Websites for Grant Opportunities

FEDERAL

“Grants.gov” This site allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. http://www.grants.gov/

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments, domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.http://12.46.245.173/servlet/page?_pageid=316&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30

STATE

NC Community Resources Information System (CRIS) is no longer available

NC @ your service may be used to search for state agencieshttp://www.ncgov.com/ncagency/agency_list.asp

Grants for Historic Preservation Projects

On this page is also a link assistance to owners of historic buildings. http://www.hpo.dcr.state.nc.us/grants.htm
Sources of Financial Assistance for Historic Preservation Projects http://www.achp.gov/funding.html

NC Parks and Recreation grant programs http://ils.unc.edu/parkproject/main/discover.html

Fee offered local government grant search engine http://www.ecivis.com/nclm/

Funding Links for Private/Public Foundations

This is a list of available sources of funds. Research into what funds are available may be done by visiting the following websites.
AARP Foundation http://www.aarp.org/foundation/
Abbott Laboratories Fund http://abbott.com/community/lab_fund.html
ADC Philanthropy http://www.adc.com/About_ADC/community/index.jsp
Adobe Community Relations http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/main.html
Aetna Foundation http://www.aetna.com/foundation
Agere Systems Philanthropy http://www.agere.com/company/phil/
A.J. Fletcher Foundation, www.ajf.org 
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation http://www.sloan.org/main.shtml
Allstate Foundation  http://www.allstate.com/foundation   
American Association of Grants Professionals: http://www.grantprofessionals.org/
America Connects http://www.americaconnects.net/ 
American Express Foundation http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp//philanthropy/ 
American Institute of Philanthropy http://www.charitywatch.org/ 
Ann Casey Foundation http://www.aecf.org/ 
AOL/Time Warner http://www.aoltimewarnerfoundation.org
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation http://www.blankfoundation.org/ 
Aspen Institute — Washington, DC
AT&T Foundation:  http://www.att.com/foundation/ 
Bank of America Foundation http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/
Bank of America Community Development Funding http://www.bankofamerica.com/community/ 
Bank of America Foundation, http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=overview&statecheck=IL 
Beaumont Foundation http://www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/ 
Bell South Foundation http://www.bellsouthfoundation.org/ 
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/index.html
Benton Foundation, www.benton.org 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ 
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC Foundation http://www.bcbsnc.com/foundation/ 
Braitmayer Foundation http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/ 
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, www.bwfund.org 

Capital Development http://www.capdev.com/index.htm 
Carnegie Trust http://www.carnegie.org/ 
Caterpillar Foundation
Charles A. Dana Foundation http://www.dana.org/
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation http://www.mott.org/
Cisco Foundation
Coca-Cola Foundation http://www2.coca-cola.com/citizenship/foundation_guidelines.html 
Conservation Fund http://www.conservationfund.org/ 
Corporation for National and Community Service http://www.nationalservice.org/ 
COS Funding Opportunities http://fundingopps2.cos.com/ 
Cristina Foundation http://www.cristina.org/ 

Dell Foundation http://www.dell.com/us/en/gen/corporate/vision_000_foundation.htm 
Dewitt-Wallace/Readers Digest Foundation http://www.wallacefunds.org/ 
Dow Chemical Community Relations     http://www.dow.com/automotive/this/community/index.htm 
Drug and Alcohol links (searchable database) http://www.health.org/links/links.asp?Topic=26 
Duke Endowment http://www.dukeendowment.org

Eddie Bauer Corporate giving http://www.eddiebauer.com/about/eb_philanthropy.asp
Educational Foundation of America http://www.efaw.org/ 
Ewing Marion Kauffman foundation http://www.emkf.org/pages/49.cfm 

Fannie Mae Grants http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/grants/grants.shtml 
Fire and Burn Prevention Grants http://www.med.unc.edu/ffbcf/00_ffbcf.grants.html 
Fire Grants http://www.firehouse.com/funding/fireact/ 
First Data Western Union foundation http://www.firstdatawesternunion.org/grants/ 
Fleet Charitable Trust
Ford Foundation http://www.fordfound.org/ 
Foundation For the Carolinas, www.fftc.org 
Foundation for the Mid South — Jackson, MS
Funds for Learning http://www.fundsforlearning.com/
Garth Brooks Foundation –Children’s Charities http://www.teammates4kids.com/
Gateway Foundation http://www.gatewayfoundation.org/gwprograms.htm
General Mills Foundation http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/about/community/#Foundation
GIS grants for conservation nonprofits http://www.ctsp.org/
Golden Leaf Foundation: http://www.goldenleaf.org
Harold H. Bate Foundation 252.638.1998
Hasbro Charitable Trust http://www.hasbro.org/
Health-Non-government funding sources http://research.bcm.tmc.edu/Funding_Sources/funding_sources.html
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/
Heron Foundation help to low income families http://www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/fbheron/prog_guide.html
Hitachi Foundation     http://www.hitachi.org/
Home Depot Foundation
HP Philanthropy  http://grants.hp.com/
HSBC in the community (USA ) http://us.hsbc.com/inside/community/HSBCfoundation.asp
IBM Philanthropy Grants and Fund for Community Service: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) http://www.imls.gov/
Intel Education:  http://www.intel.com/education/
J C Penney Company Giving Program http://www.jcpenneyinc.com/company/commrel/guidelin.htm
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation http://www.macfound.org/index.htm
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust http://www.kbr.org/
Kellogg Foundation http://www.wkkf.org/
Kids Witness News (Panasonic) http://www.panasonic.com/meca/kwn/index.html
Knight Foundation http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=programs_apply.html

MarcoPolo:  This collaboration of MCIWorldCom and major education institutions, provides innovative standards-based curricula to teachers.   http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation http://www.mrbf.org/
Maurice R. Robinson Foundation mini-grants for civic education http://www.crf-usa.org/network/crf_robin.html
Merck Foundation http://www.merck.com/about/philanthropy/13.htm
MetLife Foundation
Merrill Lynch Foundation http://philanthropy.ml.com/grants/index.htm
Metropolitan Life Foundation
Microsoft Giving http://www.microsoft.com/giving/Home.asp
Microsoft  http://www.microsoft.com/education/
National Geographic Society
Nationwide Enterprise Foundation
http://www.nationwide.com/about_us/involve/fndatn-other.htm
National Wildlife Foundation http://www.nwf.org/
NIH Health Grants http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
North Carolina Arts Council http://www.ncarts.org/services.cfm
Novell Corporate Giving Programs  http://www.novell.com/company/cr/corporate_giving.html
Panasonic Creative Design Challenge http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/creativedesign/default.htm
Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundations http://www.pgafoundations.com/found_fr.asp?item=2
Pepsico Foundation http://www.pepsico.com/citizenship/contributions.shtml#Grant%20Guidelines
Pew Charitable Trust http://www.pewtrusts.org/
Phillip Morris Companies http://www.pmusa.com/policies_practices/community_involvement.asp
Progress Energy (CP&L) http://www.progress-energy.com/community/index.asp
Prudential Foundation http://www.prudential.com/productsAndServices/0,1474,intPageID%253D1444%2526blnPrinterFriendly%253D0,00.html

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
Rockefellers Brothers Trust  http://www.rbf.org/

SBC Foundation:  The SBC Foundation supports education, community economic development, health and human services and the cultural and arts arenas.  http://www.sbc.com/corporate_citizenship/0,,7,00.html
Sprint Sponsorships & grants http://www.sprint.com/proposals/
State Farm Companies Foundation http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/foundati.htm
Surdna Foundation http://www.surdna.org/

Target Community giving http://target.com/common/page.jhtml?content=target_cg_index
Tellabs Foundation http://www.tellabs.com/news/commrel.shtml
The Society of Research Administrators: http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/default.cfm
Thompson Publishing Group—Grants and Grant funding http://www.grantsandfunding.com/grantsandfunding/index.html
Toshiba America
Foundation  http://www.toshiba.com/about/taf.html
Toys ‘R Us Foundation http://www3.toysrus.com/about/guidelines.cfm
UPS Foundation  http://www.ups.com/community/index.html
Verizon Foundation http://foundation.verizon.com/index.shtml  http://foundation.verizon.com/
Wachovia Foundation http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,139_414_431_437,00.html
Wallace/Readers’ Digest fund http://www.wallacefunds.org/frames/frameseteducation.htm
WalMart Foundation http://www.walmartfoundation.org/wmstore/goodworks/scripts/index.jsp
Warner Foundation, www.thewarnerfoundation.org
Weyerhaeuser Corporation http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/citizenship/philanthropy/default.asp
William Randolph Hearst Foundation http://hearstfdn.org/
WK Kellogg Foundation http://www.wkkf.org/Grants/
Youth Action Net Awards http://www.youthactionnet.org/
Youth Gardening grants http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp#ygg
Youth program funding and resource site
http://www.preventionscience.com/funding/funding.html
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation http://www.zsr.org/
Sites with links
Channing Bete Company http://www.channing-bete.com/positiveyouth/pages/funding/funding.html 
Directory of Charitable Grantmakers http://www.foundations.org/
FundsNet http://www.fundsnetservices.com/about.htm
Grants Hotline http://www.grantshotline.com/
Grants.gov-one stop shop for Federal grants http://www.grants.gov/
GrantsNet http://www.grantsnet.org/
Grant Station  http://www.grantstation.com/
N.C. Community Foundation, www.nccommf.org
NC Community Information Center http://www.ncexchange.org/gateway/
NC Community Resource Information Service http://www.cris.state.nc.us/
Foundation Center:  http://www.fdncenter.org/
The Grantsmanship Center: http://www.tgci.com/

The Grants Web: http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm

 

Faith based initiatives

Center for Faith Based and Communities Initiatives http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/
Faith and Community at Work http://www.faithandcommunityatwork.com/
Faith Based and Community Initiatives http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/faith-based/
Faith Based Communities Economic Development http://www.ncced.org/fbi/
Faith Based Initiatives—Executive Order http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/01/20010129-2.html
Faith Based Initiatives Fact Sheet DOE http://www.ed.gov/offices/OIIA/faithandcommunity/fact.html

Faith Based Initiatives HHS site http://www.hhs.gov/faith/
Faith Based Initiatives HUD http://www.hud.gov/offices/fbci/index.cfm
Faith Based Initiatives Organization http://www.faithbasedcommunityinitiatives.org/
Faith Based Program Ideas http://www.calib.com/peerta/policies/faithcom.htm
Faith Based Organizations Kit http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/fbobook2-toc.htm
Faith in Action Grant http://www.fiavolunteers.org/search/sitemap.cfm

Grant opportunities for Faith Based and Community Organizations
http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/faithbased_links.htm

 

Government Grant Sites (NC State & Federal)
Arts Endowment http://www.arts.endow.gov/
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (for 424 form)  http://www.cfda.gov/
CDBG http://www.dca.commerce.state.nc.us/cdbg/ 
Coastal Oceans Program grants http://www.cop.noaa.gov/
Community Oriented Policing http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/
Competitive government grants http://www.statelocal.gov/cdc-comp.html
Economic Development Administration—contact Judy Hills, EDA Planner for Region P at jhills@eccog.org
Electronic Road Map for Federal Grants
http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/roadmap/index.html
Federal Contracting http://www.wifcon.com/fa.htm
Federal Commons: http://www.cfda.gov/federalcommons/
Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/funding/federalfund/ff.html
Federal Government nonprofit portal http://www.nonprofit.gov/
Federal Grants—how to apply http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/sgabrochure.htm
Federal Grant opportunities http://www.fedgrants.gov/
Federal grants management
http://www.grantsandfunding.com/grantsandfunding/reports/now_what.html
Federal Links http://www.unitedstates.com/US_Federal_links/us_federal_links.html
Federal Register Online via GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Fire Grants http://www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/inside-usfa/grants.cfm
First-Gov for Nonprofits http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
Government Grants http://www.hud.gov/adm/grants/fundsavail.html
National Endowment of the Arts http://www.arts.gov/guide/
National LINCS Grants/Funding Resources 
http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/search/gsearch/dbsearch.cgi?action=Show%20Results
National Sea Grant http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/
NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund http://www.cwmtf.net/
NC National Heritage Trust Fund: http://ils.unc.edu/parkproject/heritage/nhtf.html
NC Rural Economic Development Center: http://www.ncruralcenter.org
Resource Guide to Federal NC Community Resource Information Service http://www.cris.state.nc.us/
Funding of Technology http://www.ed.gov/Technology/tec-guid.html
SAMHSA grants http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grants.html
Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
Technology Grants Programs http://www.ed.gov/Technology/edgrants.html