| window.page6_callback(["<div class=\"newpage\" id=\"page6\" style=\"width: 902px; height:1167px\">\n<div class=text_layer style=\"z-index:2\"><div class=ie_fix>\n \n<div class=\"ff2\" style=\"font-size:67px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:2499px;top:287px\"> How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:5413px;word-spacing:735px\">Congressional <span class=l style=\"margin-left:-734px\">Research <span class=l style=\"margin-left:-734px\">Service <span class=w style=\"width:1469px\"></span>3 </span></span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff6\" style=\"font-size:104px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:717px;word-spacing:5px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Identifying Funding Resources </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:907px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Once the project has been specifically defined, the grant seeker needs to research appropriate </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1001px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">funding sources. Both the applicant and the grantor agency or foundation should have the same </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1093px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">interests, intentions, and needs if a proposal is to be considered an acceptable candidate for </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1187px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">funding. It is generally not productive to send out proposals indiscriminately in the hope of </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1280px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">attracting funding. Grant-making agencies and foundations whose interest and intentions are </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1373px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">consistent with those of the applicant are the most likely to provide support. An applicant may </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1467px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">cast a wide, but targeted, net. Many projects may only be accomplished with funds coming from a </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1559px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">combination of sources, among them federal, state, or local programs and grants from private or </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1653px;word-spacing:-11px\">corporate <span class=w6></span>foundations. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1835px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">The best funding resources are now largely on the Internet. Key sources for funding information </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1927px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">include the federal government’s </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff3\" style=\"font-size:74px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:1749px;top:1928px;word-spacing:-4px\">Catalog of Federal Domestic <span class=w6></span>Assistance</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:3057px;top:1927px;word-spacing:4px;letter-spacing:-1px\"> (CFDA), </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2021px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">http://www.cfda.gov, and the Foundation Center, http://www.foundationcenter.org, the </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2114px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">clearinghouse of private and corporate foundation funding. For a summary of federal programs </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2208px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">and sources, see CRS Report RL34012, </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff3\" style=\"font-size:74px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:1950px;top:2208px\"> Resource<span class=l6>s for Grantseekers</span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:2867px;top:2208px;letter-spacing:-1px\">, by Merete F. Gerli, and </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2301px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">other CRS reports on topics such as community or social services block grants to states, rural </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2394px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">development assistance, federal allocations for homeland security, and other funding areas. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2576px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">A review of the government or private foundation’s program descriptions’ objectives and uses, as </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2668px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">well as any use restrictions, can clarify which programs might provide funding for a project. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2762px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">When reviewing individual CFDA program descriptions, applicants may also target the related </span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:2855px\"> programs a<span class=l6>s potentia<span class=l6>l resources. <span class=l11>Also, the <span class=l6>kinds of pro<span class=l6>jects the <span class=l6>agency <span class=l6>or foundation <span class=l6>funded in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2949px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">the past may be helpful in fashioning your grant proposal. Program listings in the CFDA or </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3042px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">foundation information will often include examples of past funded projects. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3223px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Many federal grants do not go directly to the final beneficiary, but are awarded through “block” </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3317px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">or “formula” grants to state or local agencies which, in turn, distribute the funds. For more </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3410px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">information, see CRS Report R40486, </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff3\" style=\"font-size:74px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:1902px;top:3410px\"> Block Grants: Perspe<span class=l6>ctives and Contr<span class=l7>oversies</span></span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:3424px;top:3410px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">, by Robert </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3503px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Jay Dilger and Eugene Boyd; and CRS Report R40638, </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff3\" style=\"font-size:74px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:2466px;top:3503px\"> Federal Grants-In-Aid<span class=l6>: An Historical </span></span><span class=a style=\"left:643px;top:3596px\"> Perspective on Contempo<span class=l6>rary Issues</span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:1854px;top:3596px;word-spacing:1px;letter-spacing:-1px\">, by Robert Jay Dilger. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3777px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">There are many types of foundations: national, family, community, corporate, etc. For district or </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3871px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">community projects, as a general rule, it is a good idea to look for funding sources close to home, </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3964px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">which are frequently most concerned with solving local problems. Corporations, for example, </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4058px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">tend to support projects in areas where they have offices or plants. Most foundations only provide </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4151px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">grants to nonprofit organizations (those registered by the Internal Revenue Service as having </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4243px;word-spacing:4px;letter-spacing:-1px\">501(c) tax-exempt status), though the Foundation Center publishes information about foundation </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4337px;word-spacing:-6px\">grants to <span class=w7></span>individuals. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4518px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Once a potential grantor agency or foundation is identified, an applicant may contact it and ask </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4612px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">for a grant application kit or information. Federal agencies may refer applicants to the website </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4705px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Grants.gov. Later, the grant seeker may ask some of the grantor agency or foundation personnel </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4798px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">for suggestions, criticisms, and advice about the proposed project. In many cases, the more </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4892px;word-spacing:-4px\">agency or foundation personnel know about the proposal, the better the chance of support and <span class=w6></span>of </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4984px;word-spacing:4px;letter-spacing:-1px\">an eventual favorable decision. </span></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=image_layer style=\"z-index: 1\">\n<div class=ie_fix>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:129px;top:69px;width:642px;height:6px;clip:rect(1px 641px 2px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/6-388508f467.jpg\"/>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:129px;top:1071px;width:642px;height:6px;clip:rect(4px 641px 5px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/6-388508f467.jpg\"/>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n"]); |