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Learn how to write a grant proposal. . .

Proposal Writing Short Course

(Available in English, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish)
Learn how to prepare various components of a funding proposal.  Offered by The Foundation Center, this FREE online course includes planning, research, and cultivation of potential foundation and corporate donors.  To take the online course, go to: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

Proposal Budgeting Basics

(Available in English and Spanish)
Learn about the basics of developing a project budget, including overhead costs, employee fringe benefits, and links to sample budget templates. To take the FREE online course, offered by The Foundation Center, go to: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/prop_budgt/index.html

The Scholastic.com Grant Seminar

Gary A. Carnow, Ed.D, Director, Instructional Technology, Alhambra School District, in the Los Angeles, CA area, brings his own experience as a successful grant applicant to help you improve your skills in developing and pitching your grant idea.  As Dr. Carnow states, “If you can write a lesson plan, you can write a grant proposal.”
To take the FREE online grant seminar, go to: http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/grants/scholgrantseminar.htm

Developing a Project Idea into a Proposal

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Learn how to develop a project idea into a proposal. . .more

Proposal Checklist & Evaluation Form

This excellent checklist serves as a guiding document for program planning and proposal writing. Also available is its companion document: Program Planning & Proposal Writing, Introductory Version.  Both are available for a small fee at: http://www.tgci.com/publications.shtml
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Funding Resources PDF Print E-mail
Learn where to find funding. . .

Public Sector

California Department of Education find current requests for applications, contracts, apportionments and data.  To receive email notification, join the Funding Mailing List.

Federal Programs Grants.gov is a central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $500 billion in annual awards.  It is organized by the 26 federal grant-making agencies (e.g., U.S. Department of Education). You do not have to register to find grant opportunities, though you will need to register once you are ready to apply for a grant.  This process take 3-5 business days, but you may need several weeks in advance to gather the required documentation.  To receive email notification, sign-up at: <http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp>.

Private Sector

Private Foundations (http://www.fdncenter.org)
Corporate Giving Programs (http://www.corporatecharitywatch.org/)

Local Community Foundations

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Local Education Foundations

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Local education foundations serve as links between public education and the local community, and are designed to raise and disseminate funding and resources for a specific school(s) or district.  To find the local education foundation supporting your school or district, please click on the link to your county below.

Alameda County
Contra Costa County
Marin County
Napa County
San Francisco County
San Mateo County
Solano County

Not all districts are supported by education foundations.  For steps in starting an education foundation, please visit the California Consortium of Education Foundations at: <http://www.cceflink.org>.

Teacher Grants

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Effective Fundraising Strategies

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eRecycling (under construction)
Cell Phone Tower Lease (under construction)
Solar Panels & Wind Turbine Lease (under construction)
The Bright Schools Program (under construction)

Grantwriting Listservs and E-newsletters

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Grantsalert.com <http://www.grantsalert.com>
Grant Wrangler <http://www.grantwrangler.com>
SchoolGrants Biweekly e-newsletter <http://www.schoolgrants.org/>
Federal Grant Programs <http://www.grants.gov>
California Department of Education funding mailing list <http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/joinlist.asp>
USDE funding mailing list  Address email to:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Write in the message's body:  subscribe edinfo your name

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