Grant Seeker Guidelines

This will be the world's fastest and dirtiest grant advice column ever - and I mean EVER :) Usually these things are packed with ads asking you to send in $29.95 a month for six months.

Looking for a grant? But not quite sure where to start? Well - where you start depends really on where you intend to end up. Why do you want the money? Um, hey - 'because I'm broke and want to pay my mortgage' isn't a good response. Great motivator - but poor response.

There are other questions to consider of course, but basically here's some hard and sure advice - have a solid business plan FIRST - work on that like a college thesis!

Visit http://grants.gov/ and then http://www.fordfound.org/about/guideline.cfm - why? Because both are excellent sources of information.

Also consider: http://fedmoney.com/grants/f0010000.htm and
http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html

Go. Now. Invest a few hours. Or, hire a grant researcher and writer to do it for you. But if you're like most people - time is definitely cheaper than money.

Oh, and never give up. It takes time and effort to earn that $5000.00 or $50000.00 you're looking for - no one is going to hand it to you cause your kids are cute :)