Grant Writing Resources

Writing grants is part of the job of a community organizer. We feed ourselves through grants. But grant writing is also one of the things I enjoy to write, including the painful process of editing the words line by line.

• The Cincinnati Public Library has a great Grant Writing 101 Course every now and then. Click on their events sections to find out. Also, they have the Foundation Directory where you can find every founders on earth, but only accessible on the second floor of the Main Library at the Education and Religion Department. Highly recommended.
• Kona Bistro, in Oakley, has a community night every Wednesday. The deal: register your non-profit organization, and they will take home some percentage of the purchase including tips that night.
• Playing Robin Hood: is my term to get grants from the corporation world, especially those who somewhat had contributed to the suffering life of people, small businesses, etc: Start from Starbuck Community Building Program.
• Chronicle of Philanthropy
• DevelopPro
• Foundation Center
  The Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse established in 1956. The Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. The audiences that call on the Center's resources include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media and the general public.
• Gifts In Kind
• GuideStar
• Grantwriting Help
• Helping.org
• InnoNet
• Internet Nonprofit Center
• Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (MAP)
• Non-profit Resource Center
• National Database of Non-Profit Organizations
  Searchable database of more than 700,000 U.S. nonprofit organizations
• Non-Profit Times
• Philanthropy News Digest
• Philanthropy Search
• Gateway to Associations
• NonProfit Gateway
• Foundation Center RFP Page