Funding / Fundraising

Foundations and Directories

BBB Wise Giving Alliance

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Chicago Foundation for Women – believes that all women and girls should have the opportunity to achieve their potential and live in safe, just and healthy communities. The Foundation influences women's and girls' human rights through grantmaking, advocacy, leadership development and public and grantee education, Chicago, IL.

Council on Foundations

The Foundation Center – a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation's leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, elecontric, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers an array of free and affordable educational programs, New York, NY. Webinar calendar.

Foundations On-line

Funders for LGBTQ Issues – working side-by-side with funders and our movement's organizations through three decades, Funders for LGBTQ Issues remains the sole organization dedicated exclusively to increasing institutional giving to LGBTQ communities, New York, NY.

Fundsnet Service's Women's Resources – a listing of foundations for programs that serve women and girls

Global Fund for Women – a grantmaking foundation supporting women’s human rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls’ access to education and stopping violence against women, San Francisco, CA.

The Grantmanship Center

GrantSmart – on-line tax return database for non-profit organizations.

GrantStation – an interactive website that allows grantseekers to identify potential funding sources for their programs or projects, and mentors you through the grantseeking process, Fairbanks, AK.

Grant Writers

Grantwriting Tutorial

Grant Writing Resources

GuideStar (all IRS registered nonprofit organizations)

International Human Rights Funders Group – for grantmakers and grantseekers who have an interest in human rights. Whether you seek or make human rights grants, or are interested in exploring the relevance of human rights for the work you currently do, we hope you find the site a valuable resource, New York, NY.
 
Internet Non-Profit Center

Non-Profit Gateway

Non-Profit Guides – grantwriting tools for non-profit organizations

Women’s Funding Network – an international partnership of women and girls’ foundations, donors, and allies that works to strengthen funds and is committed to social justice, San Francisco, CA.

Women’s Fundraising Handbook, Global Fund for Women – explores key ideas about raising money to fund women’s rights work. It is especially designed for first-time fundraisers and for women’s groups in developing countries. The handbook captures the essence of the Global Fund’s Women, Money, and Empowerment workshops, which were given for activists at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, San Francisco, CA.

Government Funding Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Corporation for National and Community Service, Washington, DC.

Family Violence Prevention & Services of the Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.

Federal Funding and VAW Matrix, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA.

Federal Register

Grants 101 – overview of the grants and funding of the Office of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Grants.gov – the single, comprehensive resource that contains information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs.

Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Recovery.gov – the U.S. government's official website providing easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending that allows for the reporting of potential fraud, waste, and abuse. It also includes grant and loan opportunities.

Small Business Administration, Washington, DC.

State Funding Matrix, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Justice (English and Español), Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC.

Online Journals

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Grantsmanship Center Magazine

Grassroots Fundraising Journal – practical tips and tools to help you raise money for your organization, Oakland, CA.

Philanthropy News Digest 

Grants, Scholarships and Loans for Individuals

Career Advancement Scholarship Program of the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation – awards financial assistance to disadvantaged women who want to further their education. Scholarships are provided to women who wish to advance in their career, or will soon enter or re-enter the workforce, Washington, DC.

Click to Empower – The Allstate Foundation created the Economics Against Abuse program in partnership with the National Network to End Domestic Violence to spread awareness of domestic and economic abuse and empower survivors to lead financially independent lives. This program has two funding programs: Economic Empowerment Grant Program, Education and Job Training Assistance Fund, Northbrook, IL.

Culinary Trust International Scholarship Program, International Association of Culinary Professionals Foundation – provides funds to qualified applicants for beginning, continuing and specialty education courses at accredited culinary schools world-wide, as well as, independent study for research projects. By providing scholarships for formal culinary education and research projects, The Culinary Trust promotes commitment to culinary education at all stages of individual experience within the foodservice and hospitality industry, Louisville, KY.

Scholarships, U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, Washington, DC: 2006 edition.

Sumasil Foundation, Inc. – provides undergraduate and technical school scholarships to female residents of Canada and the U.S. for assistance towards self-growth and independence, PO Box 578 Stillwater, MN, 55082.

Other Sources

Accelerating Change for Women and Girls: The Role of Women's Funds – philanthropy by and for women has increased since the 1970s, calling attention to critical, previously hidden women's issues like human trafficking and domestic violence. Published in partnership with the Women's Funding Network, this report examines patterns of giving by women's funds and their role in spearheading social change.

Center for Financial Services Innovation – develops and distributes real-world tested research and strategy, provides funding to promising companies, and facilitates cross-sector business collaboration. We work with banks, credit unions, technology vendors, altenative service providers, consumer advocates and policy makers to forge the pioneering relationships, products and strategies that will transform industry practice and the lives of underbanked consumers across the economic, geographic and cultural specturm, Chicago, IL.

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University – increases the understanding of philanthropy and improves its practice through programs in research, teaching, public service, and public affairs, Indianapolis, IN.

Fundraising Depot – your fundraising superstore.

Grants & Funding, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women – information about funding streams, current grant solicitations available, application information and other issues and information related to funding, Harrisburg, PA.

Groundspring.org – affordable Internet fundraising, email and advocacy for nonprofits, San Francisco, CA.

Racial Equity Online Toolkit, Funders for LGBTQ Issues – provides a range of grantmaking tools, commentaries and best practices to support grantmakers in implementing an LGBTQ racial equity lens into their grantmaking and internal operations, New York, NY.

ShelterFund.org – whether your advocacy group already collects, or is considering collecting, cell phone donations as part of its efforts to stop domestic violence & abuse, or you personally would like to make a difference by donating your own phone, ShelterFund can help, Addison, TX.

Target Funding Group – dedicated to making your benefit auction the most successful fundraiser you have ever had. We have been involved in providing services to benefit and charity auctions for the past 10 years and have assisted over 300 auctions in raising more than $15,000,000, West Palm Beach, FL.

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