How do I get a grant application without having to buy a book or a CD?
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To apply for grants, go to Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov . They have everything you need to apply for grants. \n\nThe first step is to register with Grants.gov and their registration process can be accessed from http://www.grants.gov/assets/ebizregchec...\n\n1. Get a Data Universal Number System (DUNS) Number\n2. Register with Central Contractor Registry (CCR)\n3. Authorize your Organization's Representatives\n4. Login as an E-Business Point of Contact (POC)\n\nYou will first be asked to find the grant number of the grant that you wish to apply for. You can get this from the Catalog of Domestic Assistant http://www.cfda.gov which is the federal database of all grants.\n\nBut whether you can find grants to allow you to buy a business is an entirely different matter. It is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. Grants are generally given to support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments, and hardly to individuals for the purpose of buying a business.
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NO you do not have to pay to get government grants.Your local library has books on Gov. grants.Or go to amazon.com and buy your own book.
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try here, it is the official grant finder
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Have you tried to see about small business grants.  Just type women small business grant and choose one and fill out some information and they will email you back to order a CD or e-book and of course you will have to pay a fee or just the shipping and handling or even go to a half off book store & see and read on how you can get a grant. This what I am trying to do. Also, Go online to........ check them out.  Good Luck! I hope this will help.
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Ask at your library for the book "Foundation Grants to Individuals."
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First stop should be government-grants.org, followed by grants.gov\n\nAdditionally you can try www.grantseekerpro.org
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Try http://www.grants.gov or you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov...hope this helps
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First determine what you want the grant for and the government agency that would be involved.  Look up info at USA.gov.  Anyone can apply for a grant.  The chances of getting one depends on the project.
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don't worry about past mistakes, there are grants for everyone. i've given this same advice to like 3 other people. the best place to start is at your local library or bookstore. look for an author named Ben Kaplan. he delivers the easiest to read system for finding scholarships and grants and the grants and scholarships in his book almost everyone qualifies for. plus he walks you through each step of applying and even has examples of winners' entries. here's a list of his books.
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Complete listing of Government Grants- Free!\nwww.grants.gov
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Complete listing of Government Grants- Free!\nhttp://www.grants.gov
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Go to:\nwww.grantgate.com\nGrant Gate is a free program that gives easy to use info about grants and other funding sources for a variety of uses.  It also has wizards to help you apply for this funding.  fafsa.ed.gov is a good site but is limited to student loans and grants.  Good luck!
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Yea there is stuff out there. I went to grad school, was in a similar situation. I applied, I was eligible for loans, but no grants.
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Go to FAFSA.gov http://www.fafsa.gov\n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online http://gtionline.fdncenter.org . It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices."
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Matthew Lesko. But you don't need to buy his book or pay for his program to get information on government grants because the information is FREE.\n\nYou can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.\n\nIt is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate including Lesko, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nMost of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs \n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.
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Go to the internet and put  www.cfda.gov in the address dialog box and hit enter.  Read all you can.  That is the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.  It can help minorities and anyone else who wants free information on grants.  Matthew Lesko and others just copied this free information to any one, and charge a price to buy their books.
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Go to http://www.commonapp.org/ and download the application form.