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The types of organizations or entities eligible to apply for a grant vary from grantor to grantor. Each type of grantor — government (public) or foundation (private) — always includes clear, published grantmaking guidelines that indicate who or what type of entity is eligible to apply for those specific grant funds. To access these grantmaking guidelines, simply visit the grantor’s website.

Funders typically include one or more of the following types of grant applicants in their eligible applicant language:

 State government

 County government

 City or township government

 Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

 Independent school districts

 Nonprofits with and without Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 501(c)(3) (nonprofit) status

 Private, public, and state-controlled institutions of higher education

 Public and Native American housing authorities

 For-profit businesses

 For-profit organizations other than businesses

 International nonprofits (called nongovernmental organizations or NGOs)

 Individuals

Always check with the funder in advance to make sure that the entity that you’re applying for is an eligible grant applicant. For example, funders view a nonprofit as an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) designated tax-exempt organization. Just being incorporated as a nonprofit in your state (for United States-based grantmakers) is not going to qualify you to apply for funds. You definitely need IRS approval in writing.

Familiarize yourself with Grants.gov before you actually plan on applying for funding. All federal grant applicants have to do a lot of upfront work before they can submit an application for funding consideration.

Grants are awarded to organizations that have applied to the IRS for nonprofit status and have received the 501(c)(3) designation as well as to units of government (state agencies, counties, cities, towns, and villages) and government agencies, including state colleges and universities. Foundation and corporate grantors focus predominantly on nonprofit organizations and aren’t inclined to fund for-profits. However, a few grants are given to individuals (see Chapter 7 for details).

In some instances, government agencies have set up separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit structures in order to scoop up more private-sector (foundation and corporate) grant awards.