Grant Search Engines

There are many grant search engines on the web. (For those of you who have been raising funds for many years…remember the days before the web, when grant searches were conducted by looking through the annual published directories?) The following is just a sampling of sites I have used for you to consider for your own searches. If you ever need help with a search, give me a call and I would be happy to help.

~NOZA is user friendly service that offers two subscription options.
1. FREE for foundation searches only
2. $800/year for foundations, individuals and corporations.

I like this search engine for organizations who are occasionally seek out grant support and organizations who are establishing a grants program. Visit NOZA at http://www.nozasearch.com/.

~Two fee based websites to consider are FoundationSearch America, http://www.foundationsearch.com/, and the Foundation Center, http://www.foundationcenter.org/. I used FoundationSearch America for the past two years and recently switched to Foundation Center which was my preferred search engine for years. The jury is still out on which will be my preferred site. The lower cost of Foundation Center is an appealing feature and so far I have been satisfied with my search results.

~www.Grants.Gov is the website to visit if you are interested in locating federal grants to support your programs. Through this one site you can find grant offerings from all federal agencies including USDA, NIH, HUD, and NEA to name few. Even if you are not interested in pursuing a federal grant it is interesting to see the types of projects being funded. There are no fees associated with this site.