**Potential Funding Sources**

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**[Searching for Funding]{.underline}**

Be creative! Sources of funding include donations (cash and in-kind),
membership fees, government funding, grants and contracts,
private/public partnerships, and community fundraisers.

At the library look at the [National Directory of Corporate
Giving]{.underline}.

Using a search engine to locate sources on the Internet is one strategy.

Popular search engines include

-   Alta Vista ([http://www.altavista.com](http://www.altavista.com/));

-   Google ([http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com/));

-   Dogpile (([http://www.dogpile.com](http://www.dogpile.com/));

-   Others such as Yahoo, Excite, Infoseek, and Lycos.

Additional websites and information are outlined below on funding
through federal sources and grantmakers. (Source: OMH "Closing the Gap",
April/May 2001)

#### [Federal Funding]{.underline}

*Government Grants Website*

*[www.grants.gov]{.underline}.* This new site was initiated in October
2003. It allows organizations to electronically find and apply for
competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
You can search within the site for grant opportunities from CDC, IHS,
BIA, DOJ, NHTSA, HRSA, and other federal agencies.

*Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CDFA):*

<http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/roadmap/index.html>: Profiles all Federal
grant programs, including HHS programs. Includes a list of specific
contacts for information, application forms, and section on writing
grant applications.

*Federal Register*

<http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html>: Describes about
300 grant programs available through HHS.

*Grants Net*

<http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/roadmap/index.html>: Contains information
on how to find HHS grants, current funding opportunities, application
process, forms, writing grant proposals, and managing grants.

*Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)*

<http://www.hrsa.gov/grants.htm>: Links to *Preview Guide*, profiling
discretionary grant programs.

<http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/CAP/default.htm>: Announces recent grants for
HRSA's Community Access Program.

#### [Selected Health-Related Grant Organizations and Funding Sources:]{.underline} 

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-   The Foundation Center: <http://fdncenter.org/funders>

-   Council on Foundations: [http://www.cof.org](http://www.cof.org/)

-   Grantsmakers in Health: [http://www.gih.org](http://www.gih.org/)

-   New York Life Foundation: <http://www.newyorklife.com/foundation>

-   J.C.Penney Company:
    <http://www.jcpenney.net/company/commrel/index.htm>

-   The WHA Foundation: [http://wha.org](http://wha.org/)

-   The Tides Foundation: [http://www.tides.org](http://www.tides.org/)

-   Target Stores Community Giving Program: The Target Stores Community
    Giving Program supports nonprofit organizations in the communities
    where the company\'s stores are located. Most local grants average
    \$1,000 to \$5,000.
    http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/grant_guidelines.jhtml
    or http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops009.asp

-   RadioShack Grants Program for Child and Family Safety Efforts:
    www.radioshackcorporation.com/cr/contrib.\_program.shtml

-   KaBOOM Playground Challenge Grant Program:
    http://www.kaboom.org/nooz.aspx?id=339

#### [Nonprofit Status: Books]{.underline}

Blazek, J. (1999 and 2003). [Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt
Organizations: Forms, Checklists, and Procedures]{.underline}. New York,
NY: J. Wiley.

Hopkins, B. (2001). [Starting and Managing a nonprofit Organization: A
Legal Guide, 3^rd^ Edition]{.underline}. New York, NY: J. Wiley

Mancuso, A. (2002). [How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in All Fifty
States, 5^th^ Edition]{.underline}.

Zeitlin, K. & Dorn, S. (1996). The Nonprofit Board's Guide to Bylaws:
Creating a Framework for Effective Governance.

#### [Nonprofit Status: Internet Resources]{.underline}

http://www.irs.gov/eo -- see two publications (i.e., Applying for
501(c)3 Tax-Exempt Status and Compliance Guide for 501(c)3 Tax-Exempt
Organizations. Other resources and announcements are also available on
that website.

See www.corporateprobono.org a website that matches nonprofit
organizations with lawyers across the country.

Nonprofit Management Center: www.tmcenter.org/library/nptechnology.html

The professional organization of individuals and organizations devoted
to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits to
assist them in fulfilling their mission: www:allianceonling.org