Finding Funding Opportunities
Suggestions for Finding Funding Opportunities
1- Identify your need and focus. Create a one page overview with need, program design and anticipated results. Focus is key to successfully finding funds.
2- Sign up for all email alerts of key funding sites (Ca. Dept of Ed., US Dept of Ed, key foundations, newsletters)
3- Sign up for Blogs and Newsletters to learn about opportunities and more
4- Create a Watch That Page at (http://www.watchthatpage.com/). You will receive an alert when the page changes.
5- Research how similar projects were funded. Where possible, network and discuss your ideas with others.
5- Check out my favorites below.
My Favorites
- This is an excellent resource on funding opportunities with grant writing tools. Get your ream of paper ready, it is a large document. The FINANCE Project Finding Funding: Supporting Making Connections Core Results that Children are Healthy and Prepared to Succeed in School.
- Grant Wrangler Web site The Grant Wrangler Web site is a free searchable online listing service for grants and contests. Grant Wrangler has rounded up grants and awards to help K-12 teachers find funding for their classrooms, schools, and students. Are you a teacher, parent, or school personnel trying to find funding? Sign-up to receive monthly email updates on the latest K-12 school and teacher grants.
- Public Education Network Grant and Funding Web site – Subscribe to the grant funding newsblast on this web page This Web site provides up to date information on small grant opportunities. Public Education Network (PEN) is a national association of local education funds (LEFs) and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country. PEN believes an active, vocal constituency is the key to ensuring that every child, in every community, benefits from a quality public education.
- School Grants The SchoolGrants Web site features a number of grant opportunities available to PreK-12 grade schools through the U.S. Department of Education, each state’s Department of Education, foundations and corporations. SchoolGrants provides annotated links to various grant opportunities to help you find programs that will help enrich the learning experience of the students in your school.
- Foundation Center – Resource for Private Foundations – The Kern County Library provides access to the data base. Bring a flash drive to save results.