Identifying Funds
This portion of your Toolkit has been designed to help you identify potential funding resources for your community- or faith-based initiative. Adequate funding helps your faith-based and community-based organizations build capacity necessary to accomplish its mission and goals. Without adequate and sustained funding, your initiative's impact on people and communities is less fruitful.
One source of funding is Federal grants. Grants are sums of money given to finance a particular activity or facility. Grants from the Federal Government can be awarded directly from a Federal agency to qualifying individuals or entities, to State and local government agencies for distribution to eligible individuals or entities, or to other types of organizations for distribution to a defined set of potential grantees.
There are millions of dollars that can be acquired from a wide range of sources - including, but not limited to, the Federal Government. Yet, it can be frustrating to identify funding sources to which to apply.
Organized in this section are Web links, documents, and tips that
can be used to identify resources from Federal, State, and other
organizations. In particular, users can find resources in the following
categories:
- Federal Funding Resources - Both general resources and agency-specific resources
- State Funding Resources
- Other Funding Resources, including foundations
- Tips for Effective Fundraising and Sustainability
Share and enhance your knowledge of funding resources by participating in discussions with other potential grantees on the following topics:
To facilitate your participation in these discussions, please review the ARC Discussion Forums Rules and Policies and the Tools for Effective Web Communication.
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