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How to Search
Try various combinations of words like grants, proposals, government grants, federal government grants, writing proposals, write winning proposals, starting a business, small business, etc., along with your own specific keywords, such as geographical location, visible minority, disabled, veteran, etc.
What NOT to Do
There's a lot of misleading advertising out there. As a result, many inexperienced funding seekers think that money grows on trees everywhere and that all they have to do is go and pluck it off the branches. Although there is a lot of money out there, and you can access it under certain conditions, here are some simple things you should NOT do:
- Do NOT think you can get a grant with only a couple hours of work. Just finding a source of funding may take anywhere from 4-20 hours.
- Do NOT limit yourself to Internet searching. Once you've found a few likely sources, get on the phone with them and make sure you have a project that meets THEIR objectives.
- Do NOT seek one source of funding for several projects. If you tell funding sources that you want $50,000 to start a business and that you'll use most of the money to pay off your debts, they'll slam the door in your face.
Some More Tips
- A source of funding is not always a government grant or subsidy. It could also be a bank loan or venture capital. It could also simply be the free advice offered by organizations like the US Small Business Administration or Canada's Strategis service.
- Sources of funding may be geography-specific. What's offered in one part of the country may NOT be available elsewhere, so use your location as one of the keywords in your search.
- Funding may be federal, state, county, municipal or private. Your search will reveal this information.
- More funding may be available for certain groups of people - minorities, women, handicapped, etc. Using related keywords in your search will help identify such special sources.
- Once your Internet search has identified some potential sources of funding, phone them up to be sure a particular program is still operating and funds are still available. Find out what the application procedure is and what the proposal evaluation criteria are.
- Use our training program to (a) help locate sources of funding, (b) learn how to write a winning proposal and (c) get personal coaching.
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