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Foundations & Grants


Foundation Center
Free Foundation Center resources on the Foundation Center website include a Foundation Finder directory; a 990 Finder, which allows access to thousands of 990 forms in pdf format; a sign-up page for Foundation Center newsletters; and more.

Foundation Center Resources
The Foundation Directory Online Professional - This online version of the print Foundation Directory includes information on more than 92,000 funders and over 1.3 million recent grants. It allows the user to research foundation grants and also to locate grants from other types of grantmakers such as grantmaking public charities and corporate giving programs. In addition, grant information can be searched via online IRS 990 Forms. Searches can be narrowed in a number of ways, including geographically and by the type of grant support a funder offers. For more information see online Guided Tour. (Accessible only at the Central Library)

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online - This database allows the user to quickly search through detailed descriptions of more than 6,200 foundation programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual (rather than institutional) grantseekers. Grants can be searched by type of support offered. Search results can be narrowed down in a number of ways, including geographically. For more information see online Guided Tour. (Accessible only at the Central Library)


Locating Grant Opportunities


Federal Sources for Grants

Grants.gov
Maryland Department of Planning - Clearinghouse Grant Resource Center
(Government agencies located in Maryland must inform this state clearinghouse when applying for a Federal Grant.)

Maryland Sources for Grants

State Grants Clearinghouse
Governor's Office
Maryland State Agencies

Local Resources

Grants Sources by Subject Area


Getting a Grant



Preliminaries, Including Training

Application Preparation

Grants Management (for government grants)

Online Publications & Blogs
Additional resources


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