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Grant Research

The Basics

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Grant Sources

Government Federal State

Corporations Foundations

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Government Grants

Federal http://Grants.gov http://ed.gov http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/

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State Grants

State of California http://www.ca.gov/Grants.html

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Corporation Grants

Corporate Foundations http://walmartstores.com/communitygivin

g/203.aspx Corporate Public/Community Relations

Funds

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Foundation Grants

Online Subscription Search Services http://foundationcenter.org http://guidestar.org http://www.bigdatabase.com/

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Community Foundations

Sacramento Region Community Foundation www.sacregcf.org

Placer Community Foundation http://www.placercf.org/

El Dorado Community Foundation http://www.eldoradocf.org/

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Family Foundations

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/

home.aspx

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Independent Foundation

Usually fund grants to implement their priorities

Usually not operating on government money

Lucille and David Packard Foundation http://www.packard.org/home.aspx

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Operating Foundation

Usually conducts research or operates its own programs

Usually does not give out grants or they are very small

Sacramento Zoo Museums & Hospitals

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What do I look for?

Requests for Proposals (RFP) / Request for Applications (RFA)

Federal Funding Forecast Federal Register Foundation Grant Cycles

Foundation Rolling Applications

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Where Do I Look?

Foundation Center – http://foundationcenter.org

Guide Star – http://guidestar.org Sacramento Nonprofit Resource Center

1331 Garden Highway

Sacramento, CA 95833

Phone: 916-285-1840

Fax: 888-550-NPRC (6772)

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How Do I Look?

Research Drill down to the most likely grant makers

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