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I am a volunteer for a non profit Seeds of Help and I’d like to start writing grants to raise money. We focus on international development and women’s education. I have tried grants.gov but find it overwhelming. Any and all suggestions and help would be great. Our website is www.seedsofhelp.org to give you more of an idea of our projects.
Thanks in advance!

Good for you! This is a great thing you are doing. The best national listing of foundations that make grants are at http://foundationcenter.org/. There is a fee to access the information if I am not mistaken. Also, writing grants requires a little training and alot of homework. Try googling Executive Service Corps and see if they have branch in your area. They are a nonprofit that often have classes or tutoring on how to write grants. If they don’t pan out, call the local United Way and ask who offers grant writing classes. I strongly reccomend you learn the grantwriting process before you try because there are many common mistakes you can avoid (too many to discuss here) by knowing the game. Lots of people write grants, only those who know the game get them funded. Unfortunately, if you write a grant and make a mistake it will reflect poorly on your organization and maybe even jeopardize the organizations ability to get future grants from that foundation. So be sure you have their support and approval before writting and submitting a grant application. Its serious stuff, but do your homework and it will pay off.

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Check the American Association of Grant Professionals http://www.grantprofessionals.org or the Association of Fund Raising Professionals http://www.afpnet.org/ and ask for referrals

Or you can learn how to do grant proposals on your own

Teaching Yourself to be a Grantwriter http://www.grantproposal.com/starting_inner.html
Minnesota Council on Foundations Writing a Successful Grant Proposal http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm
Non profit Guides http://www.npguides.org/
GrantExperts.com http://www.grantexperts.com
Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/learnabout/proposalwriting.html

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We are a 501 C 3 organization that funds research to find a cure for childhood brain tumors. we would like to go after giving/ personal wealth trusts and foundations for help support a cure for brain tumors.

We have a list of the foundations, just want someone to write it for us.

To find a someone to help you write grants, you can search online to find associations for grant writers. The Association for Fundraising Professionals (AFP) is another potential source for grant writers, though this organization is for all types of fundraisers, not just grant writers.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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I am trying to write a proposal to propose a grant to redecorate a chemotherapy room. Who would I contact for this and what should I include in the proposal? Also, who do you think would be willing to give me the funds to do this?

Before you think of how to write this grant proposal, find first a foundation who might be able to help you. It will not be easy and you will have to JUSTIFY why they need to support a redecorating project. Are there studies that show that cancer patients react better to a light blue room? Is there any impact at all in their recovery if you change the room?

The key to remember when writing a grant proposal is you have to CLEARLY demonstrate the need for the money. Think about this first, and then find possible funding sources.

If you are operating a non-profit organization, Your best bet is to seek for private grants or grants from private foundations.

The best resource for this is Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org . They have a very good database covering all organizations giving grants and you can find foundations that are interested in supporting your type of cause. However, it’s a subscription based website ($19.95 per month I think is the cheapest subscription price). But it certainly is worth the fee. You can subscribe one month, and make sure you get all the info you need and then stop the subscription.

If you want to try federal sources, you can go to 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.

CFDA has several ways to search for grants. I suggest you search by beneficiary and select Private Non Profit Organization and you can find listings of grants available http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_BENEF_RPT.show

The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. 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.

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