From the article: 6 Steps to Finding Funders for Your Grant
Do you have a favorite resource or tip for finding funders for grants? Share them here. (Guest posting permitted; no account necessary to share your tip.) Finding Funders-What I Do
Similar Organizations
- One of my favorite prospecting tools is to look at annual reports of similar organizations and see who's funding them, I've found several prospective funders that way.
- —CarolynOwens
Free websites for finding funders
- These two free websites are very helpful for finding funders: www.foundationcenter.org and www.guidestar.org.
- —Guest Ed Stephon
Funders May be Lurking in Your Files
- This may not work for everyone, but if your organization has been around for a while check the "old" files. It can be a great source for funders that have funded in the past and have a mission match. Recontacting these organizations can re-open up a funding stream simply by contacting them and making an inquiry if they still fund "X" I found two funders this way and the new grants administrators were surprised that we had not requested funding. A simple and easy to do research project.
- —Guest Linda
Clippings File
- I have to do things on the cheap, so I keep a clippings file. I watch newspapers, magazines, and the Internet for clues about who is funding what. I keep the files for a year and then throw them out, so the file is always current. I've found several good leads this way.
- —Shackelford59
