY area. The site has links to the Common Application Form, Common Report Form, Rochester Area Logic Model, and contains information about how to purchase the Guide to Grantmakers in the Rochester Area.
School Grants
www.schoolgrants.org
A site that lists many grant opportunities for school funding.
The Grantsmanship Center
www.tgci.com
Main purpose of this site is to promote the Grantsmanship Center's training program, but the site provides an application for a free subscription to The Grantsmanship Center Magazine.
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.org
Great place for education grants.
U.S. Government's Web Portal
www.firstgov.gov
Great place with links to all government branches for grants, loans and other assistance.
U.S. Nonprofit Gateway
www.nonprofit.gov
Good links to grant and contract sites, such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. You can also search easily for legal, tax and other information.