Watershed Toolshed

Grant Writing Resources

Grant Writing Tutorial from the EPA - Offers tips on enhancing your grant proposals to be more competitive; addresses particular EPA grant areas; explains EPA grant forms; includes a mock grant-writing activity; lists resources for governmental grants.
http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants/src/grant.htm

Non Profit Guide to Grant Writing - Very comprehensive step-by-step grant writing assistance for non-profit organizations.
http://www.npguides.org/

Grantwriters.com - This site is organized into an information center, a bookstore, grant-writing training opportunities, and grant-writing services.
http://www.grantwriters.com/

The Foundation Center - Everything you could ever want to know about philanthropy and how to establish or win grants.
http://fdncenter.org/

OSU Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing - Short booklet about how to get funding for community projects, including writing the proposal.
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~grants/grantwriting.doc [in Microsoft Word format]

Auditor of State GrantSource - Listing of links to articles from various sources that address finding the right funder and writing a successful proposal.
http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/publications/
grantsource/grantsource_article_index.htm

OSU Extension - Presents a short checklist of things to know or do before you apply for funding.
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~grants/checklist.htm

MSU Guide to Funding - Guide for obtaining funding for social service projects.
http://learnerassociates.net/proposal/index.htm

Greenwood Publishing Group Website - 12-page PDF outlining a three-step process for successfully planning and writing a grant proposal.
http://www.greenwood.com/miner.pdf

State of Illinois - More in-depth document on proposal writing and grant application (78 pgs) by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.
http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/bus/pdf/ProposalWriting.pdf