Grant Links

The following links are to sites that include useful grant information.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and non-financial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.
http://www.cfda.gov/

The Federal Register is where all Federal programs are posted for public notice. You can search for countless grant programs and funding initiatives from this web-site alone.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

GrantsNet
General grant resources and information
http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/

Federal Demonstration Partnership
Research grant information
http://fdp3.org/

Federal Assistance Awards Data System
Statistical information
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/faads.html

Federal Audit Clearinghouse
Results of Grantee Audits
http://harvester.census.gov/sac/

FirstGov.gov
The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
For Non-Profits
15 Federal Government Agencies and the Federal Register
http://www.nonprofit.gov

Gov Spot is an easy way to find or search for a government department or agency.
http://www.govspot.com/

The Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI) is a non-profit, non-partisan policy institute charged with educating Members of Congress on fire and life safety issues.
http://www.cfsi.org

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an independent agency of the federal government, reporting to the President. FEMA's mission is to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/

United States Fire Administration mission is to reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies, through leadership, advocacy, coordination, and support.
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/

Guide to Federal Resources
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fedguide

The US Forest Service web-site has specific data relative to wildland fires and reports on the wildland fire problem in America.
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/

The Volunteer Fire Assistance Fund formerly known as the Rural Community Fire Protection (RCFP) Program is to provide Federal financial, technical and other assistance to State Foresters and other appropriate officials to organize, train and equip fire departments in rural areas and rural communities to prevent and suppress fires. A rural community is defined as having 10,000 or less population. This 10,000 population limit for participation in the VFA Program facilitates distribution of available VFA funding to the most needy fire departments.
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/planning/vfa/

The Environmental Protection Agency has documents and demonstration programs along with a wealth of information.
http://www.epa.gov/

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration maintains records of injury and non-injury traffic collisions as well as crash test results and product recalls.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/funding.htm

The U.S. State Department has a number of grant opportunities in education and information exchange.
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/

The Federal Aviation Administration has grant programs. Check-out the site search page and type in grants or airport improvement fund.
http://www.faa.gov/

National Endowment for the Arts has a surprising number of grant programs. Your creativity could lead to an innovative prevention or preservation program.
http://www.nea.gov/federal.html

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is rich with grant programs.
http://www.hud.gov

The U.S. Department of the Interior has a number of agecies under it each with their own grant programs.
http://www.doi.gov/indexj.html

The U.S. Department of Education
http://ed.gov/index.jhtml

The U.S. Department of Justice has many law enforcement grant programs. A few could apply to the fire service.
http://www.usdoj.gov/10grants/index.html

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (ICHIEFS) is a network of chief fire and emergency officers who are experts in: fire fighting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills, natural disasters, search & rescue, and public safety legislation.
http://www.iafc.org

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is a non-profit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, EMS and rescue services. The NVFC serves as the information source regarding legislation, standards and regulatory issues.
http://www.nvfc.org/

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a non-profit leader in fire prevention, code development, and training.
http://www.nfpa.org

National Association of State Fire Marshals
http://www.firemarshals.org

International Society of Fire Service Instructors
http://www.isfsi.org

Emergency Medical Services for Children
http://www.ems-c.org

The Commerce Business Daily is a searchable web-site. Here you will find notices for request for proposals and changes in federal rules and regulations on how their money can be spent. Fascinating!
http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/

National Telecommunications and Information Agency's Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications (OTIA) assists state and local governments, educational and health care entities, libraries, public service agencies, and other groups in effectively using telecommunications and information technologies to better provide public services and advance other national goals.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/index.html

The RFP Bulletin from The Foundation Center web-site is a good way to search for corporate and non-profit funding sources.
http://fdncenter.org

The National Network of Grantmakers has links to funding sources and a common on-line application.
http://www.nng.org/index.htm

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the Wall Street Journal of non-profit information. Their web-site offers articles and lists deadlines for up and coming grant programs.
http://www.philanthropy.com

The National Congress for Community Economic Development lists links to potential funding sites.
http://www.ncced.org/

The Environmental Support Center
http://www.envsc.org

Environmental Grantmakers Association
http://www.ega.org

FundsNet On-Line
http://www.fundsnetservices.com

The Grantsmanship Center offers their own grant training programs along with a variety of useful links. Be sure to check out their links to state government funding.
http://www.tgci.com/

Grantsbiz is in the business of finding federal, state, and non-profit funding. Be sure to sign-up for a free subscription to Abe's Grant Report!
http://www.grantsbiz.com

The Medtronic Foundation funds emergency service related programs. No longer a good source for equipment like AED's.
http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/

The Walmart Foundation has supported fire-related grant requests around the country in areas where it has stores.
http://www.walmartfoundation.org/

Lowes Home Improvement Stores offer a unique grant program through the Lowes Home Safety Council.
http://www.lowes.com/

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