| Search for free grants can be an exercise in futility if | | | | online resources are: Grantsnet, Non-profit Gateway |
| you are not willing to go through the rigors of seeing | | | | and The Foundation Center. |
| your application through. | | | | For students, who would like to look for scholarship |
| One of the most obvious places to look for these | | | | or research grants, the Free Application for Federal |
| types of funds will be the government agencies that | | | | Student Aid (FAFSA) website ( is available for you. |
| would most likely handle your program. If you are a | | | | FAFSA contains information on grants, available loans |
| student looking for scholarships then the Department | | | | and campus-based student aid programs. |
| of Education website is a good place to start looking | | | | For individuals and organizations that have an idea on |
| for educational grants. If you are a victim of a natural | | | | the intricacies of grant application processes then the |
| disaster, surfing through the Federal Emergency | | | | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is |
| Management Agency's (FEMA) free grant search | | | | the place to begin your search. CFDA contains entries |
| could be of help. | | | | about each program which could sound foreign to |
| There are a lot of government agencies that offer | | | | someone who is new to free grant terminologies. |
| availability of free grants. Likely government agencies | | | | The CFDA website is The CFDA entry usually |
| that might have grants available are: Department of | | | | contains information on how the grant money should |
| Education Grants and Contracts Information, | | | | be used, how to apply complete with contact |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | | | | information, how they review and award the |
| (HUD), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of | | | | applications and what is expected from the |
| Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection | | | | successful grant applicants. |
| Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management | | | | Recently, President George Bush's e-government |
| Administration (FEMA), National Institutes of Health | | | | initiative has launched a new free grant search |
| (NIH), Stopping Violence Against Women and | | | | website called is an online tool that allows everyone |
| Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The | | | | to access and consequently avail themselves of |
| Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has | | | | government benefit programs that are designed to |
| over 300 programs run by several agencies which | | | | help them. This online tool is aimed at providing more |
| should be checked out. | | | | focus on the citizens by our government. This free |
| If you cannot find the grant information you are | | | | service intends to lessen bureaucracy and provide |
| searching for, there are other online federal resources | | | | efficient service to the people by doing away with |
| that could aid you in your free grant search. These | | | | paper work. |