Web Search Sources for Grants and Other Types of Funding

Foundations

1. Foundation Center: www.fdncenter.org. A top source for information on all types of foundation grants.
2. Fundsnet Services Online: www.fundsnetservices.com. Another general online database of foundations and other funding organizations.
3. Individual Foundation Sites:
• The Annenberg Foundation: http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/
• The Annie E Casey Foundation: http://www.aecf.org/
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: www.gatesfoundation.org
• Carnegie Corporation of New York: www.carnegie.org
• The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: www.macfound.org
• The NEA Foundation: http://www.neafoundation.org/grants.htm
• The Pew Charitable Trusts: www.pewtrusts.org.
• The Open Society Institute: www.soros.org/grants
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: www.rwjf.org
• The Rockefeller Foundation: www.rockfound.org
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation: www.wkkf.org

Nonprofit Resources

4. GuideStar.org: www.guidestar.org. Excellent general resources website for nonprofits. Includes advice on what grant makers want to know from applicants: http://www.guidestar.org/news/features/grantadvice.jsp
5. The Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://www.philanthropy.com/. Latest news and up to date information on fundraising, philanthropy, top donors, foundations, etc. for the nonprofit audience.
6. PNN Online: www.pnnonline.org. Nonprofit news and information resource. Includes a section on general fundraising.

Government Sources

7. www.grants.gov. The one-stop site for all government grants.
8. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: www.cfda.gov. Lists sources for loans, research grants, donations and technical assistance for writing grants.
9. National Endowment for the Humanities Funds: http://www.neh.gov/.
10. National Institute of Health: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm.
11. National Science Foundation: www.nsf.gov.
12. National Endowment for the Arts: www.arts.endow.gov.
13. US Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html. This website is a forecast of funding opportunities under the Department of Education discretionary grant programs for the next fiscal year.

Other Resources

1. Environmental Education Grants: http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html
2. http://eelink.net/grants-generalinformation.html
3. Community of Science: www.cos.com. Described as the "largest, most comprehensive database of available funding", COS funding opportunities include "Monies available for work in all disciplines physical sciences, social sciences, life sciences, health & medicine, arts & humanities."
4. The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com. Additional resource on funding institutions available on this website at: http://chronicle.com/free/grants/