Thanks to Annie Chin, formerly at the Asian American Civic Association in Boston for her selection and descriptions of some of these sites.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
Updated June 2001, CFDA is a government-wide catalogue of  federal programs and projects that provide grants and other services.

• http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/cfda/index.htm

Federal Register Online (1995 to present)

• http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources

• http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html

FedWorld

• http://www.fedworld.gov/

Fundsnet Online Services

• http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

Grantionary
A glossary of terms related to grants and funding

• http://www.eduplace.com/grants/help/grantionary.html

Grants Alert
Education grants, including corporate, federal and state grants

• http://www.grantsalert.com/

Grants and Funding Website (LINCS Ohio Literacy Resource Center)

• http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/grants_funding.html

National Institute for Literacy LINCS Grant Resources Page

• http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/search/gsearch/dbsearch.cgi?action=Show%20Results

Nonprofit Gateway
Includes many resources for not-for-profit organizations including sources of grants.

• http://www.nonprofit.gov

OTAN
OTAN has a grants database for California adult literacy programs which is also open to others. To use it you must register, but this is free and easy to do.

• http://www.otan.us/edgrants/index.cfm?fuseaction=search

   

Corporate Funding - Academic Innovations

• http://www.academicinnovations.com/corpfun.html#ad

Money Management and Homebuying Readiness

Sponsored by the FannieMae Foundation, and produced by the Adult Literacy Resourcve Institute in Boston, this describes an outstanding approach to fundraising and resource development which can be used for a wide range of projects.

• http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/esol_abe/fundraising/index.html