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I'm setting up a non-profit dedicated to helping parents of all economic levels become more healthy, while equipping the parents the ultimate target is preventing childhood obesity, ultimately leading healthier more productive lives.

I am a Grant Writer. My fee is 6% of the total grant request OR $1,000.00 flat rate before set up. Let me know if you are interested.

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I am about to be a single mother next month and I came across this website about how the government gives money away to people that need it. I signed up to get more info. but I had to pay for it. I'm unemployed and have almost no money to spend on anything that's telling me I can get free money. I've been looking at different websites and seen that you can get grants for just about anything. I need to know how do I go about doing a proposal for personal needs, general living expenses, and buying a new car. I don't even know who or where to even send the proposals too. I really need help.

That website is scamming people because it is ABSOLUTELY FALSE that "the government gives money away to people that need it." That's not how grant works. That's why there's a lot of scams operating in this grant area because there are people like you who needs the money enough to believe in the lies they are spreading

You may want to read the warnings FTC has issued against these "grant" companies:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/03/grantresources.htm

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt134.htm

Here is also one of the warnings issued by the Better Business Bureau http://www.concord.bbb.org/tips_timesharescams.html

If you want information on grants, the only places to go are government websites (those websites that end in .GOV): the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov/ and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/ – these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants.

However, the government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. There are no grants for paying bills, no grants for paying off credit cards, no grants for getting out of debt and no grants for simply fattening your wallet.

Grants are free, but it means OBLIGATION. You will be obligated to do as the grant sets out to do. Grants have objectives, and your purpose must fit the objective of the grant.

For one, you have to write the grant application and the grant application is not a simple document – you have to explain how your purpose for applying for the grant fits well with the objectives set out by the grant.

There is a stringent review process through a committee. You will compete with other applicants for the grant money, and this grant review committee will evaluate the merits of each proposal. Only those that they feel exemplifies the objective of the grant will be approved.

Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT – Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs

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OK. Your non-profit has a purpose statement of some kind. Now surf the internet looking for foundations interested in your goals. Contact them for grant application procedures and follow them EXACTLY. Try to use the same jargon the foundation uses in describing its purposes, to the extent they fit. There are some key words that just have to get in there: the name of a specific disease if your job it to combat it or offer support services for it. The name of your specific mentor or inspiration (e.g., Martin Luthor King for anything about minority rights or nonviolence). And exactly what you want the money for: rental on a storefront, salary for an executive secretary, food to donate to the poor, whatever.

Don't take the first "no" for final, if you get one. Generally, they will tell you (you may have to ask) why your application failed. If so, try to rewrite your application and resubmit it, curing whatever defects you can, and justifying whatever you cannot change. For example, they may say "We don't believe in store-fronts. You must have an office in a respectible office building." Then you would go into detail about the prevailing conditions in your community, how each type of location is perceived by the potetial beneficiaries of your program, etc.

I've done it, although not since the 1970s. Some things are clearly faster now, due to faster communications technology. But the principal is the same: you must convince the foundation that your organization's goals are consistent with theirs, and that you will be effecting in meeting the goals you describe.

Good luck!

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