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/)

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: Foundation Center -
Proposal Writing Short Course
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:
Proposal Budgeting Basics
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:
The Scholastic.com Grant Seminar
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/grants/scholgrantseminar.htm