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The Grant Writer's Office is pleased to offer school sites access to the Foundation Center Online data search. This is an online search engine that includes over 88,000 public, private and corporate foundations. If you have a program or project that needs grant funding, the Grant Writer's Office can help by providing you a list of potential grantmakers.
In order to locate grant makers that are a good fit for your project, please complete the Grantmakers Search Request form and email or intra-district mail to Lisa Dornback in room 124. Please allow a 3-day turn around for the grant search results to be returned to your site.
Following is a list of available resources to
help with Writing/Developing Grant Proposals and Managing Grant Funds.
Resources available
on-line
- The California Department of Education - is the central clearinghouse for
education grants funded by the state of California.
- eSchool News Online - provides
a rich resource center for K-12 educators. Through
their grants and funding clearing house, you
can find funding news and valuable information
on open and ongoing grant competitions.
- GrantsAlert.com - is an online
grants information service exclusively for education
organizations providing access to information
on funding opportunities, grant writer resources,
and grants advice and assistance.
- The U.S. Department of Education
- is the central clearinghouse for education
grants funded by the federal government.
Resources available
in the District's Grant Office
Grants Lending Library
- Winning Strategies for Developing Grant Proposals by Dr. Beverly Browning
- How to Get Grants and Gifts for the Public Schools by Stanley Levenson
- Grant Writing for Teachers: How to Put the Pieces together by Linda Karges-Bone
- Guide to Winning Proposals II by Judith B. Margolin
- Storytelling for Grantseekers by Cheryl A. Clarke
- Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement by Mike Schmoker
- Grant Writing for Educators by Dr. Beverly Browning
Newsletters
- Education Grants Alert - a weekly
newsletter listing open funding opportunities
for schools and school districts.
Resources available on-line
Resources available in
the District's Grant Office
Writing References
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
10th Edition
- Roget's Thesaurus of English
Words and Phrases
- Flip Dictionary, by Barbara Ann
Kipfer, PhD - this is a reverse dictionary.
It is used when you have an idea, concept or
definition but cannot remember or are uncertain
of the precise word.
- The Writer's Reference, by Diana
Hacker - a writing reference with sections
on effective sentences, word choice, grammatical
sentences, punctuation, spelling and mechanics,
and documentation.
- A Manual for Writers of Term Papers,
Theses, and Dissertations, by Kate Turabian.
Resources available in
the district's Grant Office
- EDGAR: Education Department General Administrative
Regulations - a compilation of sections
of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that
govern the administration of federal education
grant funds.
- The Federal Grants Management Handbook
- Published by the Thompson Publishing Group,
Inc., this book provides a comprehensive source
of applicable grant administration requirements
to help organizations mange their federal grants.
Topics covered range from how to obtain a federal
grant to negotiating indirect costs rates to
audits and appropriate reporting and record
keeping process.
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