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15 Most Frequently Asked Questions
Don't be afraid to ask! Here you will find 15 of the most common grantseeking questions asked at the Foundation Center.

Foundation Center: Welcome Individual Grantseekers
A collection of tutorials and tools for the first time grantseeking individual.

Foundation Center: Welcome Nonprofit Grantseekers
A collection of tutorials and tools for the first time nonprofit grantseeker.

Foundation Directory Online Professional
This grantseeking research tool from the Foundation Center includes over 90,000 grantmakers and 900,000 grants. You can also search across over 380,000 form 990s from private foundations, community foundations, and grantmaking public charities. Available at the Library Center.

Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
"a one-stop shop for widely-accepted and innovative nonprofit practices offering Preferred Practices and Pitfalls, Glossaries, Resources, Trends and Web site Profiles within ten topic areas." Topics include Advocacy, Communications and Marketing, Governance, and more.

Steps for Grant Seekers
A wonderful step-by-step guide on researching and applying for a grant, from the Cooperating Collection in St. Charles County, Missouri.

Books

Grassroots Grants: An Activists Guide to Proposal Writing by Andy Robinson
An excellent book on grants research, proposal writing, and generally getting money and power for your organization.

The Foundation Center's User-Friendly Guide: Grantseeker's Guide to Resources by
This brief, helpful book answers commonly asked questions about grant-seeking in an upbeat, easy-to-read style. Required reading for novice grantseekers.

Winning grants step by step : the complete workbook for planning, developing, writing, successful proposals by Mim Carlson
In addition to an excellent introduction with an overview of the proposal writing process, the book includes a special resource section on how to research funders, how to write a letter of intent, and how to evaluate a proposal through the funder's eyes.