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Grantseeking and Grantwriting You are leaving the City of Stamford website. The following links are maintained by other organizations. Please be aware that we cannot control or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this outside information. Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Grant Proposal Writing Tips http://cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html A guide to the basic elements of grant proposal writing covering each stage of the process applicable to a variety of grant applications. Council on Foundations http://www.cof.org/ Articles on grantmaking, foundation basics, diversity, best practices, ethics and accountability. Faith-Based and Community Initiatives http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/fbci/index.cfm Database of Federally funded research and resources which incorporates FBCI research funded by Federal agencies and resources developed with Federal funding.  Includes program resources, promotional material, workshops and guidebooks to strengthen the organization and work of faith-based and community organizations. Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/ Foundation Center is one of the leading authorities on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools and information they can use. The Center maintains a comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers. It operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level. The Center provides free resources through its website, five regional library/learning centers, and a national network of more than 325 Cooperating Collections.  GrantStation.com http://www.grantstation.com/index.asp An interactive website that allows grantseekers to identify potential funding sources for their programs or projects, and mentors them through the grantseeking process.  (The site offers both free and subscription based content.) GuideStar.org http://www.guidestar.org/ A source for nonprofits to share information about their organizations. Any nonprofit can contribute information about its mission, programs, leaders, goals, accomplishments, and needs—for free. GuideStar combines the information that nonprofits supply with data from several other sources. GuideStar provides donors, funders, researchers, educators, professional service providers, governing agencies, and the media with information. In addition, GuideStar offers charity verification, compensation benchmarking, research, qualification, market analysis, outreach, development, and oversight services. Minnesota Council on Foundations http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm A step by step outline meeting the needs of most funders, or to use as a guide when approaching a funder with no written guidelines. The outline is for a project proposal, and is most appropriate for a project that is trying to correct a problem, such as water pollution, school truancy or ignorance about how HIV/AIDS is transmitted. Non-Profit Guides www.npguides.org/index.html Offers free web-based grant writing tools for non-profit organization, educational, public organizations and other community-minded groups. Information is offered for grant-writing tips, proposal writing and live links to available grants. SchoolGrants www.k12grants.org/tips.htm This site offers Grant Writing Tips, Examples of Sample Proposals, Creating a Mission Statement, and Establishing a Grant Writing Team.   Sportime http://www.sportime.com/sportime-shared/pegrants/index.jsp Provides information on grant writing, grant sources, sample proposals, etc.  The Center on Philanthropy http://philanthropy.iupui.edu/ The Center on Philanthropy is an academic center that increases the understanding of philanthropy and improves its practice through teaching, research, public service and public affairs activities. A part of the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis. The Center on Philanthropy does not offer grants to nonprofit organizations. The Center provides training to nonprofit organizations on how to prepare successful grant proposals through The Fund Raising School. The Chronicle of Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com/ The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world (in print and online) for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers. A subscription is required to have full access to articles, and other resources. The Grantsmanship Center http://www.tgci.com/ Various documents to assist grantseekers with proposal writing, program evaluation, fundraising campaigns, annual reports and more.