Improving Our Future by Degrees in
Oklahoma’s Second Century
Search and Select Funding Sources
(Summary)
Dr. Linda Mason

• Special Project – new project or project with limited timeframe
• Operating – running program to meet community needs
• Capital/Equipment – specified amount for construction, renovation, expansion, purchase land or equipment
• Endowments - planned gifts, will or trust

Government - Federal, State, Local –
26 Federal Agencies (900 programs)
Foundations Second-largest source –
900,000
Direct Corporations
Philanthropists

• Institute of Museum and Library Services http://www.imls.gov/
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration http://www.nasa.gov/
• National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/
• National Council on Disabilities http://www.ncd.gov/
• National Endowment for the Arts http://www.nea.gov/grants/
• National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/
• National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/funding/research_edu_community.jsp
• Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/
• Social Security Administration http://www.socialsecurity.gov/

• US Agency for International Development http://www.usaid.gov/
• US Department of Agriculture http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding.cfm
• US Department of Commerce http://www.commerce.gov
• US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
• US Department of Defense http://www.defenselink.mil/
• US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln
• US Department of Energy http://www.energy.gov/
• US Department of Homeland Security http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/index.html

• US Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.hud.gov/
• US Department of Interior http://www.doi.gov/
• US Department of Justice http://www.justice.gov/
• US Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/
• US Department of State http://www.state.gov/
• US Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov/
• US Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/
• US Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm
• US Institute of Peace http://www.usip.org/

What kinds of information should I look for?
Websites – each foundation or agency
Websites – clearinghouse of information
Data Bases – lists of information
Newsletters – regular publication of articles and information
Personal Experience of funded PIs

• Annual Reports
• Budget Requests
(eg. NSF http://www.nsf.gov/about/performance/ )
• Funder Guidelines
• Agency Website
• Contact the Funding Agency in person, by email, videoconference, or phone
• Blogs (eg. http://sphhs.org/blogs/researchaccelerator/ )

• All Federal grants www.grants.gov
• Oklahoma State Regents – http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/
• Oklahoma Foundations – ww.grantmakersofoklahoma.org
• Foundation Data Book (all foundations by state)www.foundationdatabook.com/

• Federal Register Notice www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance -
12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
• IRS Form 990 – www.grantsmart.org
• Foundation Directory – foundationcenter.org
• OKGrants - https://grants.ok.gov

• Latest grant announcements –
• Projected new upcoming grants –
• Dependable stable grant availability -
• Trends -
Examples: Obama Supports Black Males http://philanthropy.com/article/Obama-Announces-91-
Million/147833/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
Ted Stanley Support Mental Illness Research http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/650-million-gift-aims-tospur-research-on-mentalillness/88345?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en

• Trends -
Examples:
• Obama Supports Black Males http://philanthropy.com/article/Obama-Announces-91-
Million/147833/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
• Ted Stanley Support Mental Illness Research http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/650million-gift-aims-to-spur-research-on-mentalillness/88345?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en
• Child Refugees http://philanthropy.com/article/Philanthropy-Must-Step-
Up/147849/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en

• Trends -
• https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113thcongress/house-bill/4186 Frontiers in
Innovation, Research, Science, and
Technology Act of 2014 or FIRST Act of
2014 - Strengthens NSF policy of awarding funds for science.

• NSF Award Search http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/
• RePORT – NIH Research Portfolio Online
Report Tools http://report.nih.gov/
• Most funding sources list previous grant on website

What is a grant eNewsletter?
All funding agencies and most foundations send eNewsletters with their grant information.

• Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education – www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (weekly announcements, monthly news articles)
• Grants.gov notifier@grants.gov
• Philanthropy News Digest – www.foundationcenter.org
• Philanthropy News Network Online – www.pnnonline.org
• Chronicle of Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com/section/Home/172
• Norris Consulting Group http://www.norrisconsultinggroup.com/pages/news.htm

• Christian Foundation Grants info=christianfoundationgrants.com@mail87.us1.rsgsv.net
• Good Search http://www.goodsearch.com/ (contributes to your selected charities)
• Chronicle of Higher Education – chronicle.com/
• Education World Grants Desk http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml
• eSchool News eschool.news@eschoolnews.com
]
• Don Peek (k-12 schools) – www.schoolfundingcenter.com
• Teacher Planet – grants4teachers http://www.grants4teachers.com/

• Faith Based and Community Initiatives
Digest – c._lyn_larson@hud.gov
(email)
• Institute for Youth Development: Federal
Grants eNewsletter cdcta@youthdevelopment.org
• One Source info@nyswtwrn.com
• GuideStar http://www2.guidestar.org/

Personal Experience: Qualitative
Research Resources
•Seek interviews of individuals or organizations that are examples of the beneficiaries
•Ask funded PI ’ s for a resource list

Personal Experience:
Blogs & Consultants
• Bloggers upload their personal ideas
• Bloggers may or may not document their sources
• Interesting and sometimes useful
Wild Woman Fundraising
YOU can change the world through fundraising
http://wildwomanfundraising.com/ - Mazarine Treyz
Best 10 Fundraising Blogs http://fundraisingdetective.typepad.com/fundraisingdetective/best-5-fundraising-blogs-and-other-ones-i-follow.html
Everyday Giving ’ s Top 10 Fundraising Blogs http://www.blogs.com/topten/everyday-givings-top-10-fundraising-blogs/

• Creative use of the internet to find funds -
• Crowdfunding , i.e. RocketHub http://www.rockethub.com/
Use of the internet to share financial needs for creative projects – finding lots of small contributors rather than a single grant or gift

What kinds of documents should I look for?
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Request for Application (ROA)
Proposal Solicitation
Grant Guidelines
Grant Proposal Guidelines
Previously Funded Projects
Principal Investigators or Directors of Previously Funded Projects

• Oklahoma City University Library – Foundation Center Cooperating
Collectionhttp://www.okcu.edu/library/center.aspx
Susan Small ssmall@okcu.edu
(405)208-5071
• Tulsa City-County Library – Foundation Center (at Central Library http://www.tulsalibrary.org/foundation_center/
Jennifer Greb jgreb@tulsalibrary.org
(918) 596-7940
• Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Kathryn Plunkett kplunkett@se.edu
(580)745.2302
• Public Library of Enid and Garfield County http://www.enid.org/library/
Michelle Mears (580) 234-6313
Source - http://foundationcenter.org/collections/ccok.html

• HUD.gov – US Department of Urban Development http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_ offices/faith_based
• White House Office of Faith-Based and
Neighborhood Partnerships – http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ofbnp/o ffices/federal
• 12 Federal Agencies give grants to Faith-Based and Neighborhood Agencies

What are search engines?
• a data base that you may use to find information by using key identifying terms
• some free – some subscription fee
– Tip: keep track of your search terms
– Tip: use their key terms

• COS ($1000 to $12,000/yr) – Community of Science @ www.cos.com
• SPINPlus – InfoEd @ www.infoed.org
• IRIS – University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
• Foundation & Corporate Funding Advantage
($240/yr) http://www.fcfaonline.com/?ur=1U2PSW76
• Foundation Directory Online – http://www.fconline.fdncenter.org/
• Foundation Grants to Individuals http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/

• Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education – www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (click on Grant Resources)
• Cleveland State University www.csuohio.edu/uored/FUNDING/otherfs.html
• National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html
• Grant.gov
(all federal grants)www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html
• University of Wisconsin at Madison http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/proposalwebsites.html
• AASCU Grant Resource Center http://www.aascu.org/ofpopen/
• Council on Foundations http://www.cof.org/
• University of South Florida http://www.research.usf.edu/
• University of California Berkley http://www.berkeley.edu/research/

Who at my institution has received funding from this funder?
Who knows about this funder?
What can I find from the funder ’ s website or a company report or a IRS Form 990?

1.
Commit the time!
2.
Pick an appropriate federal agency(s)
3.
Pick 3-6 appropriate foundations
4.
Develop relationships - visit
5.
Constantly scan – ½ hour/day – lists, eNewsletters
6.
Regularly review a list someone else has produced.
(OSRHE)
7.
Search with focus – direct to the agency or using a search engine
8.
Work in a team – meet regularly

Become familiar with your chosen grant funders before you actually ask them.
Search locally first.

1. What companies are in my locale? Phone book, Chamber of Commerce list
2. What Oklahoma foundations fund what I want to do? Data bases, libraries
3. Who among my peers has had funding?
4. Where is a good model of what I want to do?

Oklahoma State Regents for
Higher Education
405-225-9486
IP: 164.58.250.178
lmason@osrhe.edu