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Finding Funding

• Foundation Finder free
• Foundation Cooperating Collections free
• Minnesota Grantmaker Links free
• Charity Navigator
• Chronicle of Philanthropy Guide to Grants
• Foundation Search
• Grantsdirect
• Grantsmart
• Grantspy
• Guidestar
  

Researching Prospects

• Prospect Research
  • Charity Channel
  • David Lamb’s Prospect Research Page
  • Foundation Center Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
  • Internet Prospector
  • NetSource @ USC
• Corporate Prospects
  • CNN Money/Fortune 500
  • Dun and Bradstreet
  • EDGAR (Securities and Exchange Commission information)
  • Forbes
  • Hoover’s

Learning to Write Better Proposals

• Grammar Girl
• Writing a Successful Grant Proposal - MN Council on Foundations (by Barbara Davis)
• Fieldstone Alliance - see their Free Resources area
• Grantseekers Toolbox (Donors Forum of Chicago)

More helpful links

• Grants.gov - Federal grant programs
• Minnesota State Register - Minnesota grant programs
• TechSoup - the technology place for nonprofits
• Logic Models
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • University of Wisconsin Extension Service
  • Fieldstone Alliance newsletter article
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• U.S. Census Bureau

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