How do we go about getting funding for our programs? housing grant, edu. grants, direction into this pls.?

Question

we are a nonprofit org. looking to take back our community by way of edu/mentoring our staff enter into the juvenile justice system bringing fresh ideas as we network with other same mind org. striving to bring back order to our youth

Answer 1

Try firstgov.gov

http://www.guidestar.org/using/nonprofit...

http://www.proposalwriter.com/grantsubje...

good luck

Answer 2

Do you house children?  Like a foster home?  Orphanage?

Educational grants usually require statistical data prior to offering a grant---how long has your organization been reforming youth?  Do you have data to back up your claims?

You'll probably need to hire a grant writer if you're looking for large donations/grants.

Good luck

Answer 3

Funding should come from the community, from individuals and businesses who feel that work such as yours is needed.

You say you are a nonprofit organization -- first, before you start approaching local media to publicize your work or local companies, foundations, local government offices and individuals about funding, you need to have data that shows your organization is needed and what successes your organization has had to date. You need to have written profiles of key people at your organization, focusing on their qualifications for this kind of work. You should have letters of endorsement from people who have been served by your organization, other organizations and members of the justice system. And you need to have an annual report from your latest fiscal year, showing income and expenditures, as well as a budget for the current year that shows how you intend to spend money you earn.

Once you have all of this in hand, ready to show to any potential funder, pitch stories to the media about the work your organization does, invite your city and state representatives to come on site to see your work first hand, and invite potential funders, such as corporate representatives and foundation representatives, to visit your site and see your work first hand as well, or have a presentation you can show on a site visit at their locations.

Your local library can help you find locally-based foundations. Be sure you follow funding guidelines exactly, and stress your organization's accomplishments and expertise, NOT its desperation for money, when putting together funding proposals.