does anyone out there know anything about government grants?...I am interested in personal grant money?

Question

I am particularly interested in government money that you don't have to pay back....I have gone on these so-called sites concerning this topic, but I keep getting the runaround...If I am paying taxes to the Federal government, why should I have to pay some no name site for the information that I need? I live in Mississippi...all I need is the name , address and telephone number of the place I should apply to....

Answer 1

The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. There are no grants for paying bills, no grants for paying off credit cards, no grants for getting out of debt and no grants for simply fattening your wallet.

Grants are free, but it means OBLIGATION. You will be obligated to do as the grant sets out to do. Grants have objectives, and your purpose must fit the objective of the grant.

For one, you have to write the grant application and the grant application is not a simple document - you have to explain how your purpose for applying for the grant fits well with the objectives set out by the grant.

There is a stringent review process through a committee. You will compete with other applicants for the grant money, and this grant review committee will evaluate the merits of each proposal. Only those that they feel exemplifies the objective of the grant will be approved.

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 your purposes.

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.

Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. 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. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.

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

Answer 2

nothing exist specific. most grants are for education gone through schools like pell grants. Other is u.s.d.a., they offer grants or low interest loans but you usually have to be elderly, and low income. They really don't give money for the heck of it. You pay taxes for Gov. services from police, fire, ems, roads and trash service that is what taxes are mainly for.

the s.b.c. has grants (limited) when starting a business for capital.

Answer 3

I was going to try that myself. I found a site that shows you how complicated the grant forms are to fill out. And the process they use to approve or throw your application into the waste basket. And of course that is the hook they use to get you to pay them to help you fill one out. And it's not free to do this lol they get you coming as well as going. I decided it was too much hastle for such a slim chance of actually getting approved.

Answer 4

have conservatives fairly study the structure and the ammendments????? initially, the nationwide authorities taxed the states in accordance to inhabitants, It became [initially] as a lot because the states to deliver at the same time this tax in inspite of approach became stumbled on perfect by using the legislature of that state (no taxation without representation). This replaced at WWI "the conflict to end all wars". Congress has the right to levy taxes [era]. it approved the authorities aka IRS to deliver at the same time those taxes that we voluntarily verify ourselves- meaning we declare all of our income ans each of the exemprions and deductions we are entitled to and deliver in the money. It does no longer propose that paying taxes is a voluntary ingredient like giving blood.

Answer 5

if you looked at this address ?
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/federal_grants.jsp
i do not know much about grants ...........here is a research page with more addres of Go.grants i you would like to look at them ?
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=gov+grants&sp=1&fr2=sp-top&ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-msgr&ei=UTF-8&SpellState=n-3685112078_q-5G%2F9r9VZmDJYnB6LxGd1rQAAAA%40%40
i think that if you pay a fee ? it is probably not gov.related ?