Finding Grants and Writing Proposals: Finding Grants

CMU ORGS

• Cayuse a cloud-based platform that will simplify the management of new grants and contracts, from proposal creation to award closeout.
• External Funding
• Internal Funding
• Post Award Grants Management
• Student Funding and Resources

What is a government grant? A grant is a way the government funds your ideas and projects to provide public services and stimulate the economy. Grants support critical recovery initiatives, innovative research, and many other programs listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). A grant is one of many different forms of federal financial assistance. You will find grant and cooperative agreement opportunities from federal grant agencies.

• GRANTS.GOV: A gateway to the federal grants world
  • Grant-Making Agencies
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA):  Lists federal programs and agencies

Major sources

• Foundation Center
• Council of Michigan Foundations - a searchable directory for Michigan community foundations
• Michigan Government Grants
• EGrAMS  (Electronic Grants Administration and Management System) Portal:  State of Michigan grant management application portal to aid the grantee community in the search for grant opportunities state-wide.  EGrAMS-MI.com allows one stop shopping for organizations to access and find grants across State Departments.

Others

• Lake Michigan Coastal Program Grants
• Michigan Personal Grants

• Foundation Center Established in 1956, Foundation Center maintains a comprehensive database on U.S. and global grant-makers and their funding opportunities updates weekly. See search examples.

CMU Library does not have a subscription to Foundation Center database. Use Funding Information Network facilitates free access to 400 locations. Or Use this map to find a network location near you.

• GuideStar Includes information on all tax-exempt nonprofits registered with the IRS. There are more than 1.8 million organizations in the database including more than 1 million public charities, approximately 141,000 private foundations, and more than half a million other exempt organizations.

• Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S Covers detailed information of more than 23,000 organizations concerning nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope.

Two major sources

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) USAID partners to end extreme poverty and to promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity.
• Foundation Center search for funding sources by county

Others

• MacArthur Foundation -
• United Nations Democracy Fund  UNDEF supports projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes.