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English 371: Grant Writing: Links

A few links for community / need / problem research

Before you can write an effective Problem Statement, you need to research the problems (or needs) in your community.

Links: the following links give you a great deal of specialized information, some of it local and some of it national.

• Administration for Children and Families. http://www.acf.hhs.gov
• Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov
• Census Bureau http://www.census.gov
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. http://www.cbpp.org/
• Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
  • National Center for Health Statistics. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
  • South Carolina State Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Profile https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/profiles/south-carolina.html
• Data.gov: the home of the U.S. Government’s open data http://data.gov
• Economic Policy Institute. http://www.epi.org
• KidsCount Data Center. http://datacenter.kidscount.org
• National Center for Charitable Statistics. http://nccs.urban.org
• National Center for Education Statistics https://nces.ed.gov
• The Opportunity Agenda. http://opportunityagenda.org/
• Pew Research Center http://www.pewresearch.org
• Public Health Emergency Preparednesshttps://www.phe.gov/
• South Carolina
  • SC: Official State Website http://www.sc.gov/
    • SC Government Agency Listing https://sc.gov/Agency-Listing
  • SC Arts Commission http://www.southcarolinaarts.com/
  • SC Community Profiles http://www.sccommunityprofiles.org/
  • South Carolina Commission for the Blind http://www.sccb.state.sc.us
  • SC Department of Administration https://www.admin.sc.gov
  • SC Department of Agriculture http://agriculture.sc.gov
  • SC Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services http://www.daodas.state.sc.us
  • SC Department of Commerce http://sccommerce.com
  • SC Department of Education http://ed.sc.gov
  • SC Department of Health and Environmental Control http://www.scdhec.gov/
  • SC Department of Health and Human Services https://www.scdhhs.gov
  • SC Department of Mental Health http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/
  • SC Department of Transportation http://www.dot.state.sc.us/
  • SC’s Information Highway http://www.sciway.net
  • SC State Office of Children's Affairs http://ca.sc.gov
  • SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department https://scvrd.net
• The United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. http://www.ers.usda.gov
• The Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org
• Youth.gov http://youth.gov

Links from “Resource B: How to Research Funders” in WGSBS:

• Candid.org > Find Funding https://candid.org/find-funding
• The Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University https://johnsoncenter.org
• Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California https://cppp.usc.edu
• United Philanthropy Forum > Find Your Regional Philanthropy-Serving Organization https://www.unitedphilforum.org/find-your-regional-philanthropy-serving-organization

Links from Resource C: Resources for Grantseekers

• International Human Rights Funders Group: Resources for Grantseekers. https://www.hrfn.org/resources-for-grantseekers/
• Give Spot. http://www.givespot.com/resources/grantseekers.htm
• San Diego Grantmakers: Grantseeker Resources. http://www.sdgrantmakers.org/grantseeker-resources
• Northwestern University Foundation Relations: Find Funding https://www.northwestern.edu/foundationrelations/find-funding/index.html
• Foundation Search America. http://www.foundationsearch.com
• Fundsnet Services Online. http://www.fundsnetservices.com
• The Grantsmanship Center. http://www.tgci.com

Resources for Individual Grantseekers

• Grant Space: Resources for Individual Grantseekers. http://grantspace.org/Tools/Knowledge-Base/Individual-Grantseekers
• Foundation Center: Links for Individual Grantseekers. http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/individuals/

Prospect Resource Tools

• DonorSearch. http://donorsearch.net/
• Candid: Find Funding. https://candid.org/find-funding
• GuideStar. http://www.guidestar.org

Online Application Examples

• W. K. Kellogg Foundation. http://www.wkkf.org
• The Skoll Foundation. http://www.skollfoundation.org
• Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation. http://www.meyerfoundation.org/apply-for-funding
• The Cleveland Foundation. http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/GrantMaking/ApplyForAGrant/default.html
• The California Community Foundation. https://www.calfund.org/page.aspx?pid=860

Measuring Social Change, Social Justice

• Social Edge: A Program of the Skoll Foundation. http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/success-metrics/measuring-social-impact/
• Innovation Network: Measuring Social Change, Lessons from the Field. http://www.innonet.org/index.php?section_id=6&content_id=592
• The Center for Effective Philanthropy: Assessment and Social Justice Funding. http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/05/assessment-and-social-justice-funding/

Program Evaluation

• GrantSpace: Knowledge Base. http://grantspace.org/Tools/Knowledge-Base/Grantmakers/Program-evaluation
• Delaware Association of Nonprofits. http://www.delawarenonprofit.org/infocentral/programeval.php
• The James Irvine Foundation: Evaluation. http://irvine.org/evaluation/tools-and-resources
• Florida Atlantic University: Nonprofit Resource Center. http://wise.fau.edu/~rcnyhan/images/program.html
• Free Management Library: Basic Guide to Program Evaluation (Including Outcomes Evaluation). http://managementhelp.org/evaluation/program-evaluation-guide.htm

Budget Information

• The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. http://www.mott.org/grantsandguidelines/ForGrantees/accounting/indirectvsdirect
• Small Business Chron: How to Calculate Overhead for a Nonprofit. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/calculate-overhead-nonprofit–13808.html
• Nonprofit Accounting Basics: Reporting and Operations. http://www.nonprofitaccountingbasics.org/reporting-operations/budgeting-terms-concepts

Government Grant Opportunities

• National Endowment for the Arts. http://www.arts.endow.gov
• USA.gov for Nonprofits. http://www.usa.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
• Grants.gov. http://www.grants.gov
• U.S. Department of Education (ED). http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). http://www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm

Board Resources

• Board Match Plus. http://www.boardmatchplus.org
• BoardSource. http://www.boardsource.org

Research and Data Resources

• National Center for Charitable Statistics. http://nccs.urban.org
• The Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. http://www.cbpp.org/
• The Opportunity Agenda. http://opportunityagenda.org/
• Economic Policy Institute. http://www.epi.org

Other Resources

• Alliance for Nonprofit Management. http://www.allianceonline.org
• American Association of Grant Professionals. http://go-aagp.org
• Association of Fundraising Professionals. http://www.afpnet.org
• CharityChannel.com. http://www.CharityChannel.com
• Chronicle of Philanthropy. http://www.philanthropy.com
• CompassPoint. http://www.compasspoint.org
• Council on Foundations. http://www.cof.org
• Idealist. http://www.idealist.org
• Philanthropy News Network. http://www.pnnonline.org
• Women’s Funding Network. http://www.wfnet.org