Finding the Money - Grant Research Links

The following list highlights some excellent resource sites for funding related to health and rural issues, grouped by type. Consider this page a starting point for your prospecting efforts, whether you want to locate information on upcoming deadlines, or just get ideas about the kinds of projects and services grantmakers are currently seeking to fund.

Remember to consider both your organization and the guidelines of the funding entity as you determine whether your needs fit the available dollars and specific opportunities you find.

Federal resources

Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://www.cfda.gov

Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

FirstGov for Nonprofits
http://www.usa.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/asrt/og/aboutog/grantsnet.html

DHHS Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
http://www.ahcpr.gov/fund/grantix.htm

DHHS Office of Minority Health
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov/grants

Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grants/grantmain.shtm

National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide

Office of Rural Health Policy
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding

USDA Rural Information Center
http://ric.nal.usda.gov

Rural Assistance Center
http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/funding

State and local resources

Texas Department of Health and Human Services: Funding Information Center
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/fic/default.shtm

Subscribe to DHHS Funding Alert:
http://webds.dshs.state.tx.us/fic/subscribe.htm

Texas Register
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml

Texas Department of Rural Affairs: Grants and Funding Clearinghouse
http://www.orca.state.tx.us/index.php/Home/Grants+Clearinghouse

Texas Department of Rural Affairs: State Office of Rural Health
http://www.tdra.state.tx.us/index.php/Rural+Health

Rural Assistance Center: Texas Funding Opportunities
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_state_details.php?state=TX

Grant Funding Resource Guide: Texas Fire and Emergency Services
http://ccs.tamu.edu/GRF_guide/GrantFundingResourceGuideforTexasFire-EmergencyServices.pdf

Texas Community Foundations List
http://www.cof.org/locator/SearchResults.cfm?state=TX

Council on Foundations: Community Foundation Locator
http://classic.cof.org/locator

Texas Rural Communities
http://www.texasrural.org

Online databases and link compilation sites

Grants Web
http://www.srainternational.org/sra03/grantsweb/index.cfm

Philanthropy News Digest - Current RFPs
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp

Foundation Center Foundation Finder
http://lnp.fdncenter.org/finder

Fundsnet
http://www.fundsnetservices.com

A sampling of foundations and giving programs interested in health and/or rural issues

Aetna Foundation
http://www.aetna.com/about-aetna-insurance/aetna-foundation

Cigna Community Giving Program
http://www.cigna.com/about_us/community/giving.html

Commonwealth Fund
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Grants-and-Programs.aspx

CHS Foundation
http://www.chsfoundation.org/returningvalue.html

CVS/Caremark Charitable Trust
http://info.cvscaremark.com/community/our-impact/community-grants

Ella Fitzgerald Foundation
http://www.ellafitzgeraldfoundation.org/about.htm

Hearst Foundation
http://www.hearstfdn.org/fp_home.html

Houston Endowment
http://www.houstonendowment.org

Kresge Foundation
http://www.kresge.org

McKee Foundation
http://www.mckeefoundation.org

Josiah Macy Foundation
http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org

Mabee Foundation
http://www.mabeefoundation.com

Meadows Foundation
http://www.mfi.org

Moody Foundation
http://www.moodyf.org

Paso del Norte Foundation
http://www.pdnhf.org

Priddy Foundation
http://www.priddyfdn.org

Rapoport Foundation
http://www.rapoportfdn.org

RGK Foundation
http://www.rgkfoundation.org

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org/grants

St. David’s Foundation
http://www.stdavidsfoundation.org/grants.htm