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Reference – 1st Floor  

Annual Register of Grant Support - A Directory of Funding Sources
- R 061 Ann

Over 3500 programs covering the arts, government, education, international affairs, minorities, sciences, social sciences, and technology.              

                  
The Complete Guide to Florida Foundations - R 061 Com

Over 3,700 private Florida foundations. Also, proposal writing guidelines.      

                         
     

The Foundation Directory - R 061 Fou

Detailed information on the 10,000 largest grant making foundations.     


                                               
The Foundation Grants Index - R 061 Fou

From the Foundation Center, over 97,000 grants listed.       

         

The National Directory of Corporate Giving - R 061 Nat 

Profiles over 3,700 companies that contribute to nonprofit organizations.       

                            

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: - R 061.3 Cat 

Thousands of assistance programs from the Federal Government.    

 
                                                                                                 
Florida State Grant Programs:R 061.3 Flo

Information about state grants, loans and technical assistance programs.  

            
 

Foundation Grants to Individuals: - R 061.3 Fou

Over 6,200 entries of foundations that provide assistance to individuals.    

 

Government Assistance Almanac - R 338.922 Gov

Over 1,600 grants, loans, fellowships, scholarships and traineeships.  

         
The Grants Register - R 338.922 Gra

More than 3,800 awards covering 58 countries for postgraduate funding.   

 

 

 

 

Finding Additional Material

 

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 061, 338.922, 361.7
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library catalog from the Library or from your home computer by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  A good subject heading for this topic is grants and endowments.

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Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·            The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       EBSCOhost, Infotrac Onefile, and America’s Newspapers - Access from the Library or at home using your library card
       number at
www.wppl.org.  Search for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit
       the search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

 

 

 

 

Web Sites

 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Provides access to a database of federal programs available to state and local governments; federally recognized tribal governments; territories (and possessions); domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.       

 

Deborah Kluge - Independent Consultant: The FAQ section alone answers most questions a grant seeker could ask.  Covers many types of grants including small, minority, women and international.  Links to government agencies and to dozens of other grant and pertinent business sites. Guides to proposal writing and checklists.  Recommended.       

  

 

The Foundation Center – Find Funders: An essential site for all grant seekers. A “Get Started” guide, "Find Funders," “Gain Knowledge” “Check Statistics,” “990 Finder,” “Search RFPs,” forms, worksheets, and much more.               
    

  
Foundations.org: Community Foundations Directory, Corporate & Private Foundations, Financial Advisors and Philanthropic Venture Foundations and more.                                          
 


Give.org: Give.org collects and distributes information on hundreds of nonprofit organizations, and provides guidelines, tips and information to philanthropists, donors, and grant givers. 
     

 
Grants and Related Sources: From Michigan State University Library.  Over 40 grant sites/topics including "Grants for Nonprofits" and "Grants for Individuals."        
  


GuideStar: A free registration provides “data on more than 1.5 million nonprofit
organizations, connecting them
with donors, foundations, businesses, and governing agencies in a nationwide community of giving.”
 


Libraryspot’s Getting Grants: Libraryspot.com's Getting Grants provides a rich resource of grant links including A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing, Proposal Writer Search Engine, government sources and more.                                
        

                                     
Nonprofit Organizations: This Enoch Pratt Free Library site provides links to other grant and funding Web sites includes: Charity Evaluations for Donors, Government Grants, Newsletters & Journals, Nonprofit Blogs, Nonprofit Management and Fundraising, and Recursos en el Internet.

  

 

 

 


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