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Grant Writing For Dummies, 7th Edition
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Grant Writing For Dummies, 7th Edition

by Beverly A. Browning
March 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
9h 16m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 4

Venturing into Public-Sector Grants

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Taking a 360 degree look at nearby public funding

Bullet Stepping into the world of federal grantmaking agencies and Grants.gov

Bullet Raising your odds of funding by communicating with elected officials

In this chapter, I take you on a journey down the government’s grantmaking highway, which starts in Congress and ends in your state, county, town, village, or city. I also reveal how to get your elected officials to support your grantseeking efforts.

Before we get started, let me set the record straight when it comes to government money: There is no such thing as a “free” grant or “free money.” Every grant award comes with strings attached. Either you have to spend your own money first (reimbursement grant) and submit receipts to get grant funds, or you have to file reams of electronic paperwork to generate an electronic funds transfer into your organization’s bank account.

Looking for Local Funding First

Washington, D.C., is a funding epicenter for U.S. government grantmaking agencies. Congress creates legislation and then votes to allocate funding to hundreds of grantmaking programs annually. This funding then trickles down to ...

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