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It is to recieve a goverment grant for school, business, money to buy real estate. They was suppose to email me with this information.

2007-04-03 05:45:55 · 4 answers · asked by Priscilla D. S 1 in Education & Reference Financial Aid

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It is not as easy as the commercials make it out to be on finding free government money. You have typed the wrong website address into your browser. A .com on the end of a website address means business. It should have the .gov at the end. In regards to government grants, the education and real estate grant program are based on your family income and savings. Small businesses can get small business administration loans, but only nonprofit organizations can get grants. I will list you the actual government websites that should help you on your quest.

2007-04-03 06:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by dawncs 7 · 0 0

I suggest you delete that email as that is a scam. Any company offering you grants for any reason you can think of is peddling you LIES -- and will scam you because that is not how government grants work

First off, be warned that there are too many grant scams out there from companies promising to give you grants or write grants for you. Read the warning from the FTC

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/03/grantresources.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt134.htm

Here is also one of the warnings issued by the Better Business Bureau http://www.concord.bbb.org/tips_timesharescams.html

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 FREE 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

The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. 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. Grants have objectives, and the grant applications that best captures the grant's objectives are approved.

There is a stringent review process through a committee composed of federal employees and selected experts in the field. 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.

2007-04-04 06:57:55 · answer #2 · answered by imisidro 7 · 0 0

Information about government grants is available free. However, some business try to charge you to give you this information or use this information in order get your e-mail address. This looks like one of those types of companies.

This page as a list of free database for scholarships that you can search: http://www.finaid.umich.edu/Types_of_Financial_Aid/Scholarships/scholsearch.asp

2007-04-03 06:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by Midwest Mom 2 · 0 0

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2016-12-15 14:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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