Funding Tips and Resources

Particularly energetic grant seekers may want to check out the following Web, print and video resources for additional funding opportunities.

On the Web

• The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance includes numerous grant and other funding opportunities for educators and educational institutions.
• EDInfo is a listserv from the U.S. Department of Education that provides updates on federal projects and grants related to education. To subscribe, address an e-mail message to: listproc@ inet.ed.gov. Then write SUBSCRIBE EDINFO YOURFIRSTNAME YOUR LASTNAME in the message (turn off your signature block before sending the message).
• The Federal Register offers a free searchable database with thousands of funding opportunities for schools.
• The Foundation Center offers both online and offline resources for grant seekers. The Foundation Center Online provides links to information about funding trends and analyses, training seminars, private and corporate grant makers, the Foundation Center's libraries, and more. The Center may also be contacted at 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003; (212) 620-4230; fax (212) 691-1828.
• The GRANTS listserv provides information on all aspects of grant seeking and grant making. It includes archives, digests, and searchable databases. To subscribe, send mail to listserv@phila thropy-review.com with the command: SUBSCRIBE GRANTS (be sure to turn off your signature block before sending).
• Mach25: Breaking the Tuition Barrier is a free, open architecture scholarship search database that does not require registration before use. Currently contains over 7,000 scholarships.
• The NonProfit Gateway is a network of links to federal government information and services, including a Master Search of more than 530,000 government Web pages.
• PhilanthropySearch.com provides a searchable database of a broad range of funding resources.
• The U.S. Department of Education features ongoing updates on government programs and also links to pages with information on grants and contracts, funding for bilingual and minority programs, student financial assistance, and much more.

Grant Writing

• National Society of Fund Raising Executives

Learning From the Winners

Hoping to involve your students in a technology-based contest? Thinking of entering or nominating somebody for a teacher recognition program? Here's inspiration from past winners.

• CyberFair
• Local Leaders Sailing to the World
• Choctaw Tribe
• ThinkQuest 98
• Electric Snow: TV in Our Time
• The Soundry
• Compaq's Teaching With Computer Technology Program
• ISTE's Online Learning Contest
• Students Against Landmines

School Fundraising Sites

• Electronic Scrip
• iGive
• School Cash
• Schoolpop
• Shopforschool
• Technology4kids
• Your School Shop

Other Places to Visit

• The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
• FEDIX
• Technology Innovation Challenge Grants & Star Schools
• Telecommunications and Information Application Program
• Teacher Enhancement Projects/ Applications of Advanced Technologies--National Science Foundation
• Teaching with Technology--National Endowment for the Humanities
• Yahoo Education Grants Follow E-rate Developments
• www.cosn.org
• eratehotline.org
• ww.fcc.gov/learnnet
• U.S. Department of Education Programs
• Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
• Technology Innovation Challenge Grants
• Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology

In Print

• The Guide to Federal Funding for Education is an annual, two-volume printed resource that profiles funding programs. The Guide's price of $297 includes quarterly updates. Education Funding News is a weekly newsletter focusing on federal, regional and private funding projects as well as grant sources, writing resources, and deadlines. Subscriptions are $278 per year. Both resources are published by Education Funding Research Council, (813) 282-8807.
• Education Grants Sourcebook organizes grant information by school program areas to aid in targeting grant searches. This publication is available for $135 from Quinlan Publishing, (800) 229-2084; fax (800) 539-8839; info@quinlan.com.
• Grants for School Districts Biweekly Hotline is a biweekly newsletter that alerts users to grant availability. Included are grant-writing tips and information on eligibility, approval criteria, and decision makers. The newsletter is $145 for an annual subscription and is available from Grants for School District Hotline, 23 Drydock Ave., Boston, MA 02210; (800) 229-2084.
• The Grantsmanship Center Magazine is available free to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. To subscribe, contact The Grantsmanship Center, P.O. Box 17220, Los Angeles, CA 90017; fax (213) 482-9863.
• John Wiley & Sons publishes the Wiley Nonprofit Series, which includes titles such as The Nonprofit Guide to the Internet, How to Survive and Thrive, Second Edition, by Michael Johnston ($29.95); and Grantseeker's Toolkit, A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Funding, by Cheryl Carter New and James Aaron Quick ($39.95). The Nonprofit Guide shows how nonprofits can use the power of the Web to raise funds and draw attention. The Grantseeker's Toolkit includes tips for strategic planning, step-by-step methods for writing grant proposals, and a disk of templates. (Find more resources at their Polaris Grants Central site.) Another title published by Wiley, The Fund Raiser's Guide to the Internet, by Michael Johnston ($34.95), also includes a CD-ROM and presents practical, non-technical information. Order from Amazon.com, or contact John Wiley & Sons at One Wiley Dr., Somerset, NJ 08875.
• The Foundation Center has recently published The Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web ($19.95) to help educators evaluate and use Web-based funding materials. Also offered is The Foundation 1000, a comprehensive resource containing data on the largest foundations and their grant programs. Contact The Foundation Center, (800) 424-9836 (in New York, call 212-807-3690) or visit fdncenter.org.
• eSchool News has released the 1999- 2000 edition of the School Technology Funding Directory. Available for $145, the Directory includes a range of funding resources, as well as funding priorities, limitations, deadlines, writing tips and financial data for each donor, and more. For information, contact eSchool News, (800) 394-0115, ext. 102; fax: (301) 913-0119; gmcnamara@eschool news.org.

On Video

• Winning Grants 2 is a five-video series developed and presented by David Bauer, a grant-seeking expert and professional educator. Videos are available individually, in segments, or as a series package. A sixth video, How to Teach Grantseeking to Others, is accompanied by a companion text and a computer disk. Winning Grants 2 is available as a series for $495; How to Teach Grantseeking is $189. All videos, as well as several of Bauer's grants sourcebooks and manuals, are available from GPN, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, P.O. Box 80669, Lincoln, NE 68501; (800) 228-4630; e-mail: gpn@unlinfo. unl.edu; Web: gpn.unl.edu.
• One of the Foundation Center's newest publications is the 1998/1999 edition of The Foundation 1000, a comprehensive resource containing data on the largest foundations and their grant programs. Available for $295 plus $4.50 shipping and handling, The Foundation 1000 may be ordered online, or by calling the Foundation Center, (800) 424-9836 (in New York, call 212-807-3690).

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