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There are many portals and websites that can be useful for finding financial as well as programmatic resources for youth programs. Here are some that we've found interesting. If you know of others that you'd like to share, contact us and we'll add them to this list!

Also, be sure to check out the Holyoke demographic and data page on this website. You can find useful data for developing your "need section" in your grant proposals! Click on the Holyoke Data & Info page listed in the yellow bar, above.

The following portals guide you to foundations, state and federal funding opportunities as well as provide grant writing tips and news on the world of philanthropy.

Health Related Websites

Arts Related Websites

Foundations, State and Federal Funding Sources

Advocacy Groups, Newsletters and Journals on Best Practices

Scholarship Programs for Minority Students

 

The following portals guide you to foundations, state and federal funding opportunities as well as provide grant writing tips and news on the world of philanthropy.

http://www.sumptionandwyland.com/documents/grants-web-resources.htm
A mega-list of grant resources from writing tips to federal links.

http://grants_and_foundations_review@charitychannel.com/
Discussion forums, newsletters and online searches.

http://fdncenter.org/funders/
One of the largest grantmaker websites.

http://www.schoolgrants.org/welcome.htm
Many tips for grant writers as well as opportunities for school-based education funding.

http://www.foundations.org
You can browse the foundation directory, pick a listed foundation, search any foundation's information page or search any foundation's home page.

http://www.ucp-utica.org/uwlinks/grants.html
A wealth of links to free grants-related information. There are no advertisements or commercial connections connected to the site - just hundreds of annotated links to free information grant writers will find useful.

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/evaldatabase.html
For anyone looking at evaluations of afterschool programming.

http://www.cyfernet.org
The Children, Youth, and Families at Risk web site that has a wealth of information on child/youth development and coalition building, including a strong section on evaluation.

http://www.AtTheTable.org
An online clearing house with information on involving youth in organizations and in community issues.

http://www.ncna.org
The National Council of Nonprofit Associations

http://www.ncnb.org
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards

http://www.genie.org
Nonprofit Genie

http://www.nonprofits.org
Internet Nonprofit Center

http://www.nonprofitexpert.com
Nonprofit Expert

http://www.nonprofit.gov
The Nonprofit Gateway

http://www.not-for-profit.org
The Nonprofit Resource Center

http://www.philanthropy.com
The Chronicle of Philantrophy

http://www.grantsbiz.com/article1008.html
Writing successful government grants

http://msalliance.org/
Massachusetts Service Alliance has bet practices, trainings, advocacy and grant information for Massachusetts programs.

http://www.edact.com/minigrant.html
How to Write a Mini-Grant Proposal, by Johanna Pomeroy, Ph.D.
Includes: How to Write a Winning Mini-Grant Proposal, Getting Started Writing the Mini-Grant Proposal, Search Strategies, The Pre-Proposal Contact, Avoiding Pitfalls, Sample Mini-Grant, The Award Decision and Managing Your Grant Resources.

http://www.oryxpress.com/miner.htm
A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing, by Jeremt T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner
A complete guide including an overview of the benefits of grant writing. This site also contains resources to find grant proposals and write grants for private foundations.

http://www.house.gov/visclosky/grants2.htm
Writing a Grant Proposal, Congressman Pete Visclosky, Proudly Representing Indiana's 1st Congressional District
A short site by Congressman Pete Visclosky including directions on concept papers. This is geared towards Federal agencies and foundation.

http://www.grantstech.com/
Grant Writing for Dummies
Do you need help writing a grant? Free easy to understand information. This site links to all kinds of resources, publications, funding sources, writing tools, articles and discussion. Not all of what is offered is free but it seems to be a large site with lots of links.

http://www.childrenspartnership.org/youngamericans/statefacts.html
The Children's Partnership has created a fact sheet for each state and compares the state to national data. Simply click on your state for your fact sheet on Youth and Technology.

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Health Related Websites

The following sites may be of use in writing health grant proposals. Each entry lists the title, brief description and link to the website.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Provides an agency profile, news and announcements, funding info, research results, and health plan quality reviews. Also available in Spanish.
http://www.ahcpr.gov/

GrantsNet
GrantsNet is an Internet application tool created by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Grants Management (OGM) for finding and exchanging information about HHS and other Federal grant programs. GrantsNet serves the general public, the grantee community, and grant-makers (i.e. state and local governments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and commercial businesses). GrantsNet provides a variety of Department-wide grants policies governing the award and administration of grant activities, publishing these in grants policy directives, regulations, and/or manuals.
http://www.hhs.gov/refers/progorg.html

Health Resources Publishing Home Page
The site contains information for healthcare professionals from an array of disciplines, including fund raising and grant development, hospice, adult day services, senior services, management, marketing, long-term care administration, wellness and health.
http://www.healthrespubs.com/

Healthtouch
A wide-ranging health resource directory, listed alphabetically.
http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/dbrd.htm

NIH - Funding Opportunities
National Institute of Health Grants and Funding pages.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services home page
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
http://www.dhhs.gov/

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Arts Related Websites

http://www.arts.gov
National Endowment for the Arts

http://www.arts.gov/guide/Challenge/ChallengeIndex.html
Challenge America Fast Track Grants at the National Endowment for the Arts

http://www.massculturalcouncil.org
A state agency dedicated to arts and culture through various programs.

Foundations, State and Federal Funding Sources

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/grants/forecast.html
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/pdf/sources.pdf
http://www.eduplace.com/grants/
http://www.afterschool.org/funding.cfm
http://www.helpushelp.org/pages/grant_infrastructure.html
http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/03class/index.htm
http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/programs/main.asp?subid=6&catid=1
http://www.communityfoundation.org
http://www.davisfdn.org

http://www.beveridge.org
http://www.progressivetech.org/program/grantmaking/guidelines.htm
http://www.helping.org/
http://www.handspring.com
http://www.ludwick.org
http://www.xericfoundation.com
http://www.haymarket.org
http://www.peacefund.org
http://home.maine.rr.com/orchard/
http://www.youthlink.org/us/awards.php
http://www.publicwelfare.org/home.asp
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/
http://www.newmansown.com/2_home.html
http://www.foundation.verizon.com/06009_ma.shtml
http://www.youthventure.org/frameset.asp?content=byv.html
http://www.sprint.com/sprint/overview/commun.html
http://www.msalliance.org/
http://www.fleet.com/about_inthecommunity_fleetbostonfinancialfoundation.asp

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Advocacy Groups, Newletters and Journals on Best Practices

http://www.masskids.org/
http://www.pps.org/tcb/highlights.htm
http://www.massteam.org
http://www.youthtoday.org
http://philanthropy.com/
http://www.soros.org/youth/
http://grants_and_foundations_review@charitychannel.com/
http://www.noviolence.net/
http://www.jointogether.org/home/
http://www.nydic.org/nydic/
http://www.fairtest.org/care/

http://www.scam-mcas.org/
http://www.policynetwork.org/
http://www.cwla.org/advocacy/
http://crs.uvm.edu/nnco/collab/
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/funding/opps.cfm
http://www.state.ma.us./legis
http://www.msalliance.org/

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The following is a list of links to 100+ scholarship programs for minority students:

In our own back yard, the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts has many scholarships designated for Holyoke youth. Students can fill out applications online and automatically provide their data to over 65 scholarship funds. Applications due March 31. http://communityfoundation.org/content/scholloan/index.htm

1) Ron Brown Scholar Program (major Scholarships) http://www.ronbrown.org/

2) Scholarships On The Net (1,500) http://advocacy-net.com/scholarmks.htm

3) FastWEB Scholarship Search http://www.fastweb.com/

4) THE HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP SITE http://www.truman.gov/

5) THE HISPANIC COLLEGE FUND http://hispanicfund.org/scholar.html

6) JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.jackierobinson.org/

7) MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.marine-scholars.org/

8) McDONALD'S Education Scholarships http://www.mcdonalds.com/countries/usa/community/education/scholarships/uncf/uncf

9) Target Scholarships
http://www.target.com/target_group/community/community_scholarships.jhtml

10) UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND MERCK SCIENCE INITIATIVE http://www.uncf.org/merck/program.htm

11) ACADEMY FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS
http://ppia.aed.org/index.html

12) Minority Health Program http://www.ahcpr.gov/fund/minortrg.htm

13) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC CPA's Scholarships http://www.aahcpa.org/scholar.htm

14) AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Minority Geoscience Scholarships
http://www.agiweb.org/ehr/mgsftp.html

15) Minority Scholarships (doctoral students in accounting)
http://www.aicpa.org/members/div/career/mini/fmds.htm

16) AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY Undergraduate Fellowships
http://www.asm.org/edusrc/edu23b.htm

17) Research Program for Women & Minorities Underrepresented in the Sciences
http://www.research.att.com/academic/urp.html

18) BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB Minority Fellowships in Academic Medicine
http://www.bms.com/aboutbms/fellow/data/

19) DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN SCIENCE Scholarship
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dlhinson/dfb_sch.htm

20) Tylenol Scholarships http://scholarship.tylenol.com/

21) Coca Cola Scholarship
http://www2.coca-ola.com/citizenship/education_scholarsfoundation.html

22) STATE FARM INSURANCE Achievement Scholarships http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/awards.htm


23) STATE FARM INSURANCE Hispanic Scholarships http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/hispanic.htm

24) McNair Scholars Program http://trc.dfrc.nasa.gov/trc/Undergrad/space

25) Undergraduate Scholarships (National Institutes of Health Scholarships)
http://ugsp.info.nih.gov/InfoUGSP.htm

26) National Scholarships at all levels http://scholarships.kachinatech.com/scholars.html

27) The ROTC Scholarships http://www.todaysmilitary.com/chart_mil_rotc.html

28) Sallie Mae's free Online Scholarshipship http://www.salliemae.com/planning/scholarships.html

29) Scholarship Search - From FreSch! http://216.110.42.89/search-logon.phtml

30) Astronaut Scholarship Foundation http://www.astronautscholarship.org/

31) College Fund/UNCF http://www.uncf.org/

32) Art, Film, Writing Scholarships/Competitions List http://www.xensei.com/users/adl/

33) Ambassadorial Scholarships http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/

34) NACME Scholarship Program http://www.nacme.org/univ/scholars.html

35) Athletic Scholarships http://scholarships-ar-us.org/athletic.htm

36) Baptist Scholarships http://www.free-4u.com/baptist_scholarships.htm

37) Methodist Scholarships http://www.free-4u.com/methodist_scholarships.htm

38) Project Excellence Scholarships http:// www.project-excellence.com

39) Intel Science Talent Search http://www.sciserv.org/sts

40) Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarships http://www.akaeaf.org/scholarshipprogram.html

41) Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarships http://www.aasa.org/Discover.htm

42) United States Institute of Peace National Peace Essay Contest
http://www.usip.org/ed/npec/index.shtml

43) Scholarships and Grants http://www.elclick.com/lulfoundation/html/resources.html

44) Gateway to 10 Free Scholarship Searches
http://
www.college-scholarships.com/free_scholarship_searches.htm

45) Gateways to US Government Grants/money
http://www.students.gov/link_search/listlinks.cfm?cfid=1481339&cftokenv597
759&topic 01&Criteria=

46) Accounting Scholarships http://www.aicpa.org/members/div/career/edu/jlcs.htm

47) American Psychological Association (APA) Scholarships and Fellowships
http://www.apa.org/students/funding.html

48) American Sociological Association Graduate Funding
http://www.asanet.org/student/funding.html

49) Americorps http://www.cns.gov/

50) Minority Scholarships http://content.sciencewise.com/newscholarship/scholarships3.cfm

51) BELL LABS FELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES
http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/CRFP/info.html

52) Student Inventors Scholarships http://www.invent.org/collegiate/

53) Student Video Scholarships http://www.christophers.org/vidcon2k.html

54) Coca-Cola Two Year College Scholarships http://www.coca-colascholars.org/programs.html

55) Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships http://holocaust.hklaw.com/

56) Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships http://www.aynrand.org/contests/

57) Brand Essay Competition http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org/IBLEssayContest-2002Rules.html

58) Gates Millennlum Scholarships http://www.gmsp.org/nominationmaterials/read.dbm?ID=12

59) Xerox Scholarships for Students - Technical Minority Scholarship Program
http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx

60) Sports Scholarships and Internships http://www.ncaa.org/about/scholarships.html

61) National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ) http://www.nabj.org/html/studentsvcs.html

62) Saul T. Wilson Scholarships (Veterinary) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mb/mrphr/jobs/stw.html

63)Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org/

64) FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid http://www.finaid.org/

65)Presidential Freedom Scholarships http://www.nationalservice.org/scholarships/

66)Microsoft Scholarship Program http://www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships/minority.asp

67) WiredScholar Free Scholarship Search http://www.wiredscholar.com/paying/scholarship_search/pay_scholarship_search.jsp

68) Hope Scholarships & Lifetime Credits http://www.ed.gov/inits/hope/

69) William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students
http://www.apsanet.org/PS/grants/aspen3.cfm

70) Multiple List of Minority Scholarships
http://gehon.ir.miami.edu/financial-assistance/Scholarship/black.html

71) Guaranteed Scholarships http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/

72) BOEING scholarships http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/educationrelations/scholarships/

73) ROTC Military Scholarships (Navy, Army, Marines, Airforce)
http://www.todaysmilitary.com/chart_mil_rotc.html

74) Easley National Scholarship Program http://www.naas.org/senior.htm

75) Maryland Artists Scholarships http://www.maef.org/

77) Historically Black College & University Scholarships http://www.iesabroad.org/info/hbcu.htm

78) Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Students http://www.beanactuary.org/minority/scholarships.htm

79) International Students Scholarships & Aid Help http://www.iefa.org/

80) College Board Scholarship Search http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html

81) Burger King Scholarship Program http://www.bkscholars.csfa.org/

82) Siemens Westinghouse Competition http://www.siemens-foundation.org/

83) GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds http://www.lulac.org/Programs/Scholar.html

84) CollegeNet's Scholarship Database http://mach25.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/M25/index

85) Union Sponsored Scholarships & Aid http://www.aflcio.org/scholarships/scholar.htm

86) Federal Scholarships & Aid Gateways http://www.fedmoney.org/

87) 25 Scholarship Gateways from Black Excel http://www.blackexcel.org/25scholarships.htm

88) Scholarship & Financial Aid Help www.blackexcel.org/fin-sch.htm

89) Scholarship Links (Ed Finance Group) http://www.efg.net/link_scholarship.htm

90) FAFSA On The Web (Your Key Aid Form & Info) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

91) Aid & Resources For Re-Entry Students http://www.back2college.com/

92) Scholarships and Fellowships http://www.osc.cuny.edu/sep/links.html

93) Scholarships for Study in Paralegal Studies http://www.paralegals.org/Choice/2000west.htm

94) HBCU "Packard" Sit Abroad Scholarships http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/packard_nomination.html

95) Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities http://ccmi.uchicago.edu/schl1.html

96) INROADS internships http://www.inroads.org/

97) ACT-SO ?EURoeOlympics of the Mind" Scholarships http://www.naacp.org/work/actso/act-so.shtml

98) Black Alliance for Educational Options Scholarships http://www.baeo.org/options/privatelyfinanced.jsp

99) ScienceNet Scholarship Listing http://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html

100) Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide
http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=MINORITIES

101) RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD http://www.rhodesscholar.org/info.html

102) The Roothbert Scholarship Fund http://www.roothbertfund.org/scholarships.php

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