Has anyone ever purchased an online government grant package with results?

Answer 1

That's a SCAM -- government grants are free and you need not purchase any package to apply for it

You may want to read the warnings FTC has issued against these "grant" companies:

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 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.

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

Answer 2

i agree, grants are not purchased. even the info for them should not be purchased. its a scam. they will probably just send you a bunch of addresses with grant information. trust me, this is not the way to get a grant.

Answer 3

When you say "purchased...a grant" that makes me pretty sure its a scam.

Answer 4

Sorry, if you've purchased such a package, you've been scammed. If you haven't paid anything yet, don't.