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GRANTS TERMINOLOGY
The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) offers a definitive classification
system for nonprofit organizations recognized as tax exempt. These
codes facilitate precise tracking of grants and recipients and identify the
"official" terms that represent thousands of subject areas and
recipient types. Code definitions are
described in the following sites:
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NCCS - Guide to the National Taxonomy of Exempt
Entities
- Provides extensive information about
the NTEE classification system and lengthy definitions of the codes.
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- National Center for Charitable
Statistics (NCCS)
- Background information on the development of the codes as well as specific
definitions. Discusses the alignment of NTEE (National Taxonomy of
Exempt Entities) with NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) and
SIC (Standard Industrial Classificaton).
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- The
Foundation Center's Grants Classification
- A classification system that is based on the NTEE model and has
additional indexing elements.
GENERAL RESOURCES
- The Foundation Center
- Information about all types of grantmaking organizations, online library resources,
links to regional offices, tips and resources for grantseekers.
- GrantsWeb
- A comprehensive, award-winning site sponsored by The International Society of Research Administrators.
Provides links to public and private funding sources and gives information
about policy changes, legal issues, regulations, and agency guidelines.
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- The Chronicle of
Philanthropy
- The internet newspaper about the grant world. "Internet
Resources" categories include the arts, education, environment, health, public
policy. "Art" category provides links to "management and
fund-raising for arts organizations."
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- University of Wisconsin,
Madison Grants Information Center
- Links to many grants-related databases and resources.
FEDERAL
RESOURCES
- Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance
- Describes all federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide
assistance or benefits to the American public.
- Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities
- A National Endowment for the Arts online resource. Describes federal
funding available for arts initiatives through national, state, and local
funding programs.
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- GrantsNet:
Department of Health & Human Services
- A search engine provided by this department to assist the public in
finding grant funds available through HHS and selected other federal grants
programs.
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- National Endowment for the Arts
- Information about direct grants to individuals for literature
fellowships, American jazz fellowships, and National Heritage fellowships in
the folk and traditional arts.
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- National Endowment for the
Humanities
- An independent grant-making agency of the U.S. government. Supports
research, educational, and public programs in the humanities. Includes
a search engine for this site and other humanities sites.
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- National Science
Foundation: Funding -- Overview of Grants and Awards
- Information about science and engineering grants available from this
agency.
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- U.
S. Department of Education: Office of the Chief Financial Officer --
Grants & Contracts Information
- Extensive information about grants available from this department and
links to other federal grant sites.
- U. S.
Department of Energy: Office of Science -- Grants and Contracts Web
Site
- Detailed information about grants available from this department.
CALIFORNIA RESOURCES
- Arts Education Online
(AEOL)
- A web page sponsored by The California Arts Project (TCAP).
Provides professional development assistance in the visual and performing
arts to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educators throughout
California.
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- California Council for the
Humanities (CCH)
- The web site for the California state affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
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- California Office of the Secretary
for Education
- Information about grants to local mentoring programs which support a
"statewide plan to match every child in need with an academic
mentor." Other funding opportunities that support education are
also described.
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- Nonprofit Genie
- A web page sponsored by C-Map (California Management Assistance
Partnership). Links to many nonprofit resources including a
"Nonprofit Web Directory." Also has articles and
interviews with experts concerning issues relevant to the nonprofit world.
PROPOSAL WRITING
GUIDANCE
- A
Proposal Writing Short Course
- The Foundation Center gives step-by-step guidance in writing a proposal.
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- Proposal
Writer's Guide
- The University of Michigan's Division of Research Development offers an
online guide to proposal writing.
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- EPA
Tutorial
- A tutorial developed by the Environmental Protection Agency to help
grantseekers produce more competitive grant applications.
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- Proposal Writing, Government Contracting
- A private consultant's (Deborah Kluge) web site offers information on proposal
writing. Includes a search engine and links to other grant-making
organizations.
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