How can I get a Grant writing prog for free without having 2 pay 1 of these websites that might rip me off.?

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Again FREE!

Answer 1

Here are some resources that can help you write grants

Teaching Yourself to be a Grantwriter http://www.grantproposal.com/starting_inner.html
Minnesota Council on Foundations Writing a Successful Grant Proposal http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm
American Association of Grant Professionals http://www.grantprofessionals.org
Non profit Guides http://www.npguides.org/
GrantExperts.com http://www.grantexperts.com
Association of Fund Raising Professionals http://www.afpnet.org/

However, if you are looking for grant software to find grants to start your business, you're better off spending your time looking for other sources of capital. It is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.

Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html...

"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."

Here is a listing of federal grants for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals for starting a business -- THERE'S NONE.
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_BENEF_RPT.show

Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs

For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.

Answer 2

I have never seen so much detail in the Bible than in the area of judgment. Yet it is this very subject where so many people, Christians included, get it so wrong. Here are just a few basic principles. A Christian is never to ex-communicate or condemn - Matthew 7:1 A Christian is not to judge a non-Christian - 1 Corinthians 5:13 A Christian IS suppose to judge someone claiming to be a believer - 1 Corinthians 5:12 A non-believer's judgment carries no weight with God - 1 Corinthians 2:15 The Christian is judged daily right now, the non-believer later - 1 Peter 4:17 Since the believer's old nature is dead and is born again in Christ, the end judgment will no longer apply. - John 5:24

Answer 3

Uh, you could use notepad. Writing grants is not that difficult, there are more than enough examples of grants on the Internet, at the Library, and at any public works office. You do not need a special program. Look at some grant examples, make a Word template. In my experience, grant requests need to be tailored to the entity you are requesting funds/resources from.

Once again, you do not need a grant writing program/software. Heaven forbid, what did folks do before the computer?

Answer 4

The other poster is incorrect, writing grant requests can be extremely difficult sometimes. They are extremly picky about format and if you don't phrase the request perfectly you could kill your eligibility. This is why an entire industry has grown up around writing them for other people.

Educate yourself at the below link and then go from there.