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I receive dozens of emails and social media inquiries every week asking about grants. Everyone wants grants; aka, everyone wants money! If you’re feeling clueless as to how to find potential funding for your organization, you simply need to use your favorite search engine. You can search for potential sources that are interested in what your organization needs in the way of goods and services. Get your fingers moving on the keyboard and start searching for the monies that may be waiting for your organization. While you’re at it, why not start with the nation’s wealthiest relative, Uncle Sam?

Did you know that the U.S. government is one of the largest grantmaking entities? That’s correct, Uncle Sam doles out approximately $500 billion in grant awards annually. If you want to score big in grant awards, you may want to consider targeting federal grantmaking agencies and researching their daily grant announcements. After all, there are 26 grantmaking agencies giving away boatloads of money to eligible grant applicants who have mastered writing highly competitive grant applications.

Public government grants come in two types:

 A competitive grant is one where applicants compete against each other for a limited amount of funding.

 A formula grant is awarded based on a predetermined formula (a set amount of money per person) established by the funding agency. Formula grants aren’t considered competitive. For example, community action agencies are funded formula grants, in part, through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program. These grants are awarded on a service-population-based formula. The agencies receive these funds year after year by merely updating the previous year’s application and resubmitting.

In the following sections, I explain what type of public-sector grant money (or grantor) will pay you to implement your idea, project, or program.