Resources

Federal

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)- The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and non-financial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.

Federal Register
On-line version of the Federal Register. Published daily, this contains current grant solicitation notices issued by federal agencies. Searchable.

Federal Agencies
A list of all federal departments and agencies from FirstGov.

Thomas
Searchable data base that covers Federal Legislative information on the Internet.

Texas Research Funding Opportunities and Administration (TRAM).
TRAM is a search engine for locating funding opportunities from many different agencies. TRAM also contains a set of grant application forms collected from various sources, and links to other servers related to research funding and administration.

U.S. NonProfit Gateway
Information from the federal government useful to non-profits. Includes a searchable database of 30,000 federal documents.

State

State of Texas Government Information links to Texas Agencies with web pages and to other government information sites.

Texas Register
On-line version of the Texas Register. Contains all the current grant solicitation notices issued by state agencies.

Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism
Clearinghouse Web site - Searchable database of information about economic development resources offered by state and federal agencies, and other organizations.

Texas Department of State Health Services Funding Information Center (TDH)
Clearinghouse for information on current federal, state, and private sources of funding for public health and social services issues.

Texas Association of Counties
Market Texas Clearinghouse
To find out about funding available through your county, you may type the name of your county in.

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General Resources

Foundation Center Web
Comprehensive source of information about grant writing and the funding process. Links to private and corporate foundations on the web, as well as to other sources of information.

Cooperating Collections in Texas
Funding information centers in libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers in Texas that provide a core collection of Foundation Center publications and a variety of supplementary materials and services in areas useful to grantseekers. The core collections consist of foundation directories, other resource information and special materials prepared by these centers to assist grantseekers in identifying private and corporate funding sources. It is recommended that you call the collection in advance of a visit to determine hours and availability of staff to assist you in a funding search.

Community Grant Support Initiative at Texas A&M-
The Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Community Grant Support Initiative helps Texas communities locate and secure funding (federal, state and private) for their projects. This free service is provided by the state of Texas, and is facilitated through TEES within the Texas A&M University System. Specific services include proposal writing and review, funding referral, needs-assessment, literature review and evaluation.

Council on Foundations
Information on foundations, links to foundation homepages and other sites of interest to foundations and grantseekers.

Texas State Data Center
Texas State Data Center, Texas Population Estimates and Projections Programs, and Center for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research and Education.

Fund Raiser Cyberzine
The Fund Raiser Cyberzine is a digital magazine on the world wide web part of the internet. It targets small to medium size groups that need to raise money (booster clubs, scout groups, school clubs, civic groups, sports teams, fraternal organizations, church groups - any and all kinds of non profit organizations). It is published monthly and access to the current issue is always free.

Fundsnet Services Online
Web site to help nonprofit organizations find funding sources and other information on the Internet.

A Grant Seekers Guide to the Internet: Revised and Revisited
Information on how to use the internet to find grants.

Grantsmanship Center
Federal Register grant announcements are updated daily; also links to fundraising, foundation and management information.

Guidestar
A "database of comprehensive reports describing the programs and finances of more than 40,000 American nonprofit organizations. GuideStar is provided by Philanthropic Research, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization." Searchable.

Handsnet
HandsNet is a national, nonprofit organization that promotes information sharing, cross-sector collaboration and advocacy among individuals and organizations working on a broad range of public interest issues. Links to information on almost every major issue area. Extremely useful.