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Helpful links to sites with practical advice

• Fundsnet Services Online: This vast site is updated frequently to provide nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities with current information on financial resources available online. Also included: grant writing resources, a grants and fundraising web directory, and a list of education grants.

• Grants.gov: This government website is designed to help nonprofits find, apply for, and win federal grants. Grants.gov is a central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $400 billion in annual awards.

• National 4-H Council: The National 4-H council offers grants for youth at the community, county and state levels. These grants seek to help young people take a leadership role in improving their communities. They design the project, write proposals, implement and evaluate the projects.

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: The OJJDP offers grants to community organizations working with at-risk youth. Updates on funding opportunities are available on its website.

• Promising Initiatives to Improve Education in Your Community: This guide from the Department of Education provides detailed information on specific programs, including 21st-Century Community Learning Centers. The complete guide may be downloaded as a PDF file or as a Word document.

• Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program: 800-624-0100, 202-260-3954. This is the federal government’s primary vehicle for reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence, through education and prevention activities in schools. Staff are available to provide technical assistance on administering programs and applying for grants.

Information and tips on fundraising

• Association of Fundraising Professionals: Although some areas are available only to members, other parts of the site include useful information on grantwriting. There’s even a section devoted to ethics.

• A Toolkit for Funding: This article from Connect for Kids includes useful information and links.

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: This website provides useful information for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. Full access to the site is available to subscribers only.

• The Foundation Center: The Foundation Center collects, organizes, analyzes and disseminates information on foundations, corporate giving and related subjects.

• Fundraising Yellow Pages: This site provides fundraising ideas for nonprofit groups and includes links to companies that offer fundraising products and services.

• GrantProposal.com: Intended "for both advanced grantwriting consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff," this site leads grantseekers through all stages of the application process. The site also contains a section of "hundreds of tips" for grantwriting.

• The Grantsmanship Center: 213-482-9860. This website includes information on training, articles from the Center’s magazine, tips on grant writing and samples of successful proposals.

• Grassroots Fundraising Journal: 888-458-8588. This publication provides practical information on "funding the work of social justice and social change."

• National Youth Development Information Center: This extensive website includes information on funds for youth-development programs, with links and listings of resources, including local, state and national foundations.

• USA.gov for Nonprofits: This federal government resource directs nonprofit organizations to online information and services. The site includes links to relevant cabinet departments and agencies, and it contains information about grants, regulations and taxes.

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