Grant Resources
Grants Collaborative of Tampa Bay, Inc. unless otherwise specifically stated, the information contained herein is available to the public and has been found to be useful by GCTB members. The collaborative has taken every care in the preparation of the content of these resources, but assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product or process disclosed in these examples. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the GCTB. This list is by no means complete and if you find a helpful resource or to report a broken link, please email us at Email Grants Collaborative.
Proposal Writing Assistance
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Grant Proposal Writing
http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/content.php?pid=16143&sid=108666
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A Guide to Proposal Writing – from the National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9891/nsf9891.htm
Basic Elements of Grant Writing - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting provides a guide to the basic elements of grant writing. http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html
Grants & Development - the Dos and Don'ts when applying for a grant
http://www.geneseeisd.org/grants/dos%20and%20Donts.htm
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Proposal Writing Assistance from Montana State University
http://web1.msu.montana.edu/wwwvr/osp/propwrit.html
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Winning the Grant Game! A Guide to Writing Successful Grants - This resource has tips for winning the grant game, a guide to writing the grant, a guidebook for grant writers and what grant readers look for in a successful grant application. http://www.cpsb.org/abshire/Grantwriting%20Resources.pdf
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In Search of Unicorns: Finding and Hiring Outside Grantwriters Part 2
http://www.blueavocado.org/content/search-unicorns-finding-and-hiring-outside-grantwriters-part-2
General Grant Related Resources
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Charity Channel - subscription required.
http://www.charitychannel.org/
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Chronicle of Philanthropy
http://philanthropy.com/grants/
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Compass Pointe - Nonprofit Genie
http://www.compasspoint.org/askgenie/index.php
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Council on Foundations
http://www.cof.org
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Fund$Raiser Cyberzine
http://www.fundsraiser.com/
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Guidestar
http://www2.guidestar.org/
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Idealist.org – The Nonprofit FAQ
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/npofaq
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The Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org/
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http://www.fdncenter.org/fc_stats/
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The Grantsmanship Center
http://www.tgci.com
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Philanthropy News Network
http://www.pnnonline.org/
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USA.gov for Nonprofits – link to official Federal government information and services.
http://www.usa.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
RSS, Email and List Serv
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Grants.Gov
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp
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My Florida Marketplace
http://vbs.dms.state.fl.us/vbs/main_menu
- Local Foundation Center Cooperating Collection - free funding information centers in libraries and other nonprofit resource centers that provide a core collection of Foundation Center publications and a variety of supplementary materials and services in areas useful to grant seekers. http://foundationcenter.org/collections/
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Data Sources for Preparing your Grant
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U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
http://www.census.gov/main/www/access.html
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
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Pinellas County
http://gis.pinellascounty.org/
http://www.pinellascounty.org/Plan/demographics.htm
http://www.pinellasindicators.org/ -
Pinellas County Schools
http://www.pinellas.k12.fl.us/schools/dashboard1.html -
All About Kids
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How to find a grant writer?
http://www.blueavocado.org/content/search-unicorns-finding-and-hiring-outside-grantwriters-part-2
http://www.childrensboard.org/vendor_list.aspx -
Professional Development
SPC Corporate Training – Classroom and Online
www.spcollege.edu/ct/