Only. Must. Domestic. Rural. Accredited. Eligible. Located. None of these words looks especially dangerous. They can disappear inside a federal Notice of Funding Opportunity containing dozens of pages of program descriptions, priorities, definitions, application instructions, budget rules, attachments, assurances, and submission requirements. Yet a single qualifier can change the meaning of an entire federal grant …
A corporation can have no visible “Apply for a Grant” button, no current Request for Proposals, and no listing on the major grant databases—and still be putting money into nonprofit programs. That is one of the most important pieces of intelligence to understand when learning how to find corporate grants for nonprofits. Corporate philanthropy does …
A foundation can describe its interests in four broad words and still spend most of its grant budget in a much narrower way. “Education” might appear prominently on its website. Yet three years of actual awards may show that the foundation rarely funds education in the broad sense. It could be that most of its …
A federal grant application can fail before a reviewer evaluates the strength of the proposed program. The applicant may describe a serious community problem, present an experienced project team and develop activities capable of producing meaningful results, yet still lose consideration because one required attachment was omitted, an eligibility condition was misunderstood or a page …
