Fundraising
The links below offer you a wide variety of sites that provide useful information on writing grants and fundraising. To check out grants available to OST programs, check out our grants listing page in What's Happening.
E–Funding Solutions
While this site is geared for K-12 administrators, after-school providers will still find this useful for its searchable database of existing grants, listings of current opportunities, and fee-based grant writing services.
The Finance Project – Financing & Stability Page
A great collection of resources in one place, this page includes links to profiles of successful financing strategies as well as materials and tools for planning, measuring and partnering for sustainability.
Financing our Children’s Future Guide
Resources available to support Out-of-School Time Programming in the City of Boston.
The Foundation Center’s “Short Course”
This is just one of the practical grant making resources offered by The Foundation Center.
Fundraising and Grantwriting Resources
This enormous list of grant writer resources includes books, links to common applications from consortia around the country, how-to-write grants sites, links to private/consulting grant writers, and tips on non-grant fundraising.
Fundraising Tips
A general guide to securing foundation funds for after-school programs from the Afterschool Alliance.
Grants and Non-Profit Information Center
An accessible and helpful site from the Tucson Public Library with many sites of interest to grant seekers.
Grantwriting Tools for Non-profits
The Non-profit Guides offers free online instruction and samples of letters of inquiry, cover letters, proposals, and operating budgets.
Webster's New World Grant Writing Handbook (2004)
The Grant Writing Handbook is a comprehensive overview taking the reader through the entire process, from researching and identifying the right funding opportunities, to writing persuasive proposals, to following up, all with an emphasis on corporate and foundation fundraising.
Workshops and Online Training
The Grantsmanship Center offers instruction in proposal writing online and through training workshops around the country. Its site contains a host of helpful publications and successful grant samples available for purchase.