“Nonprofit Grants – Opportunities & Resources”
25 LATEST GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
- DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation, LISC – Game On-Community Places to Play initiative
- Poetry Foundation grants
- Simply Organic Giving Fund grants
- Adolf Busch Award – music for social injustice grants
- Chef Ann Foundation: Get Schools Cooking
- Shubert Foundation – live performing arts grants
- The Lisa Libraries – free childrens books
- Constellation: E2 Energy to Educate grants
- CREATE ACTION – social justice grants
- Mockingbird Foundation – music education grants
- Korean American Community Foundation grants
- AAPD Foundation: Dental Care for Children Grants
- Herb Block Foundation: Defending Basic Freedoms grants
- Wish You Well Foundation – Adult Literacy grants
- Environmental Justice Data Fund grants
- Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
- Toshiba America Foundation – K-12 STEM Education grants
- AARP Foundation: Scaling Equitable and Effective Solutions
- Joanna Foundation grants
- Bruce J. Heim Foundation grants
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation grants
- Abelard Foundation-East general operating grants
- Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation grants
- CSX Community Service Grants
- TD Charitable Foundation Regional Grants
HOW-TO | ADVICE
- free guide to grant writing
- free grants proposal short course
- Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
- 10 Steps to a Kick-ass Grant Proposal – funny, and spot on
- free sample grants proposals
- How to Apply for Federal Grants – video
- Hard Data, Soft Data: How They Help You Build Strong Proposals
- Understanding “Indirect Costs”
- FREE WEBINARS from Foundation Center
FIND GRANTS – LOCAL
- Coastal Community Foundation
CCF is the local source for matching nonprofits with donors and grant opportunities - Carolina Children’s Charity
- Charitable Society of Charleston
- Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
- Exchange Club of Charleston
- Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation
- Joanna Foundation
- Junior League of Charleston
- Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grants Program
- More ARTS Grants
- SC Sea Grant Consortium
- Trident United Way
- Target Stores
- MUSC Foundation for Research Development
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
- Piggly Wiggly Fundraising
- Piggly Wiggly Donation Requests
- Social Venture Partners – Charleston
- Association of Fundraising Professionals – Lowcountry Chapter
- SC Association for Community Economic Development
- Together SC
- CCPL Grants Info Blog
- The Foundation Center at Charleston County Public Library – free help and access to one of the best grant databases available
FIND GRANTS – REGIONAL
- SC Foundation Directory 2014
- SC Library – Grant Resources
- Top-Giving Foundations in SC
- SC Grantmakers Network
- SC Community Foundations
- Central Carolina Community Foundation (Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter counties)
- The Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (Charleston, Beaufort, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry and Jasper counties)
- Community Foundation of Greater Greenville, Inc. (Greenville County)
- Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc. (Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper counties)
- Foothills Community Foundation (Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties)
- Foundation For The Carolinas (Cabarrus, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln, Lexington, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Salisbury, Stanly and Union Counties, NC; Cherokee, Lancaster, and York counties)The Spartanburg County Foundation (Spartanburg county)
- Waccamaw Community Foundation (Georgetown and Horry counties)
- Southeastern Council of Foundations
- Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
- Auntie Karen Foundation
- Fund for Southern Communities
- SC Humanities Council
- SC Arts Commission
- Charles M and Mary D Grant Foundation
- Foundation for the Carolinas
FIND GRANTS – NATIONAL
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- Grants.gov
- Guidestar.org
- Foundation Center
- Grants Alert – find grants for free
- GrantScape – premium subscription
- GrantStation – premium membership
- Instrumentl – multi-faceted premium resource
- USA.gov for Nonprofits
- Philanthropy News Digest