Grant Funding and Proposal Writing (A How-to Guide): Grant Funding: Websites

Established in 1956, Candid (formerly the Foundation Center) is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Candid maintains the Foundation Directory Online and Guidestar, two leading tools for funder and nonprofit research.

Part of Candid, search this database of individual 990 forms of private foundations, public charities, and other nonprofits, to find information on peer and competitor organizations.

Located in Chicago's South Loop, Forefront Library is open to the public, and provides access to prospect research databases, including Research Point for individual prospects, and Foundation Directory Online for foundation and corporate grants and sponsorships.

Grants.gov is the source to find and apply for federal grants. Grants.gov does not provide personal financial assistance.

The mission of the American Council of Learned Societies is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies." ACLS, a private, nonprofit federation of 71 national scholarly organizations, is the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and related social sciences.

CFDA contains detailed program descriptions for 2,186 Federal assistance programs.

Web site of "The Newspaper of the Nonprofit World." Includes searchable databases, listings, and links to philanthropic organizations.

GPA is the premier membership organization of grant professionals.

Exhaustive listing from Michigan State University Libraries.

Exhaustive listing from Michigan State University Libraries.

The Grantsmanship Center was founded in 1972 to offer grantsmanship training to nonprofit and government agencies.

The Department of Natural Resources has numerous programs available to assist with recreational, educational and environmental improvements and projects.

From ISAC: The Illinois Student Assistance Commission

The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.

The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector.

NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.9 billion (FY 2010), we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.

Find information and services for nonprofits, including grants, loans, assistance, taxes, management and more.

The Office of Research Services’ mission is to promote, facilitate, and support research, scholarship, teaching, and creative activities that are conducted by DePaul University faculty, students, and staff, and are consistent with the university’s mission.