Indiana Rural Recreation Development Project

Grant Seeking & Writing

These links provide resources to searchable databases for potential grants and funding opportunities.

Indiana State University - Office of Sponsored Programs: graciously provides grant searching and writing assistance to rural communities that are partnering with the Indiana Rural Recreation Development Project. If you would like to work with ISU's Office of Sponsored Programs, contact Dr. Nathan A. Schaumleffel, Project Director of the Indiana Rural Recreation Development Project.

Association for Small Foundations: This link contains a list of member foundations in Indiana and links to member's IRS PF-990 form. An IRS PF-990 form can be helpful by showing you who is on the Board of Directors of that organization, what types of organizations they fund, what types of projects they fund, and how much they give per grant.
Charity Channel: is a forum for discussion groups that are related to all aspects of fundraising for not-for-profits. This organization also has an e-mail newsletter available.
Council on Foundations: is a membership organization that serves the public good by promoting and enhancing responsible and effective philanthropy. This is a Washington, D.C. based organization that provides information and education for grant writers. This web site has an excellent glossary for not-for-profit vocabulary.
Donor's Forum: This link contains an on-line library with free orientations, directories of private and corporate foundations, grant lists, annual reports, and giving guidelines. The Grantseeker's Toolbox and a searchable database are also available.
Google: This is an internet search engine that is excellent for grant seeking.
Grant Station: quickly and easily links nonprofits to all current sources of grant money, while also teaching these organizations how to secure available funding. This web site offers a free e-funding newsletter called the Grant Station Insider.
Grants and Fundraising Portal Fundsnet: is a privately owned web site created in 1996 for the purpose of providing non-profit organizations, colleges, and universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet.
GrantSmart: is an informational and interactive resource center for and about the non-profit community. Data about private foundation activities that may be of interest to grant seekers, philanthropic organizations, and individual donors are available.
GuideStar: This is the national database of non-profit organizations, which can be used to search for foundations IRS PF-990 forms.
Indiana Park and Recreation Association (IPRA)-Grants: IPRA adds new grant information to this list periodically that is related to funding for parks and recreation.
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)-Grant Information: This web site provides resources on available grants from government agencies and private foundations.
Indiana Youth Institute-Grant Info: This organization catalogs and links to grants related to youth development from government agencies and private foundations.
National Youth Development Information Center: This organization posts grants related to youth development initiatives.
The Foundation Center: This web site is a nationally-recognized resource that has a searchable database, online library resources, electronic newsletters, discussion boards, and cooperating collections.
The Grantsmanship Center International (TGCI): was founded in 1972 to offer grantsmanship training and low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. This site contains links to federal funding sources and offers a free publication.