is there anyone out there willing to provide grant writing services to a non-profit that is just starting up?
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post a listing on www.craigslist.com thier are some listing for grant writers on contingency.  I have wrote grants for a contingency fee, good luck keep me posted.
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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. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, you 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\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html\n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\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.\n\nFor more information on starting and daycare and finding financing, here are free business plans on childcare business:\n\nhttp://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-30.doc\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/BPWORKBK.pdf\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/CDCPLAN.pdf\nhttp://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/sbic/bplans.htm \n\nYou may want to read the free article "How To Start Your Own Day Care Center" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycare.htm It covers various aspects of starting and running a daycare center including the demand for daycare centers, how to start this business, shoestring strategies, how to operate a daycare center, tips on caring for the children, income potential, how to manage your daycare, marketing your business and other additional income potential. There are so many things to learn about the business that the first step is to read everything you can find.\n\nFor in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books:\n\n- Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care \n- The Daycare Provider's Workbook \n- Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business \n- So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center : \nEverything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program \n\nIt is also important that you learn the tax rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to open one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child care centers: http://ww
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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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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. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, you 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\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\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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Grants for individuals are extremely hard to find, more so if you are planning 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. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, you 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\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\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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For information on how to establish a nonprofit organization see here: http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/starting_nonprofit.html\n\nFor a list of grant-based resources, check here: http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/government_grants.html
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There are a number of good books on grant writing. Here are some of them:\n\nDemystifying Grant Seeking: What You REALLY Need to Do to Get Grants http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787956503/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid \nI'll Grant You That: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Funds, Designing Winning Projects, and Writing Powerful Grant Proposals http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0325001979/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid\nWinning Grants: Step by Step, 2nd Edition http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078795876X/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid\nGrant Winner's Toolkit : Project Management and Evaluation http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471332453/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid  \nGrant Writing For Dummies® http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764553070/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid\nThe Everything Grant Writing Book: Create the Perfect Proposal to Raise the Funds You Need (Everything Series) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158062877X/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid
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Unlike what you heard, 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. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, you 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\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\n\nHere is a listing of federal grants for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals for starting a business -- THERE'S NONE.\nhttp://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_BENEF_RPT.show\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.\n\nhttp://www.cfda.gov\nhttp://www.grants.gov\nhttp://gtionline.fdncenter.org\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm\nhttp://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
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Your best bet is to seek for private grants or grants from private foundations.\n\nThe best resource for this is Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org . They have a very good database covering all organizations giving grants and you can find foundations that are interested in supporting your type of cause. However, it's a subscription based website ($19.95 per month I think is the cheapest subscription price). But it certainly is worth the fee. You can subscribe one month, and make sure you get all the info you need and then stop the subscription.\n\nIf you want to try federal sources, you 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. \n\nCFDA has several ways to search for grants. I suggest you search by beneficiary and select Private Non Profit Organization and you can find listings of grants available http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_BENEF_RPT.show\n\n\n\nhttp://www.cfda.gov\nhttp://www.grants.gov\nhttp://gtionline.fdncenter.org\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm\nhttp://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
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This page contains GREAT links on how to start a non profit business\n\nhttp://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/znpbib.htm\n\nTo get you started on the road to fund raising, I suggest you check out Foundation Center. They have trainings on how to start a non profit and various databases containing information on funding institutions.\n\nhttp://fdncenter.org/\n\nFor detailed information on how to start a non profit, I suggest you read the following books:\n\n- Starting and Running a Nonprofit Organization -- by Joan M. Hummel\n- Starting and Running a Non-Profit Made Easy by Entrepreneur Press, David H. Bangs\n- Starting & Building A Nonprofit: A Practical Guide by Peri Pakroo
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It is hard to find grants to start a business or for personal purposes. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business or personal purposes. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, you 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\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." \n\nhttp://www.cfda.gov\nhttp://www.grants.gov\nhttp://gtionline.fdncenter.org\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm\nhttp://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
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Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly ever give grant money for just any reason, especially to individuals. If you are a non-profit orgainization, that would be different.\n\nIf you're willing to waste a lot of time, send out a lot of letters, and do a lot of paperwork, with only a small possibility of anything in return, who knows, might happen.\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 information on grants. \n\nBut the Fed is going to be a waste of your time. The one you really want is here:\n\nhttp://www.cyonic-nemeton.com/infokit1.html\n\nThis one will tell you to write to Philantrhopists and CEO's and millionaires who want to help individuals. Non-profit organizations and foundations only deal with other non-profits.\n\nThe problem here is that you're trying to get something for nothing, and you're in competition with a growing segment of a lazy population with no priorities, values, or morals; basically meaningless people. Who in their right mind would want to help them be lazy and insignificant?\n\nAnyway, here's some of the people you can write to:\n\nPercy Ross, c/o "Thanks A Million," 5151 Edina Industrial Blvd., Minneapolis, MN  55439-3013 \nPeter Lynch, 27 State Street, Boston, MA  02109 \nAnthony Robbins Foundation, 9191 Towne Center Drive, Suite 600, San Diego, CA  92122 \nDave Thomas, c/o Wendy's International, Columbus, OH  43216 \nTruett Cathy Winshape Foundation, c/o Camp Winshape, Mt. Berry, GA  30149 \nHerman Cain, 9140 W. Dodge Road, Suite 300, Omaha, NE  63114 \nThe Milton Hershey Foundation, c/o Hershey Chocolate U.S.A., Hershey, PA  17033-0815 \nMicrosoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA  98052-6399 \nTom Monaghan, 30 Frank Loyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI  48105 \nAmway Corporation, 7575 Fulton Street, Ada, MI  49355 \nMacArthur Fellowship, 4444 Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL  60630 \nWarren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 1440 Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, NE  68131 \nSheri Poe, Ryka Rose Foundation, Norwood, MA  02062 \nWelch Trust, P.O. Box 244, Walla Walla, WA  99362
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Operating grants are hard to get. Foundations like to give directly to programs, not to fund overhead and operations. Try state, federal, and county sources of funding. Try also local and state councils of churches. \n\nGo to The Foundation Center for more help.
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I used to work for a non-profit.  Try the following:\n\nhttp://www.501c3.org/faqs.html\n\nhttp://www.form1023help.com/\n\nhttp://nonprofitsupportcenter.com/helpdesk/users/kb.php?id=10029&category_id=1&sid2=
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go to sophea.com, they write grants, you can ask them...
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You may want to contact DOE/Westinghouse Free Home Grant-Writing Courses http://www.apa.org/science/freegrantclass.html as they offer FREE grantwriting courses. The contact person is:\n\nBill Keeley\nEconomic and Technical Development\nWestinghouse/CBS Inc.\nCarlsbad, NM 88221\nPhone: 505-234-7200\nFAx: 505-887-1434\n\nThe Foundation Center is another excellent provider of grant education and training \nhttp://fdncenter.org/getstarted/training/classroom.html  Their Classroom Training Courses page has several free training on various aspects of grant writing such as:\n\nGrantseeking Basics  http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/training/free/gsb.html\nGrantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/training/free/gsbia.html\nHow to Approach a Foundation http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/training/free/htaf.html\nProposal Budgeting Basics http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/training/free/pbb.html
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Go to the public library and ask them. You can find info on writing a grant proposal or someone/place already giving away such money. Good luck.