Assignment : Searching for Funding Sources
Part 1: Locate the following types of funding sources on the Internet and submit a list of uniform resource locators (URLs) with a brief explanation of the source and purposes of funding: Government sources Two federal grant opportunities with at least one related to your statement of needs One state grant opportunity One local (city, county, or school district) grant opportunity Foundation sources Two foundation grant opportunities with at least one related to your statement of needs Corporate sources One corporate grant opportunity
Part 2: From the two sources you located above that were related to your statement of needs, select one funding source to utilize for your grant application. Briefly summarize your rationale for utilizing this funding source, including why this funding source would be applicable/related to your projects goals. The intent of Part 1 and Part 2 is to learn how to search for funding opportunities, and then to identify the particular funding source related to your project. A plethora of funding opportunities exists in the marketplace, and there are opportunities for nearly any programs or project that you can consider!
Part 3: Write a brief summary of what you learned about the process of searching for funding sources. In a Microsoft Word document, include the following: The list of funding sources you located with brief summaries of each source
A brief summary of the criteria you utilized to determine the viability of each particular funding opportunity. In other words, what criteria did you use to determine if the funding opportunity would match your grant or not.
A brief summary of what you learned during the process.
You have misinterpreted what is needed from this assignment. You are to search for and provide information about seven grants according to the types indicated in the instructions: two federal government grants, one state government grant, one local government grant, two foundation grants, and one corporate grant. For each grant you are to provide a summary of the details of the actual grant and a URL to the RFP or instructions for the grant. An example from a past assignment is:
Foundation Source
• The Open Your Heart Foundation offers Hunger and Homeless grants that are targeted toward hunger relief programs, or people experiencing domestic violence, or temporary shelter (housing) for homeless people. The URL is https://www.oyh.org/grant-programs/.
The information you include either discusses funding in general or goes to a page with several grant options. You need to indicate seven specific grants of the types required and provide the information asked for related to each grant.
Then you need to select one specific grant from the seven that would be appropriate to fund your described project. This information is needed for you to e able to complete sections of W5A2 such as the cover letter and appeal section.
You did discuss what you learned from the search process.